"Shared Music" folder is now "My Music"

[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?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

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.

 

[Michael Ray Brown]

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.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

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

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

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.

 

[Michael Ray Brown]

Ramesh,

Yes, it's hidden, and the folder is in its default location.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Michael,

Click Start, Run and type:

CMD /C Attrib +R "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Music"

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

Ramesh,

Yes, it's hidden, and the folder is in its default location.

 

[Michael Ray Brown]

Eureka! That fixed it. Thank you so much.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You're welcome Michael.

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

Eureka! That fixed it. Thank you so much.