Comments on: How to Fix User Folders Showing Simple Folder Icon in Windows Vista?

By: perry

perry — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:34:36 +0000

thank you. i've been suffering from this for so long.

By: Paultx

Paultx — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:11:04 +0000

I couldn't find a solution for XP Pro, but this one did work. The only difference now is that the new Desktop.ini file in the My pictures folder here seems not to be a protected system file anymore.

By: SilkTaco

SilkTaco — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:00:26 +0000

oh ma gawd i was going insane with this. thank you so much!

By: Kouder

Kouder — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:15:06 +0000

When I click "Save Link As.." it asks me where to save and i would just pick the corresponding file, but when i do and log off and back in, it is still the plain yellow folder for my Documents and Pictures. Is there anything I'm missing?

I'm using Home Premium

By: hexaae

hexaae — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:56:14 +0000

Wanted to report that changing/re-editing desktop.ini for %userprofile%\Desktop\ was not enough: Vista still showed yellow std folder icon. To really fix it I've had to issue these extra commands from admin MS-DOS prompt:
attrib %userprofile%\Desktop +R
attrib %userprofile%\Desktop\desktop.ini +S +H +A

Hope this will help someone...

By: VG

VG — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:02:00 +0000

^^ It seems the folder got corrupted. Try to check its content using Command Prompt.

By: Bingdaddy

Bingdaddy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:39:21 +0000

I have a similar problem in that the main folder that all of my music is in, is entitled "My Own Music". Well the folder has completely disappeared along with all of my music. There is now a generic file named "My Own Music" but it is loaded with code and can only be viewed in a text viewer.

The data is still on the drive somewhere, as it is still nearly full.

What can I do?

By: VG

VG — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:22:53 +0000

^^ Did you use any Icon pack in your system? It seems the icon cache has been corrupted. Please check the "FAQ" topic, it contains solution of corrupt icons.

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:39:48 +0000

i have tried doing this many times, i will not work , perhaps its not for the propblem im having
when i press start and go to all programs, all the folders in there eg: acer, games, mcaphee almost all of them, the icon has been replaced with the one shown for All Files* its so frustrating i have no idea whats caused this and cant find a solution anyware, can any one help me??????? ( i am using windows Vista )

By: Elliott

Elliott — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:57:30 +0000

Thanks, but I just made a new account lol.