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Windows Forum / Windows XP / General Topics 1 / May 2008Icons in Start Menu
It's only a cosmetic issue but a sprinkling of the icons in the Start Menu (at various levels) are the 'standard yellow folder', instead of the proper one. I could change every one individually but that's tedious. Is there some way to fix the lot in one go please?  SignatureTerry, East Grinstead, UK Hi Terry, Did you install a third-party theme lately, and removed it? Can you post a screenshot or your Start menu? SignatureRegards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's only a cosmetic issue but a sprinkling of the icons in the Start Menu (at various levels) are the 'standard yellow folder', instead of the proper one. I could change every one individually but that's tedious. Is there some way to fix the lot in one go please? SignatureTerry, East Grinstead, UK >Hi Terry, > >Did you install a third-party theme lately, and removed it? No, I never mess with Themes at all. >Can you post a screenshot or your Start menu? Sure, here's an example of part of the Start Menu structure: http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/1149/startmenuexampleff2.jpg SignatureTerry, East Grinstead, UK >It's only a cosmetic issue but a sprinkling of the icons in the Start >Menu (at various levels) are the 'standard yellow folder', instead of >the proper one. I could change every one individually but that's >tedious. Is there some way to fix the lot in one go please? Open the Accessories folder: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories Using Notepad, create a file named desktop.ini with the following contents: ------------------------------------------------------------------- [LocalizedFileNames] Windows Explorer.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-22067 Command Prompt.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-22022 Notepad.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-22051 Synchronize.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-22062 Tour Windows XP.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\tourstart.exe,-1 Program Compatibility Wizard.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\compatUI.dll,-115 Address Book.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-22017 [.ShellClassInfo] LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21761 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Type in Start, Run: cmd /k attrib +s +h "%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\desktop.ini" SignatureRegards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@unknownhost> wrote: >Hi Terry, > >Did you install a third-party theme lately, and removed it? No, I never mess with Themes at all. >Can you post a screenshot or your Start menu? Sure, here's an example of part of the Start Menu structure: http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/1149/startmenuexampleff2.jpg SignatureTerry, East Grinstead, UK I'd think your real concern would be what icon is showing on the Start Menu itself, not what shows up in the Document and Settings subfolders. In either case, the folder icons can be easily changed by simply right-clicking on them then select Properties > Customize tab, Change Icon button. FWIW, my icons in the D & S subfolders display the same as yours, but they are uniform on the Programs Start Menu itself. >>Hi Terry, >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >>the proper one. I could change every one individually but that's >>tedious. Is there some way to fix the lot in one go please? > It's only a cosmetic issue but a sprinkling of the icons in the Start > Menu (at various levels) are the 'standard yellow folder', instead of > the proper one. I could change every one individually but that's > tedious. Is there some way to fix the lot in one go please? Line 121. Increase Icon Cache http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm SignatureJoe =o) |
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