How to restore ‘My Pictures’ folder

1. In “My Documents” create a new folder called “My Pictures”.
Open Notepad and copy and paste the following:

[DeleteOnCopy]
Owner=YOUR NAME
Personalized=39
PersonalizedName=My Pictures
[.ShellClassInfo]
InfoTip=@Shell32.dll,-12688
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\mydocs.dll
IconIndex=-101

In ‘owner=your name’, change ‘your name’ to the name of your account.
Go to > File > Save As
1. In the “Save in” box select the ‘My Pictures’ folder
2. In the “File Name” section, enter Desktop.ini
3. From the “Save as Type” drop down list, select “all files”

2. Open the Run Box and type “cmd” then enter.

In the command window copy and paste these commands, one at a time.

reg delete HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags
reg delete HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU

Log Off, Log On.

3. Click Start, Run and type:

rundll32 mydocs.dll,PerUserInit

Press {ENTER}

This creates a new My Pictures folder with the special icon.

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