03-03-2010
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Re: Folder icons change when moved to another computer
Another possibility to try: First follow, the directions exactly. Then
reboot Vista and see if the change finally shows up.
"Donald Lessau" <don@oflex.com> wrote in message
news:%23fgihoflKHA.5820@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> If you followed my directions strictly and completely and see no icon then
> I don't know. I tried it successfully on XP -- could Vista be any
> different here?
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> "MW" <changeable1@verizon.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:%23UzqZJflKHA.2680@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> (via properties - customize - change icon) That was not part of my
>>> directions... 
>> No, but how else to I change the folder to the icon I want to begin with?
>> I placed the icon in the folder, made the desktop.ini file in the folder.
>> Then what? It's still a yellow folder until I actually change it. What am
>> I missing here?
>>
>>
>> "Donald Lessau" <don@oflex.com> wrote in message
>> news:evpR46clKHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> "(via properties - customize - change icon)"? That was not part of my
>>> directions...
>>>
>>> don
>>>
>>>
>>> "MW" <changeable1@verizon.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>>> news:en84qSYlKHA.3476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> Nope
>>>> Did exactly as you said.
>>>> I put the folder, just created as per your directions, onto a data cd,
>>>> change the yellow folder (via properties - customize - change icon) to
>>>> the
>>>> one I just placed in the folder on the cd. Close all. Move the cd to my
>>>> laptop, open and there's the yellow folder again, not the new icon.
>>>>
>>>> "Donald Lessau" <don@oflex.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:eMSaJbVlKHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>> "MW" <changeable1@verizon.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>>>>> news:eVumcz6kKHA.5568@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> I've changed the folder icon of several folders. When I move them
>>>>>> onto a
>>>>>> data CD they remain as I changed them. But when I open the CD on
>>>>>> another
>>>>>> computer they revert to the old yellow default folder. How do I get
>>>>>> them to
>>>>>> keep the changes?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On another forum I was told to place that icon file into that
>>>>>> particular
>>>>>> folder (no problem) and to create a "desktop.ini file" and make it a
>>>>>> system
>>>>>> file (problem). I'm not a programmer. No one responds with exactly
>>>>>> how that
>>>>>> is done.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can anyone help with basic - "beginner" steps?
>>>>>
>>>>> Assuming your folder icon is called "Koeln.ico":
>>>>> - place the icon inside the folder
>>>>> - create a file "desktop.ini" in the folder
>>>>> - open it in Notepad and enter these three lines:
>>>>> [.ShellClassInfo]
>>>>> IconFile=Koeln.ico
>>>>> IconIndex=0
>>>>> - save the file and close Notepad
>>>>> - now set the folder to read-only (using the properties dialog of the
>>>>> folder)
>>>>> - done
>>>>>
>>>>> note: you can make "desktop.ini" a system file and a hidden file, but
>>>>> it is not necessary to make the folder icon work.
>>>>>
>>>>> don
>>>>
>>>
>>
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