Have you checked in the desktop.ini file for something like:

[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=Modules

the default value is:

[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21816


The other way to assign a display name different than the folder name is via
the registry.

"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{4336a54d-038b-4685-ab02-99bb52d3fb8b}"

If this key exists & has a default value of "Modules", that would make the
Public folder appear with that name on the Desktop.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote in message
news:eMLdpw7SHHA.3980@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>
> If I use explorer to look at Desktop, I see some special icons
> 'Unspecified', which are:
>
> My user folder
> Computer
> Network
> Control Panel (not actually visible on Desktop, as it is not ticked to
> appear)
> Recycle Bin
> Modules
>
>
> These also appear in the bread crumb navigation.
>
> The weird thing is that Modules was the name of a folder I have in the
> Desktop some time ago, and I was using it for some work. But this Modules
> folder is actually the same as C:\Users\Public.
>
> How can I rename this back to Public? The actual folder is still called
> Public.
>
> ss.[/color]