Vista - restore MyDocs, MyMusic Icons

[PC Hobbyist]

In Vista, I changed the locations of the "My Documents, My Music, and My Pictures" folders to locations matching existing folders on another drive where I have all my stuff. Now, the icons for those system folders are the regular yellow folder icons. How can I restore the nice blue Vista folders corresponding to Docs, Music and Pictures?

Note: in the process of changing the folder location, Vista copied the Desktop.ini file from the old location into the new one, and renamed it to Desktop(2).ini, since the new folder already had a desktop.ini file.

I thought I could find those .ini files and rename the second one to be called desktop.ini but I can't find those files inside the corresponding folders. I have it set up to show hidden files and folders, but I still don't see those .ini files. Would that be what would bring those nice icons back?


EDITED: I have been looking into it and I realize that I do need that original desktop.ini file. I don't understand, why I don't see ANY .ini file inside these folders. I should have two per folder - one called desktop.ini and the other desktop(2).ini. I also logged in as a guest to see if I could just copy the desktop.ini files from those folders and use them in my account. However, I don't find any .ini files in the guest account folders either. I have the options set to show hidden files, but I still don't find anything.

Could someone here maybe PM me and send me their original desktop.ini files for the following Vista folders: My documents, my pictures, my music.

Or maybe just post here what their .ini files say, so I can create my own?

Thanks.

 

[PC Hobbyist]

Well I found the solution:

Even if you don't see the hidden .ini file in a folder, you can type in the address bar after the folder location and press enter.

For example: D:\My Documents\desktop.ini

Once Notepad opens it, you can make the changes, click on Save and you're done. You might have to log out of windows and back in so the changes will take effect.

In case anyone needs the info, here is what the original desktop.ini files in Vista say:

for My Documents:


[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21770
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-112
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
IconIndex=-235


for My Music:


[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21790
InfoTip=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-12689
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-108
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
IconIndex=-237
[LocalizedFileNames]
Sample Music.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21806


for My Pictures:

[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21779
InfoTip=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-12688
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-113
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
IconIndex=-236
[LocalizedFileNames]
Sample Pictures.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21805


You can also get that by logging in as a guest and opening the various desktop.ini files there.

This problem seems to happen often to people that select other folders as their system folders in Vista. When you do that, you have the recommended option to copy all files from the old (original) Vista location to the newly assigned location. If you select "yes", then you are told that a desktop.ini file already exists in the new location and you are asked if you want to replace it or not. This is where you should go ahead and choose to replace it or else you will have the problem I had.