SOLUTION: User Folders Showing Default Folder Icon in VISTA
by Vishal Gupta
Saturday, December 29, 2007 by VishalGuptaMVP | Discussion: Tutorials
Lots of Vista users are facing a strange problem, where the folder icons in
User folder change from special glass icons to simple folder icons. Look at the
following screenshot:
This is how the icons look in User folder which can be accessed using "%userprofile%"
command or just select your username in Startmenu (just below the user pic).
But sometimes these icons (all or some) become simple default folder icons as
shown in following screenshot:
It happens when "Desktop.ini" file becomes corrupted. Actually all these
special glass icons are displayed using "desktop.ini" file which is present in
each folder (hidden). Sometimes a few software make this file corrupt and these
folders start showing simple folder icon.
The solution is very simple. Just replace "desktop.ini" file present in the
corrupt folder with default one. I have uploaded the default "desktop.ini" file
for each folder at following link:
Fix User Folder Icons in Windows Vista
Just download the desired desktop.ini file and paste in the folder which is
showing corrupt icon.Windows will ask to overwrite the existing file, select
"Copy & Replace".
NOTE: Log off or End Task of "explorer.exe" from Task Manager to see the
changes.
Reply #2 Saturday, December 29, 2007 1:58 PM
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Reply #1 Saturday, December 29, 2007 12:21 PM