Explorer ignoring folder icons set with desktop.ini

[Soukyuu]

I'm having weird problems with folder icons.

Desktop.ini contains the following:

[.ShellClassInfo]IconResource=c41af100-6b25-4a2d-91ac-815a04daf3ea.ico,0

The corresponding icon is present in the folder - but the folder icon stays default. The funny thing is, setting the icon with a program (folderhighlight) works, copying the folder anywhere keeps the icon as expected. However, copying the working set of desktop.ini+.ico to another folder doesn't make it display the icon.

What am I missing? I tried clearing iconcache.db in my appdata and rebooting, but no change.

edit: I really hate it when I find the answer right after asking for help...

As stated here, you have to set attrib +s foldername for any folder you want the desktop.ini to work with.

edit2: Actually, attrib +r foldername is enough. Interesting requirement.

Edited January 27, 2014 by Soukyuu