Blue Vista Folders

Long story short, my "blue" vista folders turned to the default beige color. I was able to recover all of em back to the blue vista theme color except one, the Music folder. Can anyone send me the "Music" folder (empty inside). I need the property codes.

I tried to edit the desktop.ini file but it didnt work. I was however to fix it by using this method....but I forgot to get the music folder.

Much appreciated

email: [email protected]

 

Symptom -

When you open Windows Explorer, the shell folders such as Documents and Pictures may be displayed with a standard folder icon rather than the special folder icons.

Resolution -

This behavior can occur when the desktop.ini file in the shell folder is missing or incorrect, or it has no attributes set. The default contents of the desktop.ini file for various shell folders in Windows Vista are given below. In each shell folder that's missing the special icon, create a file named desktop.ini and paste the content corresponding to the shell folder.

Then right-click the file desktop.ini and choose Properties. Place a checkmark near Hidden attribute, and click OK. Logoff and login again for the changes to take effect.

Desktop.ini contents for various shell folders in Windows Vista

Documents

[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21770
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-112
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
IconIndex=-235

Pictures

[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21779
InfoTip=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-12688
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-113
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
IconIndex=-236
[LocalizedFileNames]
Sample Pictures.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21805

Music

[.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

Videos

[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21791
InfoTip=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-12690
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-189
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
IconIndex=-238
[LocalizedFileNames]
Sample Videos.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21807

Searches

[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-9031
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-18
[LocalizedFileNames]
Indexed [email protected],-32811
[email protected],-32814
Shared By [email protected],-32802
Recent [email protected],-32803
Recent [email protected],-32804
Recent Pictures and [email protected],-32806
Recent [email protected],-32807
Recently [email protected],-32813

Downloads

[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21798
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-184

Favorites

[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21796
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-115
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
IconIndex=-173

Contacts

[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%CommonProgramFiles%\system\wab32res.dll,-10100
InfoTip=@%CommonProgramFiles%\system\wab32res.dll,-10200
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-181

 

yeah, ive read that article and like i said i tried to replace the desktop.ini file but it still didnt work.

the method of replacing a working blue file over the beige file worked for me...so thats why im requesting for someone to do me a favor and send me a blank music folder

thanks tho!

 

Maybe this is obvious since you've already resorted to messing with the desktop.ini file but have you tried this?

Right-click the icon, choose properties
Select the Customize tab
In the Folder Icons box click Change Icon
Click Browse, Browse to the ImageRes.dll file
Look through the icons for the Music icon
Select it and click OK

 

for some reason, i dont even have that option...
can you just zip up a blank music folder and send it to me?

 

Actually, you can fix this yourself:

1. Backup your music files, if you have any in the broken folder.
2. Go to Control Panel > Add or remove user accounts
3. Create a new user and call it "tester" (or whatever)
4. Log in as tester (this will create a new user profile as well as the special blue folders for this user)
5. Create a new folder at C: and call it "temp"
6. Copy the blue Music folder from the tester user folder here
7. Log Off or Switch Users
8. Log in as yourself, and copy the new blue Music folder from C:\temp to your user folder
9. Let the system replace yours with this new one

 

thanks richard! good idea, cant believe i didnt think of that. i used the guest account instead of making a new one, and just copied the file onto a flash drive and now it works!