Recovering user & Documents folder Windows icon Image?

Hello everyone!

Recently, I lost my the user documents folder and it recovered (by good help here).  However in my work to solve the problem the blue Documents folder icon under the folder Documents (user) Windows icon colored in an ordinary vanilla folder icon.  Then is the same thing to my real user (name) folder icon, he went to a single file of vanilla.  I don't remember how I did it.

Problem: I would like to restore the icon of folder my documents to original blue color documents windows folder icon?  And restore my user to original windows icon folder icon?

Help would be appreciated?

Hi Richard,

1. you try to change folder icon?
2. you are trying to change your user account picture?

If so, I suggest you to follow the steps and check if it helps.

Method 1: Follow the link and check if that helps.
Choose a picture for your user account and start menu

Method 2: Restore the default settings of the folder my documents and check if it helps.

(a) right click on My Documents.

(b) click on properties.

(c) go to previous Versions.

(d) click on Restore Defaults.

(e) click OK.

Method 3: Rebuild the icon cache and check if it helps.

(a) open Folder Options to select (round) show hidden files and folders.

(b) open a Windows Explorer window.

c) go to C:\Users\(User Name) \AppData\Local

(d) right-click on IconCache.db and click on delete.

(e), click Yes to confirm the deletion.
NOTE: This removes the file to the trash. It is safe to empty the trash when you are done.

(f) close the window.

(g) empty the trash.

(h) restart the computer.

(i) when you return, you will notice the size of the file IconCache.db is reduced, and the update is now the current date. (See screenshot below)
NOTE: If for some reason any IconCache.db isn't there or the size has not changed much, then just restart the computer again. You may need to restart a few times in some cases.

(j) cache icon has been rebuilt.

Method 4: If you try to change the icon of a folder, follow these steps and check if that helps.
(a) right click on the folder that you want to change the icon.
(b) go to properties.
(c) go to the Customize tab.
(d) click on change icon.
(e) select the icon you want and click OK.

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