TweakUI missing "Repair My Documents Icon" etc

[Guest]

I can no longer find the "Repair My Documents Icon" (or "Repair My Videos
Icon" and the like) feature under the Repair tab in TweakUI XP, even when I
run TweakUI in an admin account. The only visible options in Repair are:
"Rebuild Icons", "Repair Font folder", "Repair hotkeys", "Repair Regedit",
and "Repair Temporary Internet Files".

I am running Windows XP MCE Professional SP2, and I have disabled the
built-in Administrator account (in line with Best Practice) and setup a
separate admin account for use when necessary. I have tried reinstalling
TweakUI, to no avail.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Best,
doonyakka

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Because Repair My Documents Icon is not a choice.

TweakUI version 2.10.0.0/Repair has these functions...

Rebuild icons
Rebuilds all Explorer icons and removes unused Explorer icons from memory.
Rebuild icons when you find that Explorer is displaying the wrong icon for a
program or shortcut. Note that repairing icons may cause icons to lose any
custom positions.

Repair font folder
Restores the functionality of the Font folder. Repair the font folder when
you find that the Font folder has begun acting like a normal folder.

Repair My Music icon
Restores the custom icon to the My Music folder.

Repair My Pictures icon
Restores the custom icon to the My Pictures folder.

Repair My Videos icon
Restores the custom icon to the My Videos folder.

Repair regedit
Repair Regedit when you find that Regedit is not showing all the columns in
its view.

Repair unread mail count
Resets the unread mail count for the current user on the Welcome screen (if
friendly logon is enabled) and in any other applications which follow the
Windows unread mail count procedure.

See these...

ShellIconFix - Utility to repair the shell object icons in Windows XP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/shelliconfix.htm

Question: One of my special folders (e.g. My Documents, My Music, My
Pictures, Shared Documents, etc) has lost its name, lost its icon, or has
the wrong Task Pane template, how can I get it back?

Answer: This problem can occur if the hidden desktop.ini file in the special
folder is corrupt or missing. Here are the steps to fix this problem:
Illustrated, detailed instructions here:
http://computers.douglasthrift.net/winxpfaq.html

Scroll down a little and click on Special Folders.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Guest]

Hi Wesley, thanks for your reply.

You're right about "Repair My Documents Icon", I was just listing the
options as I (incorrectly) remembered them. My point was that only the
general "Rebuild icons" is there in my TweakUI; none of the other "Repair
[folder] icon" options show up. Which is weird, right?

I'll try the tips you suggest, but I'd be interested to find out why TweakUI
is behaving strangely.

Cheers,
doonyakka

 

[Guest]

UPDATE: I tried the ShellIconFix utility and the suggested manual fix, but
the utility won't run under my user account - it requires admin privileges -
and the desktop.ini in My Documents is exactly as specified in the
instructions (modulo the user name). The Keith Miller fix doesn't work
either. Finally, the Customize tab is missing from My Documents Properties,
probably because of restrictions on the user account.

Any further suggestions much appreciated.

doonyakka

Hi Wesley, thanks for your reply.

You're right about "Repair My Documents Icon", I was just listing the
options as I (incorrectly) remembered them. My point was that only the
general "Rebuild icons" is there in my TweakUI; none of the other "Repair
[folder] icon" options show up. Which is weird, right?

I'll try the tips you suggest, but I'd be interested to find out why TweakUI
is behaving strangely.

Cheers,
doonyakka

Because Repair My Documents Icon is not a choice.

TweakUI version 2.10.0.0/Repair has these functions...

Rebuild icons
Rebuilds all Explorer icons and removes unused Explorer icons from memory.
Rebuild icons when you find that Explorer is displaying the wrong icon for a
program or shortcut. Note that repairing icons may cause icons to lose any
custom positions.

Repair font folder
Restores the functionality of the Font folder. Repair the font folder when
you find that the Font folder has begun acting like a normal folder.

Repair My Music icon
Restores the custom icon to the My Music folder.

Repair My Pictures icon
Restores the custom icon to the My Pictures folder.

Repair My Videos icon
Restores the custom icon to the My Videos folder.

Repair regedit
Repair Regedit when you find that Regedit is not showing all the columns in
its view.

Repair unread mail count
Resets the unread mail count for the current user on the Welcome screen (if
friendly logon is enabled) and in any other applications which follow the
Windows unread mail count procedure.

See these...

ShellIconFix - Utility to repair the shell object icons in Windows XP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/shelliconfix.htm

Question: One of my special folders (e.g. My Documents, My Music, My
Pictures, Shared Documents, etc) has lost its name, lost its icon, or has
the wrong Task Pane template, how can I get it back?

Answer: This problem can occur if the hidden desktop.ini file in the special
folder is corrupt or missing. Here are the steps to fix this problem:
Illustrated, detailed instructions here:
http://computers.douglasthrift.net/winxpfaq.html

Scroll down a little and click on Special Folders.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Wesley Vogel]

doonyakka,

From rereading your first post, Repair hotkeys is an option with TweakUI
version 1.33.0.0. TweakUI version 1.33 is intended for Windows Me, Windows
2000, Windows 98, and Windows 95. It is not intended for Windows XP.

TweakUI 1.33 looks similar to this picture...
http://home.earthlink.net/~leetutor/DoWin/Powertoy/TweakUIrepair.gif

Neither XP version of TweakUI (2.00 or 2.10) has tabs.

Uninstall TweakUI version 1.33.0.0.

You can download the proper version of TweakUI here...

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Tweak UI
This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not
exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including
mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.

Version 2.10 requires Windows XP Service Pack 1 or above or Windows
Server 2003.

Scroll down the right hand side and look for...
Tweak UI
TweakUI.exe

TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe is what you get.

If you have Windows XP without any Service Packs, download Version 2.00.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

-------

Did you use this command

attrib +S +H desktop.ini

for %userprofile%\My Documents to make sure that %userprofile%\My
Documents\desktop.ini file has the System and Hidden attributes?

%userprofile% is an environment variable that is the path to the logged on
user's home folder.

Typing or pasting %userprofile% into the Start | Run box opens to the
Documents and Settings folder on whatever drive it is located on for the
logged in user.

I.e. C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here

The My Documents folder does not have a Customize tab and is not supposed to
have one.

Which Keith Miller fix? This one?

Common Tasks Don’t Match Folder Type
by Keith Miller
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_common_tasks.htm

Keith Miller has a script that can fix the problem. Download
TaskPaneFix.zip attachment from this newsgroup post:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize/msg/d7dd4582cc4b2e99

Clear at the bottom.

TaskPaneFix.zip
2K Download

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

UPDATE: I tried the ShellIconFix utility and the suggested manual fix, but
the utility won't run under my user account - it requires admin
privileges - and the desktop.ini in My Documents is exactly as specified
in the instructions (modulo the user name). The Keith Miller fix doesn't
work either. Finally, the Customize tab is missing from My Documents
Properties, probably because of restrictions on the user account.

Any further suggestions much appreciated.

doonyakka

Hi Wesley, thanks for your reply.

You're right about "Repair My Documents Icon", I was just listing the
options as I (incorrectly) remembered them. My point was that only the
general "Rebuild icons" is there in my TweakUI; none of the other "Repair
[folder] icon" options show up. Which is weird, right?

I'll try the tips you suggest, but I'd be interested to find out why
TweakUI is behaving strangely.

Cheers,
doonyakka

Because Repair My Documents Icon is not a choice.

TweakUI version 2.10.0.0/Repair has these functions...

Rebuild icons
Rebuilds all Explorer icons and removes unused Explorer icons from
memory. Rebuild icons when you find that Explorer is displaying the
wrong icon for a program or shortcut. Note that repairing icons may
cause icons to lose any custom positions.

Repair font folder
Restores the functionality of the Font folder. Repair the font folder
when you find that the Font folder has begun acting like a normal
folder.

Repair My Music icon
Restores the custom icon to the My Music folder.

Repair My Pictures icon
Restores the custom icon to the My Pictures folder.

Repair My Videos icon
Restores the custom icon to the My Videos folder.

Repair regedit
Repair Regedit when you find that Regedit is not showing all the
columns in its view.

Repair unread mail count
Resets the unread mail count for the current user on the Welcome screen
(if friendly logon is enabled) and in any other applications which
follow the Windows unread mail count procedure.

See these...

ShellIconFix - Utility to repair the shell object icons in Windows XP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/shelliconfix.htm

Question: One of my special folders (e.g. My Documents, My Music, My
Pictures, Shared Documents, etc) has lost its name, lost its icon, or
has the wrong Task Pane template, how can I get it back?

Answer: This problem can occur if the hidden desktop.ini file in the
special folder is corrupt or missing. Here are the steps to fix this
problem: Illustrated, detailed instructions here:
http://computers.douglasthrift.net/winxpfaq.html

Scroll down a little and click on Special Folders.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In doonyakka <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I can no longer find the "Repair My Documents Icon" (or "Repair My
Videos Icon" and the like) feature under the Repair tab in TweakUI XP,
even when I run TweakUI in an admin account. The only visible options
in Repair are: "Rebuild Icons", "Repair Font folder", "Repair
hotkeys", "Repair Regedit", and "Repair Temporary Internet Files".

I am running Windows XP MCE Professional SP2, and I have disabled the
built-in Administrator account (in line with Best Practice) and setup a
separate admin account for use when necessary. I have tried
reinstalling TweakUI, to no avail.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Best,
doonyakka

 

[Guest]

Wesley,

OK, I finally worked out where I was going wrong. Although I had the latest
version of TweakUI installed all along, I was accessing TweakUI via the
Control Panel...and it turns out that the CP applet is version 1.3 only,
TweakUI XP being an .exe. Problem solved!

Thanks so much for all your help, Wesley. You are very helpful and thorough


Best,
doonyakka

doonyakka,

From rereading your first post, Repair hotkeys is an option with TweakUI
version 1.33.0.0. TweakUI version 1.33 is intended for Windows Me, Windows
2000, Windows 98, and Windows 95. It is not intended for Windows XP.

TweakUI 1.33 looks similar to this picture...
http://home.earthlink.net/~leetutor/DoWin/Powertoy/TweakUIrepair.gif

Neither XP version of TweakUI (2.00 or 2.10) has tabs.

Uninstall TweakUI version 1.33.0.0.

You can download the proper version of TweakUI here...

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Tweak UI
This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not
exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including
mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.

Version 2.10 requires Windows XP Service Pack 1 or above or Windows
Server 2003.

Scroll down the right hand side and look for...
Tweak UI
TweakUI.exe

TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe is what you get.

If you have Windows XP without any Service Packs, download Version 2.00.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

-------

Did you use this command

attrib +S +H desktop.ini

for %userprofile%\My Documents to make sure that %userprofile%\My
Documents\desktop.ini file has the System and Hidden attributes?

%userprofile% is an environment variable that is the path to the logged on
user's home folder.

Typing or pasting %userprofile% into the Start | Run box opens to the
Documents and Settings folder on whatever drive it is located on for the
logged in user.

I.e. C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here

The My Documents folder does not have a Customize tab and is not supposed to
have one.

Which Keith Miller fix? This one?

Common Tasks Don’t Match Folder Type
by Keith Miller
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_common_tasks.htm

Keith Miller has a script that can fix the problem. Download
TaskPaneFix.zip attachment from this newsgroup post:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize/msg/d7dd4582cc4b2e99

Clear at the bottom.

TaskPaneFix.zip
2K Download

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

UPDATE: I tried the ShellIconFix utility and the suggested manual fix, but
the utility won't run under my user account - it requires admin
privileges - and the desktop.ini in My Documents is exactly as specified
in the instructions (modulo the user name). The Keith Miller fix doesn't
work either. Finally, the Customize tab is missing from My Documents
Properties, probably because of restrictions on the user account.

Any further suggestions much appreciated.

doonyakka

Hi Wesley, thanks for your reply.

You're right about "Repair My Documents Icon", I was just listing the
options as I (incorrectly) remembered them. My point was that only the
general "Rebuild icons" is there in my TweakUI; none of the other "Repair
[folder] icon" options show up. Which is weird, right?

I'll try the tips you suggest, but I'd be interested to find out why
TweakUI is behaving strangely.

Cheers,
doonyakka

:

Because Repair My Documents Icon is not a choice.

TweakUI version 2.10.0.0/Repair has these functions...

Rebuild icons
Rebuilds all Explorer icons and removes unused Explorer icons from
memory. Rebuild icons when you find that Explorer is displaying the
wrong icon for a program or shortcut. Note that repairing icons may
cause icons to lose any custom positions.

Repair font folder
Restores the functionality of the Font folder. Repair the font folder
when you find that the Font folder has begun acting like a normal
folder.

Repair My Music icon
Restores the custom icon to the My Music folder.

Repair My Pictures icon
Restores the custom icon to the My Pictures folder.

Repair My Videos icon
Restores the custom icon to the My Videos folder.

Repair regedit
Repair Regedit when you find that Regedit is not showing all the
columns in its view.

Repair unread mail count
Resets the unread mail count for the current user on the Welcome screen
(if friendly logon is enabled) and in any other applications which
follow the Windows unread mail count procedure.

See these...

ShellIconFix - Utility to repair the shell object icons in Windows XP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/shelliconfix.htm

Question: One of my special folders (e.g. My Documents, My Music, My
Pictures, Shared Documents, etc) has lost its name, lost its icon, or
has the wrong Task Pane template, how can I get it back?

Answer: This problem can occur if the hidden desktop.ini file in the
special folder is corrupt or missing. Here are the steps to fix this
problem: Illustrated, detailed instructions here:
http://computers.douglasthrift.net/winxpfaq.html

Scroll down a little and click on Special Folders.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In doonyakka <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I can no longer find the "Repair My Documents Icon" (or "Repair My
Videos Icon" and the like) feature under the Repair tab in TweakUI XP,
even when I run TweakUI in an admin account. The only visible options
in Repair are: "Rebuild Icons", "Repair Font folder", "Repair
hotkeys", "Repair Regedit", and "Repair Temporary Internet Files".

I am running Windows XP MCE Professional SP2, and I have disabled the
built-in Administrator account (in line with Best Practice) and setup a
separate admin account for use when necessary. I have tried
reinstalling TweakUI, to no avail.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Best,
doonyakka

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Hi doonyakka,

There is probably a tweakui.cpl file left over from 1.33. There is not
tweakui.cpl file for XP's version. You may want to get rid of it.
TweakUI.exe is the file for the later versions

To start TweakUI...
Start | Run | Type: tweakui | Click OK
or...
Start Menu\Programs\Powertoys for Windows XP\Tweak UI

You can also add TweakUI to the Control Panel with
xp_AddTweakUItoControlPanel.vbs from
here...
1. Add XP TweakUI Icon to the Control Panel
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

xp_AddTweakUItoControlPanel.vbs adds...
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}

{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17} is the CLSID for TweakUIXP.

How can I add TweakUI to the Windows XP Control Panel?
http://www.jsifaq.com/SF/Tips/Tip.aspx?id=8894

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Wesley,

OK, I finally worked out where I was going wrong. Although I had the
latest version of TweakUI installed all along, I was accessing TweakUI
via the Control Panel...and it turns out that the CP applet is version
1.3 only, TweakUI XP being an .exe. Problem solved!

Thanks so much for all your help, Wesley. You are very helpful and
thorough

Best,
doonyakka

doonyakka,

From rereading your first post, Repair hotkeys is an option with TweakUI
version 1.33.0.0. TweakUI version 1.33 is intended for Windows Me,
Windows 2000, Windows 98, and Windows 95. It is not intended for
Windows XP.

TweakUI 1.33 looks similar to this picture...
http://home.earthlink.net/~leetutor/DoWin/Powertoy/TweakUIrepair.gif

Neither XP version of TweakUI (2.00 or 2.10) has tabs.

Uninstall TweakUI version 1.33.0.0.

You can download the proper version of TweakUI here...

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Tweak UI
This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not
exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including
mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.

Version 2.10 requires Windows XP Service Pack 1 or above or Windows
Server 2003.

Scroll down the right hand side and look for...
Tweak UI
TweakUI.exe

TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe is what you get.

If you have Windows XP without any Service Packs, download Version 2.00.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

-------

Did you use this command

attrib +S +H desktop.ini

for %userprofile%\My Documents to make sure that %userprofile%\My
Documents\desktop.ini file has the System and Hidden attributes?

%userprofile% is an environment variable that is the path to the logged
on user's home folder.

Typing or pasting %userprofile% into the Start | Run box opens to the
Documents and Settings folder on whatever drive it is located on for the
logged in user.

I.e. C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here

The My Documents folder does not have a Customize tab and is not
supposed to have one.

Which Keith Miller fix? This one?

Common Tasks Don’t Match Folder Type
by Keith Miller
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_common_tasks.htm

Keith Miller has a script that can fix the problem. Download
TaskPaneFix.zip attachment from this newsgroup post:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize/msg/d7dd4582cc4b2e99

Clear at the bottom.

TaskPaneFix.zip
2K Download

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

UPDATE: I tried the ShellIconFix utility and the suggested manual fix,
but the utility won't run under my user account - it requires admin
privileges - and the desktop.ini in My Documents is exactly as specified
in the instructions (modulo the user name). The Keith Miller fix doesn't
work either. Finally, the Customize tab is missing from My Documents
Properties, probably because of restrictions on the user account.

Any further suggestions much appreciated.

doonyakka


:

Hi Wesley, thanks for your reply.

You're right about "Repair My Documents Icon", I was just listing the
options as I (incorrectly) remembered them. My point was that only the
general "Rebuild icons" is there in my TweakUI; none of the other
"Repair [folder] icon" options show up. Which is weird, right?

I'll try the tips you suggest, but I'd be interested to find out why
TweakUI is behaving strangely.

Cheers,
doonyakka

:

Because Repair My Documents Icon is not a choice.

TweakUI version 2.10.0.0/Repair has these functions...

Rebuild icons
Rebuilds all Explorer icons and removes unused Explorer icons from
memory. Rebuild icons when you find that Explorer is displaying the
wrong icon for a program or shortcut. Note that repairing icons may
cause icons to lose any custom positions.

Repair font folder
Restores the functionality of the Font folder. Repair the font folder
when you find that the Font folder has begun acting like a normal
folder.

Repair My Music icon
Restores the custom icon to the My Music folder.

Repair My Pictures icon
Restores the custom icon to the My Pictures folder.

Repair My Videos icon
Restores the custom icon to the My Videos folder.

Repair regedit
Repair Regedit when you find that Regedit is not showing all the
columns in its view.

Repair unread mail count
Resets the unread mail count for the current user on the Welcome
screen (if friendly logon is enabled) and in any other applications
which follow the Windows unread mail count procedure.

See these...

ShellIconFix - Utility to repair the shell object icons in Windows XP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/shelliconfix.htm

Question: One of my special folders (e.g. My Documents, My Music, My
Pictures, Shared Documents, etc) has lost its name, lost its icon, or
has the wrong Task Pane template, how can I get it back?

Answer: This problem can occur if the hidden desktop.ini file in the
special folder is corrupt or missing. Here are the steps to fix this
problem: Illustrated, detailed instructions here:
http://computers.douglasthrift.net/winxpfaq.html

Scroll down a little and click on Special Folders.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In doonyakka <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I can no longer find the "Repair My Documents Icon" (or "Repair My
Videos Icon" and the like) feature under the Repair tab in TweakUI
XP, even when I run TweakUI in an admin account. The only visible
options in Repair are: "Rebuild Icons", "Repair Font folder", "Repair
hotkeys", "Repair Regedit", and "Repair Temporary Internet Files".

I am running Windows XP MCE Professional SP2, and I have disabled the
built-in Administrator account (in line with Best Practice) and
setup a separate admin account for use when necessary. I have tried
reinstalling TweakUI, to no avail.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Best,
doonyakka