User Folder Icons

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Ok I've got this problem:
The User folders, containing documents, pictures, music, video's and stuff
normally normally have nice specific icons for each folder, like most folders
in the picture:
[img=[URL]http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/3231/foldermk3.jpg[/URL]]
Now, the normal music folder used to be 'music' (red). But I changed it to
'muziek' (blue), because I created 'muziek' in C:\program files\muziek, which
I was used to. But the new muziek folder didn't have one of these
nice-looking icons, just a standard folder-icon.
So my question is: how do I give this folder the icon it should have?
Because you change the icon of these folders, unlike normal folders.
 
The Music folder gets its special icon via the 'desktop.ini' file. It's a
simple text file with a .ini extension. It is normally flagged as 'Hidden'
and 'System'. If it doesn't exist in the folder, create it in notepad.
It's contents should be:

---------------------
[.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
-------------------

In order for Explorer to process the contents of a 'desktop.ini' file, the
folder must have its 'Read-Only' attribute set. Open a command prompt
window to the parent folder (C:\Users\<UserName>) and type the following
command:

attrib +r muziek
 
well, it worked, but in a pretty strange way.
at first it didn't work at all, but it changed the icon after 5 minutes or
so..
ah well, it worked, thanks a lot =)

Keith Miller MVP said:
The Music folder gets its special icon via the 'desktop.ini' file. It's a
simple text file with a .ini extension. It is normally flagged as 'Hidden'
and 'System'. If it doesn't exist in the folder, create it in notepad.
It's contents should be:

---------------------
[.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
-------------------

In order for Explorer to process the contents of a 'desktop.ini' file, the
folder must have its 'Read-Only' attribute set. Open a command prompt
window to the parent folder (C:\Users\<UserName>) and type the following
command:

attrib +r muziek


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Robbert said:
Ok I've got this problem:
The User folders, containing documents, pictures, music, video's and stuff
normally normally have nice specific icons for each folder, like most
folders
in the picture:
[img=[URL]http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/3231/foldermk3.jpg[/URL]]
Now, the normal music folder used to be 'music' (red). But I changed it to
'muziek' (blue), because I created 'muziek' in C:\program files\muziek,
which
I was used to. But the new muziek folder didn't have one of these
nice-looking icons, just a standard folder-icon.
So my question is: how do I give this folder the icon it should have?
Because you change the icon of these folders, unlike normal folders.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
You're welcome. Glad it's sorted.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Robbert said:
well, it worked, but in a pretty strange way.
at first it didn't work at all, but it changed the icon after 5 minutes or
so..
ah well, it worked, thanks a lot =)

Keith Miller MVP said:
The Music folder gets its special icon via the 'desktop.ini' file. It's
a
simple text file with a .ini extension. It is normally flagged as
'Hidden'
and 'System'. If it doesn't exist in the folder, create it in notepad.
It's contents should be:

---------------------
[.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
-------------------

In order for Explorer to process the contents of a 'desktop.ini' file,
the
folder must have its 'Read-Only' attribute set. Open a command prompt
window to the parent folder (C:\Users\<UserName>) and type the following
command:

attrib +r muziek


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Robbert said:
Ok I've got this problem:
The User folders, containing documents, pictures, music, video's and
stuff
normally normally have nice specific icons for each folder, like most
folders
in the picture:
[img=[URL]http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/3231/foldermk3.jpg[/URL]]
Now, the normal music folder used to be 'music' (red). But I changed it
to
'muziek' (blue), because I created 'muziek' in C:\program files\muziek,
which
I was used to. But the new muziek folder didn't have one of these
nice-looking icons, just a standard folder-icon.
So my question is: how do I give this folder the icon it should have?
Because you change the icon of these folders, unlike normal folders.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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