broken Favorites folder icon!

[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

 

[philo]

"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

 

[Vic]

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
>
>

 

[none]

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
> >
> >
>
>

 

[philo]

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!

 

[PCR]

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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