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Home Folder House Icon

Apr 2, 2010 1:14AM PDT

I am using a Mac PowerBook running Leopard 10.5.8. Somewhere along the way my Home Folder (Little House) changed to just a folder on the dock. It has all the correct stuff in it but how can I change the icon back to the house? I am not permitted to drag the Home Folder (House) icon on to the dock. No big deal but wonder how it happened and how to correct this.

I do notice sometimes for a split second the House Icon will appear but immediately switch back to a folder.

Thank you.

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Home Folder Icon
Apr 2, 2010 2:51AM PDT

I will answer my own question. If you hold your mouse arrow over your home folder on the dock be it a folder or a house it will present you with a choice of how to display the folder/icon. Strangely, if you select Folder it will show the House. If you select "Stack" you will have a folder.

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Home folder icon
May 10, 2012 3:44PM PDT

I have OS 10.6.8 and find I have to hold down ctrl then click on the Home Folder icon to get the choices.