Icons for special folders

[Man-wai Chang ToDie]

Could I use my own icon? Their properties don't have a tab for icon as
normal folders.

I saw tips about using the desktop.ini in each of them. But I don't want
to use desktop.ini as I don't need Vi$ta to remember each folder's own
settings.

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[Bob]

Sure, just navigate to the icon you want.

 

[Man-wai Chang ToDie]

Sure, just navigate to the icon you want.

I don't see a "Change Icon" button when I right click the properties of
those special folders...

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@~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY.
/ v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you!
/( _ )\ (Xubuntu 7.04) Linux 2.6.24.1
^ ^ 10:33:01 up 20:46 0 users load average: 0.08 0.03 0.01
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[Keith Miller \(MVP\)]

If the folders have a custom icon, as the Special Folders do, then they are
already using a desktop.ini file. You just need to modify it's contents.
Set Explorer options to both 'Show hidden files' & clear the 'Hide protected
operating system' files check box. You will then see the desktop.ini files
in the folders.

In the 'Documents' folder, the desktop.ini file contains the following:


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

Change the 'IconResource' value to point to your icon.