"Shared Music" has become "My Music"

[Michael Ray Brown]

The "Shared Music" folder on my computer has somehow changed to "My Music,"
and the custom icon has disappeared, reverting back to a standard folder
icon. Double-clicking it opens "My Music" in "All Users," just as it
should. However, Windows won't let me change it back to "Shared Music," and
I can't figure out how to restore the custom "Shared Music" folder. Any
ideas would be appreciated.

 

[Ayush]

Replied to [Michael Ray Brown]s message :

The "Shared Music" folder on my computer has somehow changed to "My Music,"
and the custom icon has disappeared, reverting back to a standard folder
icon. Double-clicking it opens "My Music" in "All Users," just as it
should. However, Windows won't let me change it back to "Shared Music," and
I can't figure out how to restore the custom "Shared Music" folder. Any
ideas would be appreciated.

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/specialicons.htm


OR Try this :
1. Start > Run > Type :
attrib -s -h -r "%allusersprofile%\Documents\My Music\Desktop.ini"
2. Start > Run > Type :
notepad "%allusersprofile%\Documents\My Music\Desktop.ini"
3. Change the text in notepad to :

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

4. SAve the file
5.Start > Run > Type :
attrib -s -h "%allusersprofile%\Documents\My Music\Desktop.ini"

 

[Michael Ray Brown]

Replied to [Michael Ray Brown]s message :

The "Shared Music" folder on my computer has somehow changed to "My
Music," and the custom icon has disappeared, reverting back to a standard
folder icon. Double-clicking it opens "My Music" in "All Users," just as
it should. However, Windows won't let me change it back to "Shared
Music," and I can't figure out how to restore the custom "Shared Music"
folder. Any ideas would be appreciated.

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/specialicons.htm


OR Try this :
1. Start > Run > Type :
attrib -s -h -r "%allusersprofile%\Documents\My Music\Desktop.ini"
2. Start > Run > Type :
notepad "%allusersprofile%\Documents\My Music\Desktop.ini"
3. Change the text in notepad to :

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

4. SAve the file
5.Start > Run > Type :
attrib -s -h "%allusersprofile%\Documents\My Music\Desktop.ini"

Neither solution has any effect. It's odd, but my system doesn't have a
"Documents" folder in "All Users." Instead, it has a "Shared Documents"
folder, with subfolders "Shared Music," "Shared Video," and "My Music." I
wasn't able to rename "My Music." Windows wouldn't let me. But I was able
to delete it, and create a new folder called "Shared Music." I created a
"desktop.ini" file in that folder, but it still shows no special icon.

 

[Nepatsfan]

Replied to [Michael Ray Brown]s message :

The "Shared Music" folder on my computer has somehow
changed to "My Music," and the custom icon has disappeared,
reverting back to a standard folder icon. Double-clicking
it opens "My Music" in "All Users," just as it should.
However, Windows won't let me change it back to "Shared
Music," and I can't figure out how to restore the custom
"Shared Music" folder. Any ideas would be appreciated.

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/specialicons.htm


OR Try this :
1. Start > Run > Type :
attrib -s -h -r "%allusersprofile%\Documents\My
Music\Desktop.ini" 2. Start > Run > Type :
notepad "%allusersprofile%\Documents\My Music\Desktop.ini"
3. Change the text in notepad to :

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

4. SAve the file
5.Start > Run > Type :
attrib -s -h "%allusersprofile%\Documents\My
Music\Desktop.ini"

Ayush,

Just out of curiosity, why did you include the -r switch in
line 1? I just did a search on my computer and none of my
Desktop.ini files are "Read Only".

Also, in line 5 where you're restoring the System and Hidden
attributes, shouldn't there be + signs instead of - signs? Like
this,

attrib +s +h "%allusersprofile%\Documents\My Music\Desktop.ini"


Nepatsfan

 

[Ayush]

Replied to [Nepatsfan]s message :

Ayush,

Just out of curiosity, why did you include the -r switch in
line 1? I just did a search on my computer and none of my
Desktop.ini files are "Read Only".

Just because it doesn't hurt anything ...

Also, in line 5 where you're restoring the System and Hidden
attributes, shouldn't there be + signs instead of - signs? Like
this,

attrib +s +h "%allusersprofile%\Documents\My Music\Desktop.ini"

Mistake !! I copied that from Line 1 then forgot to change that ...

 

[Ayush]

Replied to [Michael Ray Brown]s message :

Neither solution has any effect. It's odd, but my system doesn't have a
"Documents" folder in "All Users."

Type :
"%allusersprofile%\Documents\"
and see what is in Address bar...

Instead, it has a "Shared Documents"
folder, with subfolders "Shared Music," "Shared Video," and "My Music."

wHAT ?? You said that the name of Shared Music has changed to My Music and now you
are saying it is Shared Music
Please Explain and try the steps again but in Line 5, do :
5.Start > Run > Type :
attrib +s +h "%allusersprofile%\Documents\My Music\Desktop.ini"

 

[Michael Ray Brown]

Replied to [Michael Ray Brown]s message :

Neither solution has any effect. It's odd, but my system doesn't have a
"Documents" folder in "All Users."

Type :
"%allusersprofile%\Documents\"
and see what is in Address bar...

Instead, it has a "Shared Documents" folder, with subfolders "Shared
Music," "Shared Video," and "My Music."

wHAT ?? You said that the name of Shared Music has changed to My Music
and now you are saying it is Shared Music
Please Explain and try the steps again but in Line 5, do :
5.Start > Run > Type :
attrib +s +h "%allusersprofile%\Documents\My Music\Desktop.ini"

Sorry, I meant "Shared Documents," not "Shared Music." Since writing my
previous post, something interesting has happened:

You'll recall that I deleted the "My Music" folder and created a "Shared
Music" folder. Well, when I launched Windows Media Player, it automatically
created another "Shared Music" folder, this one with the correct icon.
Imagine that! Two folders with the same name under the same folder!

So I moved everything from the "Shared Music" folder I created into the new
"Shared Music" folder, and then deleted the old one. All appears to be
working fine now.

 

[Ayush]

Replied to [Michael Ray Brown]s message :


You'll recall that I deleted the "My Music" folder and created a "Shared

Music" folder. Well, when I launched Windows Media Player, it automatically
created another "Shared Music" folder, this one with the correct icon.
Imagine that! Two folders with the same name under the same folder!

So I moved everything from the "Shared Music" folder I created into the new
"Shared Music" folder, and then deleted the old one. All appears to be
working fine now.

Great !!!

The folder you created was Shared Music but WMP created a folder named My Music. The
name displayed is Shared Music because the folder is customize by Desktop.ini. To
test it:
open the folder created by WMP, you will see the actual path of folder in address bar
that is :
C:\Documents and settings\All users\Documents\My Music