Thanks for that...the desktop.ini files already contain that information, so
I don't know why it's not dsplaying the icons. I tried the workaround for
the Links folder and yes, it does work, but the strange thing is that looking
at the desktop.ini file for that folder before and after the workaround, the
info is the same:

---------------------------------------
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell 32.dll,-21810
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-185
DefaultDropEffect=4
[LocalizedFileNames]
Public.lnk=@shell32.dll,-21816
Searches.lnk=@shell32.dll,-9031
Recently Changed.lnk=@shell32.dll,-32813
Music.lnk=@shell32.dll,-21790
Pictures.lnk=@shell32.dll,-21779
Documents.lnk=@shell32.dll,-21770
---------------------------------------
....so I don't know why it should make a difference?

Maybe I need to run a "TweakUI"-type "Rebuild Icons" type tool.

The other strange thing is that since moving all the user profile folders to
a NAS all of the usual system folders are being displayed permanently
(desktop.ini, $RECYCLE.BIN) no matter what the folder options are (they are
set to hide protected operating system files, do not show hidden files and
folders and the files that are showing have the hidden attribute ticked...).

Any other ideas?

Thanks,

Paul

"Keith Miller MVP" wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> --
> 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
>