shell folder icon not shown

hi
my music, my video, and shared folder are displaying a yellowish standard
folder icon instead of the bluish vista folder icon. i already tried this
link: http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/130/1/ but it seems that it
doesn't work. i already followed all the steps and relogged in few times and
reboot, but my folder icon still showing the yellow folder icon. can anyone
please help me? thanks.

dodo;444918 Wrote:
> hi
> my music, my video, and shared folder are displaying a yellowish
> standard
> folder icon instead of the bluish vista folder icon. i already tried
> this
> link: 'Shell folders are displayed with the standard folder icon in
> Windows Vista' (http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/130/1/) but it
> seems that it
> doesn't work. i already followed all the steps and relogged in few
> times and
> reboot, but my folder icon still showing the yellow folder icon. can
> anyone
> please help me? thanks.

Hi dodo,

Try using the Shell command. Type "Shell:" (No quotes) + the name of
the folder that is incorrect in the white line (Start search) area of
the Start Menu.

For Example, for your "Downloads" folder - type "shell:downloads" (no
quotes) and press Enter.

There will be no spaces in this. For example, for your "Saved Games"
folder - type "shell:savedgames" and press Enter.

Close the window and check your personal folder to see if it is correct
again.

Hope this helps,
Shawn


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i tried that; but a window opened and said "no items match your search", and
the folder icons are still the standard yellow folder icon.

"brink" wrote:

>
> dodo;444918 Wrote:
> > hi
> > my music, my video, and shared folder are displaying a yellowish
> > standard
> > folder icon instead of the bluish vista folder icon. i already tried
> > this
> > link: 'Shell folders are displayed with the standard folder icon in
> > Windows Vista' (http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/130/1/) but it
> > seems that it
> > doesn't work. i already followed all the steps and relogged in few
> > times and
> > reboot, but my folder icon still showing the yellow folder icon. can
> > anyone
> > please help me? thanks.
>
> Hi dodo,
>
> Try using the Shell command. Type "Shell:" (No quotes) + the name of
> the folder that is incorrect in the white line (Start search) area of
> the Start Menu.
>
> For Example, for your "Downloads" folder - type "shell:downloads" (no
> quotes) and press Enter.
>
> There will be no spaces in this. For example, for your "Saved Games"
> folder - type "shell:savedgames" and press Enter.
>
> Close the window and check your personal folder to see if it is correct
> again.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> _http://www.Vistax64.com (\"http://www.Vistax64.com\")_
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

dodo;445034 Wrote:
> i tried that; but a window opened and said "no items match your search",
> and
> the folder icons are still the standard yellow folder icon.
>
>

Ok,

Try running the "sfc /scannow" command. The will verify and attempt to
repair the system files. See this tutorial for how to use it:

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66...tem-files.html


If this does not help you, then you can create another administrator
user account temporarily and copy the folders to your account. Delete
the new user account when you are done and had confirmed that it worked.
"OR" you can just use the new one and transfer your old account
settings over.

Shawn


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brink

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dodo,

See if enabling the Read-only attribute for the Desktop.ini file helps.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"dodo" <dodo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B15DE005-1C82-4C5E-9FE0-F9807F325C3A@microsoft.com...
hi
my music, my video, and shared folder are displaying a yellowish standard
folder icon instead of the bluish vista folder icon. i already tried this
link: http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/130/1/ but it seems that it
doesn't work. i already followed all the steps and relogged in few times and
reboot, but my folder icon still showing the yellow folder icon. can anyone
please help me? thanks.