My Douments folder does not have the correct icon

[Guest]

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The my documents folder should have a special icon with the folder and the
paper sticking out, however when I view it on the drive with explorer it is
a plain folder icon.

I will not let me right click and customize the icon, because it knows it
really IS the my documents folder.

Does anyone know how to restore the icon? thanks

 

[Cs]

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On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 01:20:55 +0300, "Kenny S" <hotmail@coldmail.com>
wrote:

>The my documents folder should have a special icon with the folder and the
>paper sticking out, however when I view it on the drive with explorer it is
>a plain folder icon.
>
>I will not let me right click and customize the icon, because it knows it
>really IS the my documents folder.
>
>Does anyone know how to restore the icon? thanks

Did you try right clicking on the desktop, "Properties" -> "Display
Properties" -> "Desktop" -> "Customize Desktop" -> "Restore Default"?

 

[Meridian]

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"Kenny S" wrote:

> The my documents folder should have a special icon with the folder and the
> paper sticking out, however when I view it on the drive with explorer it is
> a plain folder icon.
>
As far as I know, this has always been the case. If you open C:\Documents
and Settings\<user> in explorer then the My Documents folder just has a
standard folder icon.

If you really want to change it, here's how to do it:

1. Open My Documents in Explorer

2. Go to Tools > Folder Options, click on the View tab and check "Show
hidden files and folders"

3. In My Documents, double-click the hidden file Desktop to open it in
notepad and add the following 4 lines to the end:

[.ShellClassInfo]
InfoTip=@Shell32.dll,-22914
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\mydocs.dll
IconIndex=-100

4. Go to C:\Documents and Settings\<user> and you should get the "correct"
icon (and tooltip).

 

[Guest]

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You may be able to correct it with Microsoft Tweak UI tool application. You
can download it for free from MS site.

"Kenny S" wrote:

> The my documents folder should have a special icon with the folder and the
> paper sticking out, however when I view it on the drive with explorer it is
> a plain folder icon.
>
> I will not let me right click and customize the icon, because it knows it
> really IS the my documents folder.
>
> Does anyone know how to restore the icon? thanks
>
>
>