Dumb icon question
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Dumb icon question
I've lost the icons for the 'Control Panel' and 'Printers' folder. Don't ask me to explain, I just want to know if there is any way to restore the default icons. Right clicking doesn't give me "Properties" dialog where I may restore the icons as it is a system thing. I've searched the internet and there is no solution I can find. Any suggestions?
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Hm. Answered my own question
. Apparently, if you search the registry for (in my case) system objects (My Computer, Network Neighborhood, Etc...) you will come up with keys under HKCR\CLSID\ that if you expand will find a subkey named "DefaultIcon" with a value = the path to your icon. In the case of the Control Panel, it was "%SystemRoot%\System32\shell32.dll,35".
Here are other keys of interest, if anybody wants to play... Search and modify as you will...
Internet Explorer.{FBF23B42-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}
My Documents.{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}
Network Neighborhood.{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
My Computer.{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
Recycle Bin.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
My Documents.{ECF03A32-103D-11d2-854D-006008059367}
Microsoft FTP Folder.{63da6ec0-2e98-11cf-8d82-444553540000}
History.{7BD29E00-76C1-11CF-9DD0-00A0C9034933}
Briefcase.{85BBD920-42A0-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D}
Dial-Up Network.{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}
Scheduled Tasks.{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}
Offline Web Pages.{F5175861-2688-11d0-9C5E-00AA00A45957}
Search Results.{E17D4FC0-5564-11D1-83F2-00A0C90DC849}
Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
Printers.{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}

Here are other keys of interest, if anybody wants to play... Search and modify as you will...

Internet Explorer.{FBF23B42-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}
My Documents.{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}
Network Neighborhood.{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
My Computer.{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
Recycle Bin.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
My Documents.{ECF03A32-103D-11d2-854D-006008059367}
Microsoft FTP Folder.{63da6ec0-2e98-11cf-8d82-444553540000}
History.{7BD29E00-76C1-11CF-9DD0-00A0C9034933}
Briefcase.{85BBD920-42A0-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D}
Dial-Up Network.{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}
Scheduled Tasks.{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}
Offline Web Pages.{F5175861-2688-11d0-9C5E-00AA00A45957}
Search Results.{E17D4FC0-5564-11D1-83F2-00A0C90DC849}
Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
Printers.{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}