Personal User Shell Folders

jillybean · Jan 21, 2009

I did already try that, before I deleted the folders which still didn't show back up.. After using limewire I somehow have two download folders, none that have the icon, just a plain folder.... I give up

Ojaser6 · Jan 21, 2009

Jillybean:

Try right-clicking the folder, click properties, go to the customize tab, and click change icon, click browse, and choose the file named imageres.dll. you should find the correct icon there.

if that works, please give me some rep points!

Brink · Jan 21, 2009

Jillybean,

Temporarily close the programs that are recreating the user folder. Backup your user folder contents to another location, then delete all of the sub folders in the C:\Users\(user name) folder. Do not delete the (user name) folder itself though.

Check to make sure that all of your user folders are set to the default location as per Option Three in this tutorial below.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/148461-personal-user-folder-restore-missing-folder.html

Restart the computer to apply.

jillybean · Jan 22, 2009

I dont have the option to browse the icons it just gives me choose file and then wants to to serch for where the file is located, where do i find the file named imageres.dll?

jillybean · Jan 22, 2009

Re: Personal User Folder - Restore Missing Folder

after trying this for a million times my user folders are all for the exact moment present with their nice icons!!! thanks Shawn for helping me!

Brink · Jan 22, 2009

You're welcome Jillybean. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted out.

Nubleus · Jan 24, 2009

Hi. I'm getting a "Parameter format not correct" error when i enter "attrib +r %USERPROFILE%\Music" into command prompt... Any idea as to why? I haven't changed the default location of the music folder and it was right in the registry. :shock:

Much appreciated.

Nub

Brink · Jan 24, 2009

Hello Nub, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Did you enter this in a elevated command prompt from step 8?

Shawn

Nubleus · Jan 24, 2009

Brink said:
Hello Nub, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Did you enter this in a elevated command prompt from step 8?

Shawn

Yup, sure did. Though when I paste it, there's an extra 0409 before attrib...

Nub

Brink · Jan 24, 2009

Nub,

Not sure what you mean by the 0409, but it should only have attrib +r %USERPROFILE%\Music typed or copied after the command prompt.

Nubleus · Jan 24, 2009

Yea it's odd... When i copy the "attrib +r %USERPROFILE%\Music" and paste it into command prompt, it pastes as "0409 attrib +r %USERPROFILE%\Music". I delete the "0409" so it's only "attrib +r %USERPROFILE%\Music", press enter, but still get the error.

Brink · Jan 24, 2009

Go ahead and restart the computer to see if the Music folder returns back to it's correct color afterwards.

Nubleus · Jan 24, 2009

Yep just did, again. 3 times... After logging on, I also get two notepad files automatically opening up. The files are named "desktop" and they're in my start up :confused:

and both contain "[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21787" is that suppose to happen lol? What trouble for one icon... :shock:

. And nope, unfortunately it's still the same old yellow icon.

Nub.

Brink · Jan 25, 2009

Nub,

It sounds like you got something more going on than said before. You should not have those in your startup programs list. Could you post a screenshot of this registry location below? Be sure to have all of the right pane included in it. I'll see if I can spot anything that may be wrong with it.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

Nubleus · Jan 25, 2009

Hi there Brink. I'd be glad to

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Nub.

Brink · Jan 25, 2009

Nub,

That location looks fine to me. Backup anything you have in the yellow user folders, then delete the yellow user folders in the Start Menu and restart the computer to see if they return to normal. If not, then reapply the tutorial here for the folders again to see if that can do it.

Nubleus · Jan 26, 2009

Hi there Brink. Cheers, will try that.

OldGrantonian · Jan 30, 2009

I have Vista Home Premium.

I moved my Personal folders from C: to D:. I also had to change some yellow folder icons back to green.

Everything is now fine, except for one thing. In my personal folder (at the top of Windows Explorer), I now have two desktop icons. The yellow folder is empty, and has the Folder Path C:\Users\Me

The green folder has the correct contents, and has the Folder Path D:\Users\Me

If I try to delete the yellow (empty) desktop folder, it's the full folder that appears in the recycle bin. The yellow folder remains in C:\Users\Me

How can I delete the empty yellow folder?
.

One solution occurred to me while I was waiting for a response.

I simply moved the Desktop folder from D:\Users\Me to C:\Users\Me

Immediately, the yellow "Desktop" folder disappeared.

I then moved the folder back to D:\Users\Me

Now, I have a green Desktop folder in C:\Users\Me and a green Desktop folder in D:\Users\Me, which is correct.

However, this is fine (and quick) for a small folder such as Desktop. What is the quick way to do the same thing for a massive folder such as Documents (10 minutes from D to C, plus another 10 minutes back from C to D)?

Brink · Jan 30, 2009

Hello OldGrantonian,

You might also check to see if you have any programs that are saving file to the C:\Users\(user name)\Documents folder location as well. If you do have a program doing this, then this will have the yellow "C:\Users\(user name)\Documents" folder stay this way each time the program saves something there. You can stop the program from doing this if it has the option to change it's save location path to the D: location instead.

You might also check the registry location to see if you have any duplicate entries for the yellow user folders, then correct as needed. You can check using the manual OPTION THREE in the tutorial below.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/148461-personal-user-folder-restore-missing-folder.html

If the method you are using works though, you might just do it since it may be easier and safer to do.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

OldGrantonian · Jan 30, 2009

Hi Shawn,

Brink said:
You can check using the manual OPTION THREE in the tutorial below.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/148461-personal-user-folder-restore-missing-folder.html

I tried your suggestion. As an experiment, I used ERUNT, then edited the "Desktop" entry in:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

This works great

So, my (non-geek) conclusion is:

For small folders, simply edit the "Location" tab in "Properties". This method does not need a reboot.

For large folders, edit:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

Even with a reboot, this will still be quicker.

Thanks for the tip

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