The loss of the default icons may be due to method you used to move the
folders. The "proper" method is to right click on the My Documents icon on
the Desktop, then select Properties, then click the Move button and Browse to
the desired location. That would move ALL the files and folders under My
Documents.
If instead, you manually moved them then Windows XP will likely have the
wrong information or none regarding icons. Windows generally uses a
desktop.ini file to store the folder icon information.
Anywho, here one way to "fix" it.
1. Open a Command window, then go to the folder you want to "fix", i.e.
d:\Music
2. Type ATTRIB, then hit enter.
3. IF you see desktop.ini and it is marked as Read-Only and/or System and/or
Hidden, type ATTRIB -S -H -R desktop.ini, then hit enter.
4. Type NOTEPAD desktop.ini, then hit enter, to edit it in Notepad.
5. If the section under [.ShellClassInfo] is different than appropriate
example below or missing altogether, change it to match the information
below. (Hint: use copy & paste)
6. After making any changes, save the desktop.ini file and close Notepad.
7. At the command prompt type ATTRIB +S +H desktop.ini
8. Go to the next folder, i.e. d:\Pictures, and repeat the process.
9. Close the Command window and restart the computer.
My Music desktop.ini
[.ShellClassInfo]
[email protected],-12689
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\SHELL32.DLL
IconIndex=-237
Pictures desktop.ini
[.ShellClassInfo]
[email protected],-12688
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\mydocs.dll
IconIndex=-101
Good luck.
