Comments on: Fix Special Folders Showing Up With Generic Yellow Icon in Windows 7 http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fix-special-folders-yellow-icon-windows-7/ Troubleshooting Windows 7/XP/Vista, Fixes & Tweaks | General Productivity Tips Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:27:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter Lundquist http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fix-special-folders-yellow-icon-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-17116 Peter Lundquist Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:16:11 +0000 http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=1031#comment-17116 For "Downloaded Program Files", make sure the folder has the system and read-only attributes set. C:\Windows>attrib +s +r "Downloaded Program Files" I had the same issue, and this resolved it. For “Downloaded Program Files”, make sure the folder has the system and read-only attributes set.

C:\Windows>attrib +s +r “Downloaded Program Files”

I had the same issue, and this resolved it.

]]> By: Ramesh Srinivasan http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fix-special-folders-yellow-icon-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-10687 Ramesh Srinivasan Sat, 03 Apr 2010 04:46:20 +0000 http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=1031#comment-10687 @anon: Same problem here, in Windows 7 RTM 64-bit. Desktop.ini is intact, set the "RO" attribute for DPF via admin Cmd Prompt, but nothing changed. @anon: Same problem here, in Windows 7 RTM 64-bit. Desktop.ini is intact, set the “RO” attribute for DPF via admin Cmd Prompt, but nothing changed.

]]> By: anon http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fix-special-folders-yellow-icon-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-10686 anon Sat, 03 Apr 2010 03:44:55 +0000 http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=1031#comment-10686 On my Windows 7 RTM 32-bit, "Downloaded Program Files" folder is behaving like a regular folder instead of showing ActiveX objects with special columns. I have tried registering occache.dll elevated as this article (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/174925) suggests and making sure its desktop.ini is unmodified and has correct attributes but no use. On my Windows 7 RTM 32-bit, “Downloaded Program Files” folder is behaving like a regular folder instead of showing ActiveX objects with special columns. I have tried registering occache.dll elevated as this article (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/174925) suggests and making sure its desktop.ini is unmodified and has correct attributes but no use.

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