Ok, so I'm using this tutorial from Geek
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto.....rn-yellow/
it has worked previously

So now I am trying to open this notepad file
notepad %USERPROFILE%\documents\desktop.ini (what it says in the article)

but it is coming up with this

so i cannot overwrite it with the second code to revert to the proper icon!

Have a look, and see if the file you are searching for is there!

when in the documents folder, on show hidden files
there is a 'data base file'
called PCM

You need to have hidden system files shown, yes

Don't start messing around in "system32".
The one are looking for will be something like
C:\Users\Aleeve\documents\desktop.ini
The "Aleeve" being whatever your username is.

Not at all. I have the same setup. Just point it to D: (and whatever you path is after that)

Ahah
I just fixed it :)

Thanks Lighthouse, I thought to look on D drive (where my documents folder is)
So, for anybody out there

If you have moved your documents folder to a different drive

Search in start menu
D:\documents\desktop.ini (substitute 'D' to whatever your drive name is)

and that should load the file, if the command given by Geek does not work!

AND: I worked out how to run explorer.exe after you have killed it
quite proud of myself :) probably really easy for all you experienced geeks out there, but hey
anyway

To do this:

if you have just closed Windows Explorer (task manager, processes, end process)

Then, while still in task manager, click file>new task(run)>type 'explorer.exe' (without quotes)
and press ok!
Sorted!

Oh yes, i hadn't seen that post you wrote about external drives
No, D is a separate partition

While we are at this, what is the importance of partitions?
Mine just came with my laptop: C:\ and D:\

in one instance they were very useful when I had to revert to factory settings - it only reverted the C Drive which was just system files and programs, whereas all my files stayed on the D drive! (this was an old computer)

What - my computer?