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Resetting user folder folder icons
My desktop folder in my user folder has changed itself to a plain ugly one. How can I set this back to how it should be?Attachment 191118
Resetting user folder folder icons
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New #2
Hello,
Did you move your Desktop folder?
If you like, you can use step 4 in Option Two below to restore the default location of your Desktop folder, and hopefully also restore its icon.
Restore Default Location of Personal Folders in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials
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New #3
As a guess, you've lost or changed desktop.ini, a hidden file in the folder.
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This is what mine contains: - note the IconResource line.
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21769
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-183
[LocalizedFileNames]
Snipping Tool.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\SnippingTool.exe,-15051
Internet Explorer.lnk=@%windir%\System32\ie4uinit.exe,-731
Notepad.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-22051
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New #4
Nope. Not moved it.Hello,
Did you move your Desktop folder?
If you like, you can use step 4 in Option Two below to restore the default location of your Desktop folder, and hopefully also restore its icon.
Restore Default Location of Personal Folders in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials
Mine has the same as that but I don't have the LocalizedFileNames bit.
What I find odd is it looks fine in these other two places.Attachment 191120
But that reg file worked. Thanks!
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New #5
Have you tried refreshing your icon cache?
My desktop.ini there looks like
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21769
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-183
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New #6
Since the location of your Desktop folder hasn't been changed, you could try downloading and merging the .reg file below to restore the default registry entries for this folder including the icon.
Default_Desktop.reg
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