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    Folder icons won't change...

    Hi Guys.
    I'm using Ubuntu Studio 10.10 and I was installing some programs the other night. After I had finished installing the programs, the folder icons (and their respective windows) changed to this god-awful beige colour. I'm using the "UbuntuStudio" theme which has these nice glossy blue folders by default, but they've changed as I said to this ugly colour that, quite frankly, sickens me.
    I've gone into the Appearance Preferences and tried to work it out there, but no matter what I do, the folders never change.
    If any of you know how I can fix this, I'd appreciate your help.
    Have a good one,
    Tim.
    "`Ford, you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.'"

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    Re: Folder icons won't change...

    Quote Originally Posted by Timbothecat View Post
    If any of you know how I can fix this, I'd appreciate your help.
    gnome-settings-daemon has crashed. Logging out and logging back in again should restart it.
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    Re: Folder icons won't change...

    Thanks Catkiller, I'll give that a shot.
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    Re: Folder icons won't change...

    Worked a treat mate. The really sad thing is that I had the IT Crowd going through my head last night as I was stressing over it... "Hello, welcome to IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again?"
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    Re: Folder icons won't change...

    Quote Originally Posted by Timbothecat View Post
    "Have you tried turning it off and on again?"
    Quite. You wouldn't need to for most things, you'd just restart which ever program it was. In this case, running gnome-settings-daemon makes every other themed element come back except for the folders - I'm pretty sure because of some weirdness of the interaction between g-s-d and Nautilus.

    Glad it worked for you.
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