(Nevermind, I fixed it, but you can read and see what I did right and wrong in case you're in the same situation)
Like I'm sure 99.9% of Vista users have done, I immediately moved my User folder content to another drive/partition. In case I did this with less-obvious methods, I'll give a step-by-step:
1. Clicked Start menu, Matt (my user folder). This brought up my user folder containing 11 folders (docs, music, etc). This was all located on C:/Users/Matt of course.
2. I opened up a separate window for D:/, and created a new folder Matt.
3. I highlighted all 11 folders in C:/Users/Matt, and right-click-dragged them to D:/Matt. This brought up a context menu, where I selected "Move Here".
Voila, all my music/docs/etc are on D:/Matt now. I can still go to Start, Matt, and it shows 11 folders there and they are all located on the D drive now.
Fast forward a bit, and I realize I don't want a few of those folders on D. Namely, Contacts, Favorites, Links, and Searches. I try to put them back on C, by simply reversing my steps:
1. I pull up windows for D:/Matt and C:/Users/Matt.
2. I highlight the 4 folders I want to move back, and I right-click-drag them to C:/Users/Matt and select "Move Here."
Now they are moved there, fine, but the Vista glass folder icons are gone. Being the nitpicky OCD type of guy that I am, this is driving me insane even though I don't even use those four dumb folders.
Google brought me this: http://www.askvg.com/how-to-fi...icon-in-windows-vista/ which I tried and it didn't fix things.
I can only assume the problem arose by the fact that I went from Start, Matt ---> D:/Matt. Then when going back, I went from D:/Matt ---> C:/Users/Matt. Instead of using the start menu method. Logically, I know, it should be the same thing. But picky ol' Windows might have thought otherwise... =
Any ideas? I'm ready to format at the drop of a hat, even for such trivial matters as this. =p
Like I'm sure 99.9% of Vista users have done, I immediately moved my User folder content to another drive/partition. In case I did this with less-obvious methods, I'll give a step-by-step:
1. Clicked Start menu, Matt (my user folder). This brought up my user folder containing 11 folders (docs, music, etc). This was all located on C:/Users/Matt of course.
2. I opened up a separate window for D:/, and created a new folder Matt.
3. I highlighted all 11 folders in C:/Users/Matt, and right-click-dragged them to D:/Matt. This brought up a context menu, where I selected "Move Here".
Voila, all my music/docs/etc are on D:/Matt now. I can still go to Start, Matt, and it shows 11 folders there and they are all located on the D drive now.
Fast forward a bit, and I realize I don't want a few of those folders on D. Namely, Contacts, Favorites, Links, and Searches. I try to put them back on C, by simply reversing my steps:
1. I pull up windows for D:/Matt and C:/Users/Matt.
2. I highlight the 4 folders I want to move back, and I right-click-drag them to C:/Users/Matt and select "Move Here."
Now they are moved there, fine, but the Vista glass folder icons are gone. Being the nitpicky OCD type of guy that I am, this is driving me insane even though I don't even use those four dumb folders.
Google brought me this: http://www.askvg.com/how-to-fi...icon-in-windows-vista/ which I tried and it didn't fix things.
I can only assume the problem arose by the fact that I went from Start, Matt ---> D:/Matt. Then when going back, I went from D:/Matt ---> C:/Users/Matt. Instead of using the start menu method. Logically, I know, it should be the same thing. But picky ol' Windows might have thought otherwise... =
Any ideas? I'm ready to format at the drop of a hat, even for such trivial matters as this. =p
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