'Documents' icon has changed

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I have seen a lot of discussions on here about this similar issue. And
therefore have tried just about everything mentioned. My user\documents
folder icon has changed for whatever reason to the default yellow folder icon.

I have tried making a new desktop.ini file, deleted the iconcache etc to no
joy, can anybody please suggest anything further?

Thanks J
 
Your desktop.ini in the Documents folder should look like this:

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[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21770
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-112
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
IconIndex=-235
[ViewState]
Mode=
Vid=
FolderType=Documents

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Making sure you have the appropriate desktop.ini in the Documents folder,
open Command Prompt, by right-clicking on the shortcut and choosing Run as
Administrator. Then type the following, substituting exampleusername with
your account name. Note, too, that the path assumes the default location
for Documents):

attrib +s +h -r +a "C:\Users\exampleusername\Documents\desktop.ini"

Press Enter. You may have to Log Off and then back On.
 
Thank you, I have managed to fix this in the end, it was using the command
prompt to set the folder as read only which has done it. I have tried
everything else already i think.

Thanks all for the help

J
 
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