How to restore the special "Music" and "Pictures" icons.

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Hi,

I recently installed Vista and moved all my music and pictures into the
"Music" and Pictures" folders. After I was done the special folder icons
were replaced with generic ones.

How do I get the spcial icons for the "Music" and "Pictures" folders
restored? In XP I used TweakUI when this happened, but I do not know of any
utility like that for Vista.
 
Hi,

I recently installed Vista and moved all my music and pictures into the
"Music" and Pictures" folders. After I was done the special folder icons
were replaced with generic ones.

How do I get the spcial icons for the "Music" and "Pictures" folders
restored? In XP I used TweakUI when this happened, but I do not know of any
utility like that for Vista.
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There should be a file called 'desktop.ini' in the directory which tells
Vista what icon to use, have you deleted/replaced it?
 
There should be a file called 'desktop.ini' in the directory which
tells Vista what icon to use, have you deleted/replaced it?
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Thanks. I tried that, but it didn't work. However, I found out how to do
it myself just now: Go to your user folder. Right click on the "Music"
(or any special folder). Open the "Previous Versions" tab. There are
several previous versions available there. Choose one that has the
correct icon and the folder will be restored to an earlier state with
the correct special icon. This is new for Vista and very useful if you
have a lot of customized folders. The only problem I see is if there are
no previous version of the folder available with the correct settings.

//C
 
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