Comments on: Why Did Windows Vista’s Music Folder Icon Turn Yellow?

By: Jay_booney

Jay_booney — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:36:42 +0000

There is an easier way to restore the special blue icons. If you find this method does not work for you then try right clicking on the music folder and select properties, from here select the tab “Customize”, then at the bottom of that window click the “Change icon..” button. When the window containing the icons appears, click the “Restore defaults” button and then click “Ok” then “Apply” and it should restore your icon(s) to their blue/green glory. Hope that helps!

By: Norm

Norm — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:56:32 +0000

About Madhushanka’s comment of August 29, 2009 10:37 am, I need more information; please
give me the exact complete line(s) to insert in the desktop.ini file.

By: Madhushanka

Madhushanka — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:37:06 +0000

[LocalizedFileNames]
Sample Music.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21806

above 2 phrases missing add them….. Sample Music.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21806 will make your icon back to normal….

By: Bronson

Bronson — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:16:12 +0000

A solution was here that worked very well, just want to reiterate it. It just worked for me.
Cut the music folder and place it into a different location. Then, move it back using another cut. This works and restores the file icon AFTER DOING THIS PAGE’S FIX!

By: Joao

Joao — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:54:15 +0000

That’s great and worked perfectly!!!
I was suffering with this and your tips help me to solve the problem.
Tks.

By: tadgio

tadgio — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:57:56 +0000

does anyone know how to get the icon to another folder (which isn’t in C:\USERNAME\Music)?

By: bilz

bilz — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:36:35 +0000

it din’t work

By: Tomi

Tomi — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:51:38 +0000

I finally fixed it, for me the downloads folder turned yellow, and I created another folder and named it downloads, and then after I figured that was dumb I deleted it, and it windows deleted both folders! I instantly hit CTRL + Z for undo and it restored both folders but the original downloads folder was fixed YAY!

By: ..............

.............. — Thu, 14 May 2009 08:36:31 +0000

How do i replace icon with a personal picture????? Anyone?

By: Freddie

Freddie — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:35:14 +0000

HELP
I cannot save it because it will not let me. I try to save it and then it tells me that I cannot replace it and I get this.

http://i296.photobucket.com/al.....4/eror.jpg