"My Videos" Folder Icon

Allen

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Feb 20, 2006, 1:46:47 AM2/20/06

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One of my computers has a special icon for "My Videos" folder, but the other computer has just the ordinary folder icon. How can I change the icon to be the special "My Videos" folder icon?

TIA

neil

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Feb 20, 2006, 4:45:19 AM2/20/06

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If you download and install TweakUI you can rebuild icons, that might fix it
for you.
Neil

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Wesley Vogel

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Feb 20, 2006, 2:15:02 PM2/20/06

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This problem can occur if the hidden desktop.ini file in the special
folder is corrupt or missing. Here are the steps to fix this problem:
Illustrated, detailed instructions here:
http://computers.douglasthrift.net/winxpfaq.html

Scroll down a little and click on Special Folders.

My Videos desktop.ini should look like this.

[.ShellClassInfo]
InfoTip=@Shell32.dll,-12690
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
IconIndex=-238
[DeleteOnCopy]
Owner=Douglas Thrift
Personalized=14
PersonalizedName=My Videos

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Allen

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Feb 20, 2006, 11:26:15 PM2/20/06

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Nope, didn't help. The desktop.ini file was missing so I added it, but "My
Videos" still has the standard folder icon.

Any more ideas?

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Wesley Vogel

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Feb 21, 2006, 11:47:07 AM2/21/06

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Hi Allen,

OK. I didn't have a My Videos folder, so I created one. I added the
desktop.ini file, followed all advice at Douglas Thrift's site. None of
that worked.

I have TweakUI, which Neil mentioned in a post in this thread. Using
TweakUI was the only way I could restore the My Videos icon.

Here's what I did.

1. Open TweakUI.
2. Click on Repair, bottom item on the left.
3. On the right hand side, click on the V to expand the menu.
4. Click on Repair My Videos icon.
5. Click the Repair Now button.

Repair My Videos icon
[[Restores the custom icon to the My Videos folder.]]

You can download TweakUI here...

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Tweak UI
This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not
exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including
mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.

Version 2.10 requires Windows XP Service Pack 1 or above or Windows
Server 2003.

Scroll down the right hand side and look for...
Tweak UI
TweakUI.exe

TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe is what you get.

If you have Windows XP without any Service Packs, download Version 2.00.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

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TweakUI has a lot of other uses.

Some good info here...

Tweak UI for Windows XP Guide
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

TweakUI for Windows XP - Tips
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/twktips.htm

TweakUI PowerTips
http://weblogs.asp.net/jkey/archive/2003/08/01/22303.aspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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