Dissapearing Icon (pictures)

[Alphacenturi]

Hi,

although I still have "Icons" in my control panel and they are all working
properly, the actual "picture for each icon has dissapeared. Each item is
only represented by "blank" icon - can anyone assist in how I rebuild these?
I think there maybe some sort of registry error but am not sure where to
look. This all appeared to happen after I tested a piece of childrens
educational software for someone to see if it was XP compat. I did notice
that it installed quicktime but was supposed to have checked system first for
any version already in existence. I have tried system restore but this has
not helped either. Several desktop icons for things like, My Computer and My
Documents were also affected but I mamanged to restore those myself.

Any assistance greatly appreciated - thanks - Lisa
--
Life is for living, laughing and loving, let''''s do em all!

[Iceman]

On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 06:27:01 -0700, Alphacenturi wrote in message
>:

> Hi,
>
> although I still have "Icons" in my control panel and they are all working
> properly, the actual "picture for each icon has dissapeared. Each item is
> only represented by "blank" icon - can anyone assist in how I rebuild these?
> I think there maybe some sort of registry error but am not sure where to
> look. This all appeared to happen after I tested a piece of childrens
> educational software for someone to see if it was XP compat. I did notice
> that it installed quicktime but was supposed to have checked system first for
> any version already in existence. I have tried system restore but this has
> not helped either. Several desktop icons for things like, My Computer and My
> Documents were also affected but I mamanged to restore those myself.
>
> Any assistance greatly appreciated - thanks - Lisa

Download the free TweakUI. There's a feature called 'Repair'. Select
'Icons'.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

Note: Version 2.10 requires Windows XP Service Pack 1 or Windows Server
2003.

[Larry Samuels]

Delete \Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application
Data\iconcache.db and reboot. This will rebuild the icon cache.

--
Larry Samuels Associate Expert
MS-MVP (2001-2005)
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
Expert Zone- www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"Alphacenturi" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> although I still have "Icons" in my control panel and they are all working
> properly, the actual "picture for each icon has dissapeared. Each item is
> only represented by "blank" icon - can anyone assist in how I rebuild
> these?
> I think there maybe some sort of registry error but am not sure where to
> look. This all appeared to happen after I tested a piece of childrens
> educational software for someone to see if it was XP compat. I did notice
> that it installed quicktime but was supposed to have checked system first
> for
> any version already in existence. I have tried system restore but this has
> not helped either. Several desktop icons for things like, My Computer and
> My
> Documents were also affected but I mamanged to restore those myself.
>
> Any assistance greatly appreciated - thanks - Lisa
> --
> Life is for living, laughing and loving, let''''s do em all!

[Alphacenturi]

Thank you for your swiftresponse - I hve found this utility quite useful
--
Life is for living, laughing and loving, let''''s do em all!


"Iceman" wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 06:27:01 -0700, Alphacenturi wrote in message
> >:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > although I still have "Icons" in my control panel and they are all working
> > properly, the actual "picture for each icon has dissapeared. Each item is
> > only represented by "blank" icon - can anyone assist in how I rebuild these?
> > I think there maybe some sort of registry error but am not sure where to
> > look. This all appeared to happen after I tested a piece of childrens
> > educational software for someone to see if it was XP compat. I did notice
> > that it installed quicktime but was supposed to have checked system first for
> > any version already in existence. I have tried system restore but this has
> > not helped either. Several desktop icons for things like, My Computer and My
> > Documents were also affected but I mamanged to restore those myself.
> >
> > Any assistance greatly appreciated - thanks - Lisa
>
> Download the free TweakUI. There's a feature called 'Repair'. Select
> 'Icons'.
> http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
>
> Note: Version 2.10 requires Windows XP Service Pack 1 or Windows Server
> 2003.
>

[Alphacenturi]

Just a quick note to say thank you - exactly the info I needed.

Lisa
--
Life is for living, laughing and loving, let''''s do em all!


"Larry Samuels" wrote:

> Delete \Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application
> Data\iconcache.db and reboot. This will rebuild the icon cache.
>
> --
> Larry Samuels Associate Expert
> MS-MVP (2001-2005)
> Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
> http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
> Expert Zone- www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> "Alphacenturi" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi,
> >
> > although I still have "Icons" in my control panel and they are all working
> > properly, the actual "picture for each icon has dissapeared. Each item is
> > only represented by "blank" icon - can anyone assist in how I rebuild
> > these?
> > I think there maybe some sort of registry error but am not sure where to
> > look. This all appeared to happen after I tested a piece of childrens
> > educational software for someone to see if it was XP compat. I did notice
> > that it installed quicktime but was supposed to have checked system first
> > for
> > any version already in existence. I have tried system restore but this has
> > not helped either. Several desktop icons for things like, My Computer and
> > My
> > Documents were also affected but I mamanged to restore those myself.
> >
> > Any assistance greatly appreciated - thanks - Lisa
> > --
> > Life is for living, laughing and loving, let''''s do em all!
>
>
>

[Larry Samuels]

You're welcome!!
--
Larry Samuels Associate Expert
MS-MVP (2001-2005)
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
Expert Zone- www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"Alphacenturi" > wrote in message
...
> Just a quick note to say thank you - exactly the info I needed.
>
> Lisa
> --
> Life is for living, laughing and loving, let''''s do em all!
>
>
> "Larry Samuels" wrote:
>
>> Delete \Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application
>> Data\iconcache.db and reboot. This will rebuild the icon cache.
>>
>> --
>> Larry Samuels Associate Expert
>> MS-MVP (2001-2005)
>> Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
>> http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
>> Expert Zone- www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> "Alphacenturi" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > although I still have "Icons" in my control panel and they are all
>> > working
>> > properly, the actual "picture for each icon has dissapeared. Each item
>> > is
>> > only represented by "blank" icon - can anyone assist in how I rebuild
>> > these?
>> > I think there maybe some sort of registry error but am not sure where
>> > to
>> > look. This all appeared to happen after I tested a piece of childrens
>> > educational software for someone to see if it was XP compat. I did
>> > notice
>> > that it installed quicktime but was supposed to have checked system
>> > first
>> > for
>> > any version already in existence. I have tried system restore but this
>> > has
>> > not helped either. Several desktop icons for things like, My Computer
>> > and
>> > My
>> > Documents were also affected but I mamanged to restore those myself.
>> >
>> > Any assistance greatly appreciated - thanks - Lisa
>> > --
>> > Life is for living, laughing and loving, let''''s do em all!
>>
>>
>>