customising startmenu folder

hi is there any1 out there can help me with a rather newbi related problem pls?

Using nlite to slipstream SP2 & hotfixes etc into an updated install CD i have no prob with.

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using the OEM folder structure ive included a folder called

$OEM$\$1\icons

where i keep a handfull of easy to see icons that will (for a start) relate to a .reg file i'm going to activate with the cmdlined.txt file (sitting in the $OEM$ folder) that includes the lines:

[COMMANDS]

"REGEDIT /S ALL_icon_changes_NEW.reg"

this regfile alters the My computer/My documents/control panel/trash bin icons

(the reg file will also sit in the $OEM$ folder)

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But i've come up to a problem transfering over another folder i put in:

$OEM$\$Docs\All Users\Start Menu\Programs

This folder includes 11 subfolders named:

Accessories; adminastrative tools; Audio; Clean & Protect; Games; etc

to help tidy up and catagorize each program installed. Its nice to view any easy to navigate for me.

Each of these folders has it's icon customised, and linked to the ICON folder mentioned above.

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B U T.....

when the folders copy over 1st the hidden .ini files are NOT hidden anymore.

and 2nd

the folders in the START MENU (which is just another folder, right?) do not display these customised icons.

i know the folders have been customised properly because if i dont have that "icons" folder on my working XP system's root drive the icons do not appear.

and when i copy over the folders manually from elsewhere on my harddrive they work too.

just not when i copy (manually or as i want to via the $OEM$ folder) them from the CD.

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I suppose im asking is there anyway i can customise the start folders on an NLITE installation?

i thought just copying these folders over from the CD would work (I also copy them to the PROGRAM FILES folder).

any idrea of help would be most apreciated

cheers

rich