title got cut off, - why doesn't copying "desktop.ini" to a folder change the icon?

I was wondering if anyone knew why simply copying a desktop.ini icon into a folder would not automatically make that folder read from it, and pull the icon.

i've ran regshot a few times, changing the icon manually between shots, and can't find any reg. entries that do anything.

so i thought i'd ask if anyone had ever run into this

Edited September 20, 200718 yr by Dolamite

nevermind figured it out...

for reference....

the folder holding the desktop.ini file needs to be a system folder

attrib {folder namer} +S

edit

Edited September 20, 200718 yr by ricktendo64