Hi guys,
I'm new to the forum. Wondering if I could get some help!
I have some standard folder icons with the letters "UIC" printed over them. I know this has something to do with NTFS settings but I can't figure out what...
Your help is appreciated.
What? Why no image? I've never heard of seen such a thing so I doubt it is some "NTFS settings"
Oops sorry I'm new. See attached.
The reason I say it's related to NTFS is because when I fiddle around with security permissions I can get it to disappear... but I can't figure out what the logic is.
Last edited by Brink; 14 Jun 2011 at 14:45. Reason: merged
I don't believe I have. Don't know what I could have done. I'll take a closer look and if I come up with something I'll post it.
Those hidden system folders should be with a little gold lock at left bottom of the icon by default
(NOT what you have).
I guess, somebody/something had modified that on your computer.
Use SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker
as well as antivirus scan to make sure everything is ok.
Absolutely nothing found through Google. Which permissions settings make the UIC (UIą?) go away?
Looks like mystery is solved.
My guess - this computer belongs to University of Illinois at Chicago and they have changed system icons.
Proof: http://www.uic.edu/uic/favicon.ico
Thanks for the replies.
The overlay is definitely appearing/disappearing according to the following:
Lock icon: This means that you have a private item in a non-private directory. This indicates that it is a file or folder with special permissions & that the user is restricted from performing some operations on that file or folder.
Source: The overlay icons in Windows 7 | The Windows Club
As Neutron16 pointed out the overlay icon should be a padlock instead of "UIC".
The thing is that I have absolutely no connection to UIC so I'm completely baffled as to how that's happened :S
I also ran SFC and there were no errors. I'm going to run a virus scan...
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