The folders get their icon info from the hidden, sytem file within the
folder named desktop.ini. Not sure how or if that info is used across a
network. Desktop.ini for the Desktop folder contains the following:


[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell 32.dll,-21769
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-183

Maybe the server is trying to supply the icon info but it doesn't have the
imageres.dll file???

For a workaround, open your Favorite Links folders and modify the icon
associated with the shortcut via its properties dialog. The 'Change Icon'
dialog may default to shell32.dll but you can browse to imageres.dll.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

"indigoblue" <indigoblue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:62A379AE-8E06-48A4-A7CB-3AF8611AF63A@microsoft.com...
> Hi, I've moved all of my user folders (documents, music etc) to a network
> location using both the right click and drag and drop method. Everything
> seems to be OK, except instead of the new blue/green icons, the folders
> now
> have the normal yellow icons...
>
> This wouldn't be much of a problem, but the Links pane in explorer shows
> these icons (the desktop folder shows up with a BIN con).
>
> Any ideas of how I can fix this?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul