lost images on icons

[dennis]

I had a bad shut down and when I came back up, most of the icons have lost
their images. I tried a couple of the fixes I saw in earlier posts, but
nothing seems to help. I had high hopes for dougknox's regedit, but still
nothing.

Is there anything anyone else can think of?


Thanks,
Dennis

[Lem]

Dennis wrote:
> I had a bad shut down and when I came back up, most of the icons have lost
> their images. I tried a couple of the fixes I saw in earlier posts, but
> nothing seems to help. I had high hopes for dougknox's regedit, but still
> nothing.
>
> Is there anything anyone else can think of?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Dennis
>
>
As near as I can tell, Doug Knox doesn't have a registry edit fix for
your issue, but instead suggests this:

> Where did my Desktop Icons go?
>
> Right click on the Desktop, choose Properties, Desktop tab and click on "Customize Desktop". Internet Explorer, My Computer, My Documents and My Network Places can be added or removed here.
>
> If all of your desktop icons are missing, right click on the Desktop, select Arrange Icons By, then select Show Desktop Icons.

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/desktop_icons.htm

or try:

* at a command prompt, change to the %SystemRoot% folder
* remove the hidden attribute from the file:
type attrib -h shelliconcache and press ENTER.
* delete the file:
type del shelliconcache and press ENTER.
* logoff and backon and the default icons should be restored.

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Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking

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