broken Favorites folder icon!

[Guest none]

Don't know how it happened. Noticed one day the 'Favorites' folder icon

in Explorer is not what is used to be. Now it is white with a folded

(dog-ear) tab and a MS logo. Anybody know how to get it back to a yellow

folder (and I think with a blue star)?

 

Thanks

[Guest philo]

Re: broken Favorites folder icon!

 

 

"none" <nospam@bogusaddress.com> wrote in message

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> Don't know how it happened. Noticed one day the 'Favorites' folder icon

> in Explorer is not what is used to be. Now it is white with a folded

> (dog-ear) tab and a MS logo. Anybody know how to get it back to a yellow

> folder (and I think with a blue star)?

>

> Thanks

>

>

 

 

Tweak UI has an icon repair tool

 

 

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/tweakui

 

be sure to get the version that's right for your operating system

and follow the instructions for installation

[Guest Vic]

Re: broken Favorites folder icon!

 

Hi Philo

 

thanks for the suggestion. tried tweakui but to no avail. Anybody know

how that icon is associated in the registry?

___

"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message

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>

> "none" <nospam@bogusaddress.com> wrote in message

> news:eWFXkZnRIHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Don't know how it happened. Noticed one day the 'Favorites' folder

>> icon

>> in Explorer is not what is used to be. Now it is white with a folded

>> (dog-ear) tab and a MS logo. Anybody know how to get it back to a

>> yellow

>> folder (and I think with a blue star)?

>>

>> Thanks

>>

>>

>

>

> Tweak UI has an icon repair tool

>

>

> http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/tweakui

>

> be sure to get the version that's right for your operating system

> and follow the instructions for installation

>

>

[Guest none]

FOLLOWUP Re: broken Favorites folder icon!

 

FOLLOWUP Re: broken Favorites folder icon!

 

Hey guys, got it figured out. Desktop.ini in that folder was corrupted!

___

"Vic" <nospam@bogusaddress.com> wrote in message

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> Hi Philo

>

> thanks for the suggestion. tried tweakui but to no avail. Anybody know

> how that icon is associated in the registry?

> ___

> "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message

> news:%23mD%23sToRIHA.4400@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> >

> > "none" <nospam@bogusaddress.com> wrote in message

> > news:eWFXkZnRIHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> >> Don't know how it happened. Noticed one day the 'Favorites' folder

> >> icon

> >> in Explorer is not what is used to be. Now it is white with a

folded

> >> (dog-ear) tab and a MS logo. Anybody know how to get it back to a

> >> yellow

> >> folder (and I think with a blue star)?

> >>

> >> Thanks

> >>

> >>

> >

> >

> > Tweak UI has an icon repair tool

> >

> >

> > http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/tweakui

> >

> > be sure to get the version that's right for your operating system

> > and follow the instructions for installation

> >

> >

>

>

[Guest philo]

Re: FOLLOWUP Re: broken Favorites folder icon!

 

Re: FOLLOWUP Re: broken Favorites folder icon!

 

 

"none" <nospam@bogusaddress.com> wrote in message

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> Hey guys, got it figured out. Desktop.ini in that folder was corrupted!

 

 

 

Glad you got it fixed...

and thanks for poting back...

Now I've learned something!

[Guest PCR]

Re: FOLLOWUP Re: broken Favorites folder icon!

 

Re: FOLLOWUP Re: broken Favorites folder icon!

 

none wrote:

| Hey guys, got it figured out. Desktop.ini in that folder was

| corrupted! ___

 

Yea, glad you got it fixed. My own icon for Favorites is the right one &

always has been. That's interesting... in Windows Explorer, I cannot see

a Desktop.ini in "C:\WINDOWS\Favorites". However, it is accessible in a

DOS box, & here it is...

 

C:\>type C:\WINDOWS\Favorites\Desktop.ini

 

[.ShellClassInfo]

CLSID={1A9BA3A0-143A-11CF-8350-444553540000}

 

[ExtShellFolderViews]

{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}=%windir%\web\favorite.htm

 

....And here is the Registry key that defines that CLSID. This is also

the only mention of that CLSID in my Registry...

 

REGEDIT4

 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1A9BA3A0-143A-11CF-8350-444553540000}]

@="Shell Favorite Folder"

 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1A9BA3A0-143A-11CF-8350-444553540000}\DefaultI

con]

@="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\shell32.dll,-173"

 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1A9BA3A0-143A-11CF-8350-444553540000}\InProcSe

rver32]

@="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\SHELL32.DLL"

"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1A9BA3A0-143A-11CF-8350-444553540000}\ShellFol

der]

"Attributes"=hex:00,01,00,e0

 

| "Vic" <nospam@bogusaddress.com> wrote in message

| news:eCi5XOpRIHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

|> Hi Philo

|>

|> thanks for the suggestion. tried tweakui but to no avail. Anybody

|> know how that icon is associated in the registry?

|> ___

|> "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message

|> news:%23mD%23sToRIHA.4400@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

|> >

|> > "none" <nospam@bogusaddress.com> wrote in message

|> > news:eWFXkZnRIHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

|> >> Don't know how it happened. Noticed one day the 'Favorites' folder

|> >> icon

|> >> in Explorer is not what is used to be. Now it is white with a

|> >> folded (dog-ear) tab and a MS logo. Anybody know how to get it

|> >> back to a yellow

|> >> folder (and I think with a blue star)?

|> >>

|> >> Thanks

|> >>

|> >>

|> >

|> >

|> > Tweak UI has an icon repair tool

|> >

|> >

|> > http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/tweakui

|> >

|> > be sure to get the version that's right for your operating system

|> > and follow the instructions for installation

 

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