Favorites Folder Read Attribute Un-Set by saving new file so custom Icon DISAPPEARS !

[JDJ]

Favorites Folder Read Attribute Un-Set by saving new file so custom
Icon disappears !

My problem of not being able to customize the icon of the folders in
Favorites on one of my PC's is because neither the READ attribute nor
SYSTEM attribute of these folders is set and therefore the Desktop.ini
file in that folder is not being processed.

I have proved this from the DOS Prompt with the ATTRIB command. See
Below - - - - line.

On my other PC the READ Attribute IS set (not the System Attribute)
for the Favorites Folder and for subfolders in the Favorites
Hierarchy.

Apparently setting EITHER attribute processes desktop.ini files and
therefore allows folder icon customization.

My problem now boils down to:

1) Every time I save a new file in one of the folders in my favorite's
hierarchy the Read Attribute becomes UnSet.

2) If I set the System Attribute instead of the Read Attribute, the S
attribute is NOT unset every time I create a new file in one of these
folders.

3) While a lot of work from the DOS prompt, setting the System
Attribute for all my Favorites Folders might be my solution EXCEPT
every time I create a new FOLDER inside the Favorites hierarchy I will
have to go back to the DOS prompt again to set the System Attribute
for that new folder.

I tried setting the System Attribute for the Favorites Folder Itself
thinking new subfolders might inherit that attribute but they do not.


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From the DOS Prompt

C:\DOCUMEN~1\JJ\FAVORI~1>ATTRIB COMPUT~1
C:\DOCUMEN~1\JJ\FAVORI~1\Computer Software

This is not what I see on my other PC.


From the DOS Prompt I can set the read attribute, e.g.

C:\DOCUMEN~1\JJ\FAVORI~1>ATTRIB +R COMPUT~1

I now see

C:\DOCUMEN~1\JJ\FAVORI~1>ATTRIB COMPUT~1
R C:\DOCUMEN~1\JJ\FAVORI~1\Computer Software

which is what I see on my other PC

Also the folder immediately assumes the icon described in the included
Desktop.ini

But as soon as I save a new file inside this folder, e.g. test.txt the
Read Attribute is UN SET again and my custom icon disappears.

I can repeat this process setting the System attribute and the change
will hold / stick and not be affected by the addition of new files
inside the folder. Custom Icons work.

e.g.

C:\DOCUMEN~1\JJ\FAVORI~1>ATTRIB +S COMPUT~1

 

[JDJ]

Since adding any new files or folders inside the Favorites Folder
hierarch is removing the R attribute (Read only?) of the folder
JJ/Favorites, I switched to setting the S (System attribute) to
JJ/favorites and all the sub folders which does not go away and my
custom folder icons reappear because desktop.ini's in the sub folders
are being read.

THE PROBLEM IS that I must manually set the S attribute for every one
of my sub folders or use a DOS prompt command:

C:\DOCUME~1\JJ\FAVORI~1> ATTRIB +S /s /d

which traversed all the sub folders in JJ/Favorites.

This does not completely solve my problem because any

New Sub folders

I create in the hierarchy do not have the S or R attribute and they
will not hold a folder icon customization till I manually set the S
attribute for a new folder e.g. one named

New Subfolder

like so:

C:\DOCUME~1\JJ\FAVORI~1> ATTRIB +S NewSub~1