Icons in Start Menu

[Guest Terry Pinnell]

It's only a cosmetic issue but a sprinkling of the icons in the Start

Menu (at various levels) are the 'standard yellow folder', instead of

the proper one. I could change every one individually but that's

tedious. Is there some way to fix the lot in one go please?

 

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

[Guest Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Re: Icons in Start Menu

 

Hi Terry,

 

Did you install a third-party theme lately, and removed it? Can you post a screenshot or your Start menu?

 

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"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message news:ip88241v3d3p5eijm62vodc22lfva4vbpc@4ax.com...

It's only a cosmetic issue but a sprinkling of the icons in the Start

Menu (at various levels) are the 'standard yellow folder', instead of

the proper one. I could change every one individually but that's

tedious. Is there some way to fix the lot in one go please?

 

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

[Guest Terry Pinnell]

Re: Icons in Start Menu

 

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@unknownhost> wrote:

>Hi Terry,

>

>Did you install a third-party theme lately, and removed it?

No, I never mess with Themes at all.

>Can you post a screenshot or your Start menu?

Sure, here's an example of part of the Start Menu structure:

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/1149/startmenuexampleff2.jpg

 

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>Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

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>"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message news:ip88241v3d3p5eijm62vodc22lfva4vbpc@4ax.com...

>It's only a cosmetic issue but a sprinkling of the icons in the Start

>Menu (at various levels) are the 'standard yellow folder', instead of

>the proper one. I could change every one individually but that's

>tedious. Is there some way to fix the lot in one go please?

[Guest Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Re: Icons in Start Menu

 

Open the Accessories folder:

 

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories

 

Using Notepad, create a file named desktop.ini with the following contents:

 

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[LocalizedFileNames]

Windows Explorer.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-22067

Command Prompt.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-22022

Notepad.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-22051

Synchronize.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-22062

Tour Windows XP.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\tourstart.exe,-1

Program Compatibility Wizard.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\compatUI.dll,-115

Address Book.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-22017

[.ShellClassInfo]

LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21761

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Type in Start, Run:

 

cmd /k attrib +s +h "%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\desktop.ini"

 

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"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message news:4oh9249cjs2900ip183nkcc22m0ecosff7@4ax.com...

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@unknownhost> wrote:

>Hi Terry,

>

>Did you install a third-party theme lately, and removed it?

No, I never mess with Themes at all.

>Can you post a screenshot or your Start menu?

Sure, here's an example of part of the Start Menu structure:

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/1149/startmenuexampleff2.jpg

 

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>

>Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

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>"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message news:ip88241v3d3p5eijm62vodc22lfva4vbpc@4ax.com...

>It's only a cosmetic issue but a sprinkling of the icons in the Start

>Menu (at various levels) are the 'standard yellow folder', instead of

>the proper one. I could change every one individually but that's

>tedious. Is there some way to fix the lot in one go please?

[Guest David Webb]

Re: Icons in Start Menu

 

I'd think your real concern would be what icon is showing on the Start Menu

itself, not what shows up in the Document and Settings subfolders. In either

case, the folder icons can be easily changed by simply right-clicking on them

then select Properties > Customize tab, Change Icon button.

 

FWIW, my icons in the D & S subfolders display the same as yours, but they are

uniform on the Programs Start Menu itself.

 

"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message

news:4oh9249cjs2900ip183nkcc22m0ecosff7@4ax.com...

> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@unknownhost> wrote:

>

>>Hi Terry,

>>

>>Did you install a third-party theme lately, and removed it?

> No, I never mess with Themes at all.

>

>>Can you post a screenshot or your Start menu?

> Sure, here's an example of part of the Start Menu structure:

> http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/1149/startmenuexampleff2.jpg

>

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> Terry, East Grinstead, UK

>

>

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>>Regards,

>>

>>Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

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>>The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog

>>Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com

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>>"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message

>>news:ip88241v3d3p5eijm62vodc22lfva4vbpc@4ax.com...

>>It's only a cosmetic issue but a sprinkling of the icons in the Start

>>Menu (at various levels) are the 'standard yellow folder', instead of

>>the proper one. I could change every one individually but that's

>>tedious. Is there some way to fix the lot in one go please?

[Guest Elmo]

Re: Icons in Start Menu

 

Terry Pinnell wrote:

> It's only a cosmetic issue but a sprinkling of the icons in the Start

> Menu (at various levels) are the 'standard yellow folder', instead of

> the proper one. I could change every one individually but that's

> tedious. Is there some way to fix the lot in one go please?

 

Line 121. Increase Icon Cache

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

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