Guest none Posted December 24, 2007 Posted December 24, 2007 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 Posted December 24, 2007 Posted December 24, 2007 Re: broken Favorites folder icon! "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 Vic Posted December 25, 2007 Posted December 25, 2007 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 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 none Posted December 25, 2007 Posted December 25, 2007 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 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 > > > > > >
Guest philo Posted December 25, 2007 Posted December 25, 2007 Re: FOLLOWUP Re: broken Favorites folder icon! Re: FOLLOWUP Re: broken Favorites folder icon! "none" <nospam@bogusaddress.com> wrote in message news:uaNCfhpRIHA.4584@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > 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 Posted December 26, 2007 Posted December 26, 2007 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 -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, Should things get worse after this, PCR pcrrcp@netzero.net
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