Comments on: Make New Folders in Your Vista User Directory Use Matching Greenish Icons

By: Johnny

Johnny — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:06:41 +0000

that was tariffic, I may start liking my computer folders now

Thanks

By: omgwtflolz

omgwtflolz — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:52:40 +0000

@alison: i had the same problem, but now i know how to fix it. thank you so much for your help!

By: alison

alison — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:02:18 +0000

yes!!! that works for me. I had a problem at first though. My problem was when I right clicked on the documents folder in the start menu the option did not show up to change icon in the customize tab. what I did was open my documents and the folder icon in the bottom left corner. I right clicked on that and it still did not give the option to change icon in the customize tab.

So how I did it is while my documents open, right click on icon in bottom left corner, then click on the location tab and click find target. Mind you this brought another documents folder up in which I right click on the icon in the bottom left corner again and then properties and then “lo and behold” the change icon option became visible in the customize tab.

Then I just put in the string you specified in replacing the one as you said to and clicked ok and there it was just where you said it would be on the far right. My pretty little green icon!!! And more cool icons that I couldn’t find anywhere else on the computer.

Thank you for this useful piece of information!! It wouldn’t have helped me though unless I had kept opening the documents folder from inside the documents folder. I don’t know if it is a glitch in my Vista or just how its set up to make life complicated, thanks to you though, its a lot easier. Thanks again. I have bookmarked your page, I just got this Vista for my Birthday and I am making it my own so I am pretty sure I’ll need you again to dig me out of the sand. This is the first time I have used Vista and I really enjoy it.

By: jd2066

jd2066 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:01:46 +0000

@Jack: I don’t quite get what you mean. Do you mean that the User icon in C:\Users, the desktop one or the start menu one has the wrong name?
Also you should post your question to the forums, you will get a faster responce time due to more people watching the forums and the posts do not need to be approved before appearing.

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:58:03 +0000

Hi, i have this problem where i go into the user folder and where it shoud say Jack it says Desktop, but when i go into it, it goes into my User folder anyway it wont allow me to change the name or it when i right click and go to properties, its really bugging me, system restore doesn’t affect it i really want it to say Jack again.

Please Help

By: Xeogin

Xeogin — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:18:06 +0000

Thank you! This helped my fix my Downloads folder, cause it turned into a yellow one, it was really bugging me!

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:13:49 +0000

Yes it is tricky until you know this path. Share the knowledge people the green folders have been found. They are mostly on the far right.

%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll

Otherwise, use Terraroforms stuff its awesome.

By: moises

moises — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:03:22 +0000

After typing in the path or finding it with the browse button you must press enter within the window or it will not pull up the other set of icons.

By: Nemesco

Nemesco — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:35:04 +0000

”

Lousy Vista!!! I just tried that, but the cool greenish ones are nowhere to be found! It’s just a bunch of boring ones, and a tree�

Moral of this story = my Vista sucks. Bad Vista!!
”

Or you just didn’t read how to do it

It’s more easy to blame Vista then saying I’m to stupid to follow instructions.

By: Rachael

Rachael — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:51:44 +0000

Lousy Vista!!! I just tried that, but the cool greenish ones are nowhere to be found! It’s just a bunch of boring ones, and a tree…

Moral of this story = my Vista sucks. Bad Vista!!