JJ,

My statement was based on the illogical fact of what Microsoft does.

:-) I wanted to wait with that remark until the end of the thread.

First of all, files are not folders, and vice versa.

Granted, but you're stepping outside the current context.

Also, as my mind was nagging me, I checked a few other EditFlags that where
specified for a "folder" registry entry:

0x002 - FTA_Show Shows file types, such as folders, that are not associated
with a file name extension.
0x010 - FTA_NoRemove Prohibits deletion of the registry entries associated
with this file type.
0x040 - FTA_NoEditVerb
0x080 - FTA_NoRemoveVerb
0x100 - FTA_NoEditDesc Prohibits the modification or deletion of the
description of the file type.
0x200 - FTA_NoEditIcon Prohibits the modification or deletion of the icon
assigned to the file type.

Of the above six four of them have "file type" in their explanation - even
though they are applied to a folder.

In Windows Shell, there are two types of folders: Folder and Directory.
i.e. `HKCR\Folder` and `HKCR\Directory`.

Thanks for mentioning that. I just added the flag to the EditFlags inside
the "Directory" registry entry but alas, no change (hey, I had to try).

I haven't actually tested it yet, but I believe that flag is for
preventing Shell Icon Handler extensions from overriding
the icon specified by `DefaultIcon` registry, or the Shell's
default icon handler.

Possibly. The "explanation" is too terse to me to be sure in any direction.
Might just check that out sometime.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser