Wrong "Arrange By..." Options

[J_A_Munroe]

Hey everybody,
Got a really irritating problem with XP right now. You know how
different folder types give you different "Arrange By..." options?
Like, music folders should give you options like "Artist" and "Length",
and data folders give options like "Modified" etc?
Well, my My Music folder doesn't seem to think it's a music folder, and
it just did this out of the blue recently. You see, I want to arrange my
files by Artist, with Show In Groups, but the only options I get are
Name, Size, Type, and Modified. There is nowhere I can seem to fix
this, and it's driving me mad.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

My Pictures and My Music folders are displayed with the standard folder icon
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/specialicons.htm

from...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm

Question: One of my special folders (e.g. My Documents, My Music, My
Pictures, Shared Documents, etc) has lost its name, lost its icon, or has
the wrong Task Pane template, how can I get it back?

Answer: This problem can occur if the hidden desktop.ini file in the special
folder is corrupt or missing. Here are the steps to fix this problem:
Illustrated, detailed instructions here:
http://computers.douglasthrift.net/winxpfaq.html#faq3

Reset the Shell Folders paths to defaults
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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