"Shared Music" folder is now "My Music"

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Michael Ray Brown

My "Shared Music" folder has lost its musical note icon and become "My
Music." It still contains the "Shared Music" items, but it looks like a
generic folder icon. Trying to change the name returns an error that it's a
system folder. How can I restore the "Shared Music" name and icon?
 
Michael,

Make sure that there is a Desktop.ini file in the shared Music folder, with
the following contents:

[.ShellClassInfo]
[email protected],-12689
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
IconIndex=-237
[email protected],-28995

If missing, create one with the above contents and set the Hidden attribute
to the file.
 
Ramesh,

The Desktop.ini file was there, but it had lots of other stuff in it. I
re-created it following your instructions, to no avail. It still shows "My
Music" with a generic icon.
 
Michael,

How about the "hidden" attribute?
Also, is the Shared Music folder present in it's default location, or
redirected to some other drive?

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Music

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Michael Ray Brown said:
Ramesh,

The Desktop.ini file was there, but it had lots of other stuff in it. I
re-created it following your instructions, to no avail. It still shows
"My Music" with a generic icon.

--
Michael

Ramesh said:
Michael,

Make sure that there is a Desktop.ini file in the shared Music folder,
with the following contents:

[.ShellClassInfo]
[email protected],-12689
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
IconIndex=-237
[email protected],-28995

If missing, create one with the above contents and set the Hidden
attribute to the file.
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