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I'm not sure if it what he was looking for but it may help someone who reads this later:
the default category image is set in the setting.php file located in the themes/kosmos folder
$cat_default_image = $site_url.'/themes/'.$active_theme.'/images/folder.gif';
then in index.php and browse.php the default image is set with the following line
$category_obj->default_image = $cat_default_image;
The above will use the same image for all cats and subcats.
of course you can set a different cat image from the subcat image.
And if you edit the category in the Admin Control Panel, you can set a specific image for any category to override the default cat or subcat image.
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