I want to undo folder pictures, so there is no picture - a plain folder like it used to be. It seems that once a picture is chosen there is no way to undo to no picture.

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Right-click folder->Properties->Customize tab->Restore Default

Cheers, The Wereotter


On Friday, February 13, 2004 at 8:20 am, Joseph Roper wrote:
> I want to undo folder pictures, so there is no picture - a plain folder like it
>used to be. It seems that once a picture is chosen there is no way to undo to no
>picture.
>
>

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While in explorer, click "View" then "Icons" or whatever view you would like.







On Friday, February 13, 2004 at 8:20 am, Joseph Roper wrote:
>  I want to undo folder pictures, so there is no picture - a plain folder like it 
>used to be.  It seems that once a picture is chosen there is no way to undo to no 
>picture.
>
>

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Thank You, but that does NOT work. If you hit return default it displays 4 pics from that folder, it does not return the folder to non pic. Icon also does not apply since that will only switch it to non thumbnail. Again, there is no solution that will remove all the pics from thumbnail folders.
>

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Ok, i found two articles that seem to attempt handling the above.  here they are, 
they might or might not be useful:

[lnk]http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article03-203[/lnk]

[lnk]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=812003[/lnk]

...and now here's what i did that seems to work:

1.  open the folder whose picture you want to change.

2.  put all of the image files within that folder into another folder (sub-categorize 
it).

3.  now, go back to the original folder and right-click properties>customize>what 
type of folder? select documents.  you can leave the box unchecked.

4.  select choose picture and select any random picture.  hit ok.  you should now 
see THAT picture appear on your folder.

5.  now to make it appear as your regular icon in thumbnail view go back and select 
restore default.  you should now see the picture split into four folder pictures. 
 HOWEVER, when you hit OK you will see your folder icon magically appear as the picture!

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Hey thanks. That worked


On Tuesday, August 3, 2004 at 7:19 pm, dobb wrote:
>Ok, i found two articles that seem to attempt handling the above. here they are,
>they might or might not be useful:
>
>[lnk]http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article03-203[/lnk]
>
>[lnk]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=812003[/lnk]
>
>...and now here's what i did that seems to work:
>
>1. open the folder whose picture you want to change.
>
>2. put all of the image files within that folder into another folder (sub-categorize
>it).
>
>3. now, go back to the original folder and right-click properties>customize>what
>type of folder? select documents. you can leave the box unchecked.
>
>4. select choose picture and select any random picture. hit ok. you should now
>see THAT picture appear on your folder.
>
>5. now to make it appear as your regular icon in thumbnail view go back and select
>restore default. you should now see the picture split into four folder pictures.
> HOWEVER, when you hit OK you will see your folder icon magically appear as the picture!
>

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I have a similar problem as the original poster. I use images and "folder pictures" a lot to help me identify my folders. I recently bought a new computer and had Windows XP reloaded. I began getting rogue images showing up as a folder preview. These images were often ones I had set other folders to display. But they would randomly show up as previews for different folders (that didn't even contain those images.) In some cases, the folders were on separate harddrives on my computer. I can usually use the tricks outlined above (using the folder properties window or making a new folder) but I have one folder that is really stuck. It is showing a subfolder image (an image inside a folder) in a quarter of the folder icon. The subfolder that it is showing is not in that folder nor has it ever been. If I remove all subfolders the folder defaults to blank as it should. I have identified one particular subfolder that triggers this rogue image to appear. When I created a new subfolder with the same name (this is a web site so I must keep my folders' names intact), the rogue image reappeared (the new subfolder was empty) so it seems to be the name that triggers the rogue image and not the folder or the contents. Any suggestions besides reloading Windows? I have a son who can tinker with my computer but he's not sure what Windows file might be giving us a problem.

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hi Magpie, try what Dobb mentioned above... good luck, Nir http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813711/

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Hi All, Finally a solution! I've had this problem with XP and now with VISTA. Wasn't sure if it was a virus or a windows bug. I followed the instructions at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813711/ and increased the numbre of profiles remembered by windows and it work. Cheers

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