Re: My Pictures, My Music Folder Icons changed

Thanks Wesley, that worked a treat! :)

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BadHead :)
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OS: Windows XP Professional SP2 (32-bit)
PSU: Tagan 2 Force TG530-U22 530W
MoBo: Abit AN8 Fatal1ty
CPU: AMD64 3200 (Venice Core)
RAM: 2048Mb 400Ghz Patriot XBLK (4X512MB)
GPU: NVIDIA 6800 (Driver Version 78.01)
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"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eqaMH0i3FHA.2816@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> My Pictures and My Music folders are displayed with the standard folder
> icon
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/specialicons.htm
>
> Or.
>
> from...
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm
>
> Question: One of my special folders (e.g. My Documents, My Music, My
> Pictures, Shared Documents, etc) has lost its name, lost its icon, or has
> the wrong Task Pane template, how can I get it back?
>
> Answer: This problem can occur if the hidden desktop.ini file in the
> special
> folder is corrupt or missing. Here are the steps to fix this problem:
> Illustrated, detailed instructions here:
> http://computers.douglasthrift.net/winxpfaq.html#faq3
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:%23Z9BNSi3FHA.700@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> BadHead <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
>> The folders icons for My Pictures and My Music folders have recently
>> become the generic folder icons. Any idea how to return them to the
>> correct ones?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> --
>> BadHead :)
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>>
>> OS: Windows XP Professional SP2 (32-bit)
>> PSU: Tagan 2 Force TG530-U22 530W
>> MoBo: Abit AN8 Fatal1ty
>> CPU: AMD64 3200 (Venice Core)
>> RAM: 2048Mb 400Ghz Patriot XBLK (4X512MB)
>> GPU: NVIDIA 6800 (Driver Version 78.01)
>> Sound: Creative Audigy X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS
>> Disks: 2X Maxtor DiamondMax 10 200Gb
>> Office Suite: Microsoft Office 2003 Professional (with InfoPath) SP1
>


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