Download Folder Icon

Recently, the icon, fan, grid, or any view setting for checking my download folder on the dock has stopped updating any changes made to it. If I delete a file from the Downloads folder, the icon or any view on the dock will still show the file listed as if it had not been deleted.

Not a problem.
1. Folder creation
Open your user home folder in Finder and from the 'File' menu, select 'New Folder', and name it 'Downloads'. Press return for it to register.
2. Folder icon restoration
Now, with Finder as the active application, click on the 'Go' menu and select the 'Go to Folder...' menu item. In the window which appears, copy and paste the following line (no line breaks) and hit return.
      /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/
In the location which appears, double click on the file named DownloadsFolder.icns, which will open it in Preview. In Preview, type cmd+c to copy the image. Now, go back to your home folder and highlight the 'Downloads' folder which you created. Type cmd+i to bring up the info panel. Click once on the generic folder icon near the top of the panel to highlight it. Now type cmd+v to paste the copied image. It should now look like the original Downloads folder.
3. Setting proper permissions
Open a Terminal window (/Applications/Utilities/) and enter the following sequence of command lines..
      cd ~
      chmod go-rx Downloads
      exit
.. and then quit Terminal.
Concluding remarks
And you're done. I'm not entirely sure if the recreated folder will function without issues. But as far as I can tell, for all intents and purposes, it shouldn't be any different from the original folder.
Yang

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