Lost "My Documents" Icon

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J C McDonald

I've lost (most likely deleted) my "My Documents" Icon.
Now whenever Windows Explorer starts it reports that
the "My Documents" directory is missing and that I should
fix it by right-clicking the icon and changing the link.
But, without the Icon, and cannot complete this repair.
Any idea how I might recreate a My Documents icon?
Thanks,
Jere
 
Try to create a new shortcut with

::{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}

as target (double colons then the GUID)
 
On Windows 2000 there is no "Customize" button.

By the way, I see now that Win2k explorer refuses the link. Try to do this
in the command line:

regsvr32 mydocs.dll

You will get a message saying "DLLRegisterServer in mydocs.dll succeeded".
See if behaviour returns.

Also check to see if
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103} is there
(even regsvr32 should add it).
 
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