http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/3699/95689779dz0.png

should explain itself. i messed up the desktop icon by accidentally deleting the desktop.ini file. any ways to fix it?

i'm on vista btw

Might be some help below or maybe a system restore could help?
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tried it but no luck. i need a desktop.ini file from another vista user. at least that's what i currently think.

oh and also, i've disabled system restore.

Just done a search for desktop.ini using Agent Ransack and it found 211 files all over the place.

should be in C:\Users\...\Desktop

Is there anyway you could use Recuva to get back the file you deleted?

I did have Vista on my laptop, but I reverted back to WinXP, otherwise I would've sent you the desktop.ini file.

Any help here John, it looks promising

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-fix-user-folde...-windows-vista/

Thanks for the link Hazel.Should come in handy for future reference here.