Guess: I presume (from one of the other folder ico...
Anonymous · 2010-08-23T08:02:14.778000
Guess: I presume (from one of the other folder icons) that you're running TortoiseXX (Hg/SVN/whatever). It's entirely possible for the shell icon overlay cache to become "confused" and to start serving up the wrong icon, usually when too many icons are registered for overlays. (The various Tortoise projects coordinate in an attempt to avoid this by using a common DLL for icon resources).
Are any of those "shared" folders actually Subversion/Hg checkouts? If so, I suspect they're not shared at all, merely being given the wrong icon. Try restarting the various Tortoise icon caches to see if that helps.
Thanks, Tim. In fact it turns out it's a known...
Steve · 2010-08-23T11:28:21.912000
Thanks, Tim. In fact it turns out it's a known issue, and Larry Hall pointed me at this article which explains it to my satisfaction, at least.
Guess: I presume (from one of the other folder ico...
Anonymous · 2010-08-23T08:02:14.778000
Guess: I presume (from one of the other folder icons) that you're running TortoiseXX (Hg/SVN/whatever). It's entirely possible for the shell icon overlay cache to become "confused" and to start serving up the wrong icon, usually when too many icons are registered for overlays. (The various Tortoise projects coordinate in an attempt to avoid this by using a common DLL for icon resources).Are any of those "shared" folders actually Subversion/Hg checkouts? If so, I suspect they're not shared at all, merely being given the wrong icon. Try restarting the various Tortoise icon caches to see if that helps.
Thanks, Tim. In fact it turns out it's a known...
Steve · 2010-08-23T11:28:21.912000
Thanks, Tim. In fact it turns out it's a known issue, and Larry Hall pointed me at this article which explains it to my satisfaction, at least.Page 1 of 1
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