[!] Shell folder corrupted ("Shared music")

M

mdsjack

Hi, my Shared music folder got corrupted.
Now it's simply shown as "Music" and has no special icon, but it's still
seen as system folder, therefore not renamable nor deletable. How do I
restore the original name/icon?

Thanks in advance.

jack.
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Type in Start, Run:

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

Press Enter.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi, my Shared music folder got corrupted.
Now it's simply shown as "Music" and has no special icon, but it's still
seen as system folder, therefore not renamable nor deletable. How do I
restore the original name/icon?

Thanks in advance.

jack.
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

The folder should now read as "Shared Music". To fix the icon, open the
Shared Music folder, and double-click the file named Desktop.ini (Hidden
file)

Append the following lines to the Desktop.ini

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

So that the entire content of the file would be:

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

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Type in Start, Run:

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

Press Enter.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi, my Shared music folder got corrupted.
Now it's simply shown as "Music" and has no special icon, but it's still
seen as system folder, therefore not renamable nor deletable. How do I
restore the original name/icon?

Thanks in advance.

jack.
 
M

mdsjack

It seems not to be working...

- The command was successful, but the name didn't change.
- Desktop.ini already had those info written in it, but the music icon
hasn't appeared.

might this depend on the italian localized version?

I searched the registry with "Find" tool but the italian equivalent of
"Shared music" wasn't found and all the links pointing to common music
folder actually point to the "Music" folder.

How to fix this?? Please help...

jack.
 
M

mdsjack

Maybe you already got that, but I have Windows XP SP1.

If you know a trickier solution, it's welcome too. I need to fix this.
 
M

mdsjack

One more reply... sorry...

I looked into the registry and now it finds "Shared music" localized name in
this key: @shell32.dll,-28995

Desktop.ini inside "Shared(-to-be) music" is:

[.ShellClassInfo]
FolderType=MusicAlbum
MusicBuyUrl=http://windowsmedia.com/redir/buynow9.asp?providerName=AMG&album
ID=3F2F6FFC-4601-4F2F-8F0F-DDC6AAB65395&a_id=R%20%20%20%2051969&album=Theori
us%20Campus&artistID=A0D4972E-2F44-4EEF-9C8F-7D5A2DC3D7D7&p_id=P%20%20%20390
597&artist=Antonello%20Venditti&locale=410&geoid=76&version=10.0.0.4036&user
locale=410
[email protected],-12689
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
IconIndex=-237
[email protected],-28995
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Jack,

See if the "read-only" attribute is set for the Desktop.ini. IF not, open a
Command Prompt window and set the attributes using Attrib command.

Example:

Type this in Start, Run (for English editions of Windows XP)

cmd /k cd /d %allusersprofile%\documents\My Music
Then type:

ATTRIB +S +H +R DESKTOP.INI
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Try removing these two lines and saving it:

MusicBuyUrl=http://windowsmedia.com/redir/buynow9.asp?providerName=AMG&album
ID=3F2F6FFC-4601-4F2F-8F0F-DDC6AAB65395&a_id=R%20%20%20%2051969&album=Theori
us%20Campus&artistID=A0D4972E-2F44-4EEF-9C8F-7D5A2DC3D7D7&p_id=P%20%20%20390
597&artist=Antonello%20Venditti&locale=410&geoid=76&version=10.0.0.4036&user
locale=410

-and-

FolderType=MusicAlbum

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


One more reply... sorry...

I looked into the registry and now it finds "Shared music" localized name in
this key: @shell32.dll,-28995

Desktop.ini inside "Shared(-to-be) music" is:

[.ShellClassInfo]
FolderType=MusicAlbum
MusicBuyUrl=http://windowsmedia.com/redir/buynow9.asp?providerName=AMG&album
ID=3F2F6FFC-4601-4F2F-8F0F-DDC6AAB65395&a_id=R%20%20%20%2051969&album=Theori
us%20Campus&artistID=A0D4972E-2F44-4EEF-9C8F-7D5A2DC3D7D7&p_id=P%20%20%20390
597&artist=Antonello%20Venditti&locale=410&geoid=76&version=10.0.0.4036&user
locale=410
[email protected],-12689
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
IconIndex=-237
[email protected],-28995
 
M

mdsjack

I'm sorry, nothing seems to be effective here...
by the way, also the "infotip" doesn't seem to work.

any other (even thougher) ways to do this?



Ramesh said:
Try removing these two lines and saving it:

MusicBuyUrl=http://windowsmedia.com/redir/buyno...&locale=410&geoid=76&version=10.0.0.4036&user
locale=410

-and-

FolderType=MusicAlbum

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


One more reply... sorry...

I looked into the registry and now it finds "Shared music" localized name in
this key: @shell32.dll,-28995

Desktop.ini inside "Shared(-to-be) music" is:

[.ShellClassInfo]
FolderType=MusicAlbum
MusicBuyUrl=http://windowsmedia.com/redir/buyno...&locale=410&geoid=76&version=10.0.0.4036&user
locale=410
[email protected],-12689
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
IconIndex=-237
[email protected],-28995


Ramesh said:
The folder should now read as "Shared Music". To fix the icon, open the
Shared Music folder, and double-click the file named Desktop.ini (Hidden
file)

Append the following lines to the Desktop.ini

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

So that the entire content of the file would be:

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

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Type in Start, Run:

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

Press Enter.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi, my Shared music folder got corrupted.
Now it's simply shown as "Music" and has no special icon, but it's still
seen as system folder, therefore not renamable nor deletable. How do I
restore the original name/icon?

Thanks in advance.

jack.
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R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Another idea:

Delete the existing desktop.ini file and recreate one., with the following
contents:

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

Then, set the Hidden and Read-only attribute again. This is a mandatory
step.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I'm sorry, nothing seems to be effective here...
by the way, also the "infotip" doesn't seem to work.

any other (even thougher) ways to do this?



Ramesh said:
Try removing these two lines and saving it:

MusicBuyUrl=http://windowsmedia.com/redir/buyno...&locale=410&geoid=76&version=10.0.0.4036&user
locale=410

-and-

FolderType=MusicAlbum

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


One more reply... sorry...

I looked into the registry and now it finds "Shared music" localized name in
this key: @shell32.dll,-28995

Desktop.ini inside "Shared(-to-be) music" is:

[.ShellClassInfo]
FolderType=MusicAlbum
MusicBuyUrl=http://windowsmedia.com/redir/buyno...&locale=410&geoid=76&version=10.0.0.4036&user
locale=410
[email protected],-12689
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
IconIndex=-237
[email protected],-28995


Ramesh said:
The folder should now read as "Shared Music". To fix the icon, open the
Shared Music folder, and double-click the file named Desktop.ini (Hidden
file)

Append the following lines to the Desktop.ini

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

So that the entire content of the file would be:

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

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Type in Start, Run:

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

Press Enter.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi, my Shared music folder got corrupted.
Now it's simply shown as "Music" and has no special icon, but it's still
seen as system folder, therefore not renamable nor deletable. How do I
restore the original name/icon?

Thanks in advance.

jack.
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