Change Default Folder for ALL folders?

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LadyDungeness

I'm using XPSP2. I'd like to change the default yellow folder to a
default blue folder on one system, and default to other colors on
other systems. It would help me to know which is which when I'm
collecting my documents and organizing them.

I'm afraid to mess with shell32.exe -- if I edit it, will it still
work?

Also, the My Documents folder won't show the icon in shell32. Even
using a customization won't make it stick. The MyMusic & MyPictures
icons seem to work fine. Any hints on how to add the MyDocuments
folder icon?

Thanks.


Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Great Legs!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
I used to use Customize Folders, but it won't reset a default icon for
all folders; it's a one-folder-at-a-time tweak. I went to Artem's
site but his AnyFolders seems to be lost in the ethernet. Thanks for
the suggestions, anyway.


Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Great Legs!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



|I know of two possible shell extensions that could do this: Customize
|Folders by CloneSoft (http://www.clonesoft.com/ )and AnyFolders by Artem
|Lin. (My 1998 registration lists the following:
|HTTP://oop.rosweb.ru/users/a/artem/index.html but I have no idea if it is
|still valid.)
|
||> I'm using XPSP2. I'd like to change the default yellow folder to a
|> default blue folder on one system, and default to other colors on
|> other systems. It would help me to know which is which when I'm
|> collecting my documents and organizing them.
|>
|> I'm afraid to mess with shell32.exe -- if I edit it, will it still
|> work?
|>
|> Also, the My Documents folder won't show the icon in shell32. Even
|> using a customization won't make it stick. The MyMusic & MyPictures
|> icons seem to work fine. Any hints on how to add the MyDocuments
|> folder icon?
|>
|> Thanks.
|>
|>
|> Lady Dungeness
|> Crabby, but Great Legs!
|> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
 
I tried to send you a copy of AnyFolder - but your e-mail address is
invalid. Send me a message directly and I'll try again.

Jerry
 
Better yet -- why not upload it to a webpage you host, send me the link, and
I'll download it. :-)


--

Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Delicious!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



|I tried to send you a copy of AnyFolder - but your e-mail address is
| invalid. Send me a message directly and I'll try again.
|
| Jerry
| | >I used to use Customize Folders, but it won't reset a default icon for
| > all folders; it's a one-folder-at-a-time tweak. I went to Artem's
| > site but his AnyFolders seems to be lost in the ethernet. Thanks for
| > the suggestions, anyway.
| >
| >
| > Lady Dungeness
| > Crabby, but Great Legs!
| > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| >
| >
| >
| > On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:18:15 -0700, "Jerry" <[email protected]>
| > wrote:
| >
| > |I know of two possible shell extensions that could do this: Customize
| > |Folders by CloneSoft (http://www.clonesoft.com/ )and AnyFolders by
Artem
| > |Lin. (My 1998 registration lists the following:
| > |HTTP://oop.rosweb.ru/users/a/artem/index.html but I have no idea if it
is
| > |still valid.)
| > |
| > || > |> I'm using XPSP2. I'd like to change the default yellow folder to a
| > |> default blue folder on one system, and default to other colors on
| > |> other systems. It would help me to know which is which when I'm
| > |> collecting my documents and organizing them.
| > |>
| > |> I'm afraid to mess with shell32.exe -- if I edit it, will it still
| > |> work?
| > |>
| > |> Also, the My Documents folder won't show the icon in shell32. Even
| > |> using a customization won't make it stick. The MyMusic & MyPictures
| > |> icons seem to work fine. Any hints on how to add the MyDocuments
| > |> folder icon?
| > |>
| > |> Thanks.
| > |>
| > |>
| > |> Lady Dungeness
| > |> Crabby, but Great Legs!
| > |> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| > |
|
|
 
I hardly found your link -- it was way at the bottom. But I did download it
and will try is. PS: Why does the link go to http://joost.endoria.net, but
the status bar says downloading from www.student.tue.nl?


--

Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Delicious!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| > I tried to send you a copy of AnyFolder - but your e-mail address is
| > invalid. Send me a message directly and I'll try again.
| >
| >
| > | >
| >
| >
| > >I used to use Customize Folders, but it won't reset a default icon for
| > > all folders; it's a one-folder-at-a-time tweak. I went to Artem's
| > > site but his AnyFolders seems to be lost in the ethernet. Thanks for
| > > the suggestions, anyway.
| >
| > > Lady Dungeness
| > > Crabby, but Great Legs!
| > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| >
| > > On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:18:15 -0700, "Jerry" <[email protected]>
| > > wrote:
| >
| > > |I know of two possible shell extensions that could do this: Customize
| > > |Folders by CloneSoft (http://www.clonesoft.com/)and AnyFolders by
Artem
| > > |Lin. (My 1998 registration lists the following:
| > > |HTTP://oop.rosweb.ru/users/a/artem/index.html but I have no idea if
it is
| > > |still valid.)
| > > |
| > > || > > |> I'm using XPSP2. I'd like to change the default yellow folder to a
| > > |> default blue folder on one system, and default to other colors on
| > > |> other systems. It would help me to know which is which when I'm
| > > |> collecting my documents and organizing them.
| > > |>
| > > |> I'm afraid to mess with shell32.exe -- if I edit it, will it still
| > > |> work?
| > > |>
| > > |> Also, the My Documents folder won't show the icon in shell32. Even
| > > |> using a customization won't make it stick. The MyMusic &
MyPictures
| > > |> icons seem to work fine. Any hints on how to add the MyDocuments
| > > |> folder icon?
| > > |>
| > > |> Thanks.
| > > |>
| > > |>
| > > |> Lady Dungeness
| > > |> Crabby, but Great Legs!
| > > |> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| > > |- Hide quoted text -
| >
| > - Show quoted text -
|
| M'Lady,
|
| Take look at this one:
|
| Icon Tweaker
| http://joost.endoria.net/
|
|
 
Better yet -- why not upload it to a webpage you host, send me the link, and
I'll download it. :-)

--

Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Delicious!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


|I tried to send you a copy of AnyFolder - but your e-mail address is
| invalid. Send me a message directly and I'll try again.
|

|| >I used to use Customize Folders, but it won't reset a default icon for
| > all folders; it's a one-folder-at-a-time tweak. I went to Artem's
| > site but his AnyFolders seems to be lost in the ethernet. Thanks for
| > the suggestions, anyway.
| >
| >
| > Lady Dungeness
| > Crabby, but Great Legs!
| > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| >
| >
| >

| >
| > |I know of two possible shell extensions that could do this: Customize
| > |Folders by CloneSoft (http://www.clonesoft.com/)and AnyFolders by
Artem
| > |Lin. (My 1998 registration lists the following:
| > |HTTP://oop.rosweb.ru/users/a/artem/index.html but I have no idea if it
is
| > |still valid.)

| > || > |> I'm using XPSP2. I'd like to change the default yellow folder to a
| > |> default blue folder on one system, and default to other colors on
| > |> other systems. It would help me to know which is which when I'm
| > |> collecting my documents and organizing them.
| > |>
| > |> I'm afraid to mess with shell32.exe -- if I edit it, will it still
| > |> work?
| > |>
| > |> Also, the My Documents folder won't show the icon in shell32. Even
| > |> using a customization won't make it stick. The MyMusic & MyPictures
| > |> icons seem to work fine. Any hints on how to add the MyDocuments
| > |> folder icon?
| > |>
| > |> Thanks.
| > |>
| > |>
| > |> Lady Dungeness
| > |> Crabby, but Great Legs!
| > |> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| > |
|
|
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"Why does the link go to http://joost.endoria.net, but
the status bar says downloading from www.student.tue.nl? "

It's just a redirect. The download is stored at another site. Quite
common. Many websites refer to another download site, just like we do.

Regards
 
[[email protected]] wrote-:
I'm using XPSP2. I'd like to change the default yellow folder to a
default blue folder on one system, and default to other colors on
other systems. It would help me to know which is which when I'm
collecting my documents and organizing them.
Click to expand...

-Regedit
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons
-Create new value: "3" and set the icon path on left side
-Reboot
 
My start menu will not show small icons or Classic setup and my task bar
doesnt show Quicklaunch bar or "custom made bars". When ever I log out
the settings are lost. any suggestions?

Running xp pro sp2
 
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