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all icons changed after installing sp2
Hi all,
After installing service pack 2 I could no longer connect to the internet and many of my icons (task bar, start menu, desktop) changed to generic icons. Because of the internet connectivity issues (and because I already have a host of sercurity programs) I removed sp2. Since reverted back to sp1, I can now get on the internet again, but all my icons are still messed up. Does anyone know what may have caused this and more importantly how I can fix it? Thanks to anyone with information on this problem. It's driving me crazy! -S |
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all icons changed after installing sp2
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Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm concerned that this fix will only help with internet links, whereas I'm having problems with links on my desktop, in the task bar, on the start menu, etc. (in addition to within internet explorer). For example, if I'm browsing my computer, all docs that used to show up as ms word documents now have a generic icon (even though they will still open in word). Also, all of my microsoft office links seem to have disappeared even though the programs are still on the computer. When I tried to download FavOrg, pcmag asked me to subscribe and/or purchase the software. Is there any other fix for this problem? Thanks, -S "Ron Bogart" wrote: In , Samuel NYC Samuel did some thinking and came up with these words: Hi all, After installing service pack 2 I could no longer connect to the internet and many of my icons (task bar, start menu, desktop) changed to generic icons. Because of the internet connectivity issues (and because I already have a host of sercurity programs) I removed sp2. Since reverted back to sp1, I can now get on the internet again, but all my icons are still messed up. Does anyone know what may have caused this and more importantly how I can fix it? Thanks to anyone with information on this problem. It's driving me crazy! -S Your icons are stored in the Temp Internet Folder and as things get added others get moved out. Installing the update and then reverting back to pre-SP2 has probably caused all your icons to lose association with any icons other than generic. My recommendation is FavOrg which will go out and find the associated icon for each link and can also be set to place the FavIcon in a different location so this doesn't continue to happen. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,13999,00.asp -- Ron Bogart {} ô¿ô¬ Associate Expert Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone "Life is what happens while we are making other plans." |
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all icons changed after installing sp2
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Samuel NYC did some thinking and came up with these words: Ron- Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm concerned that this fix will only help with internet links, whereas I'm having problems with links on my desktop, in the task bar, on the start menu, etc. (in addition to within internet explorer). For example, if I'm browsing my computer, all docs that used to show up as ms word documents now have a generic icon (even though they will still open in word). Also, all of my microsoft office links seem to have disappeared even though the programs are still on the computer. When I tried to download FavOrg, pcmag asked me to subscribe and/or purchase the software. Is there any other fix for this problem? Thanks, -S "Ron Bogart" wrote: In , Samuel NYC Samuel did some thinking and came up with these words: Hi all, After installing service pack 2 I could no longer connect to the internet and many of my icons (task bar, start menu, desktop) changed to generic icons. Because of the internet connectivity issues (and because I already have a host of sercurity programs) I removed sp2. Since reverted back to sp1, I can now get on the internet again, but all my icons are still messed up. Does anyone know what may have caused this and more importantly how I can fix it? Thanks to anyone with information on this problem. It's driving me crazy! -S Your icons are stored in the Temp Internet Folder and as things get added others get moved out. Installing the update and then reverting back to pre-SP2 has probably caused all your icons to lose association with any icons other than generic. My recommendation is FavOrg which will go out and find the associated icon for each link and can also be set to place the FavIcon in a different location so this doesn't continue to happen. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,13999,00.asp -- Ron Bogart {} ô¿ô¬ Associate Expert Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone "Life is what happens while we are making other plans." No - that will only help with your Internet icons. You most probably have other issues. To quote Frank Saunders: First eliminate any scumware. See Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other won't. Also, each needs to be updated with the program's update function before every use, even when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs. CWShredder is also available he http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...cwshredder.zip **Post your HijackThis log to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.** Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder may be found on this page: http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm. If nothing there helps, please post back to this thread. -- Ron Bogart {} ô¿ô¬ Associate Expert Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone "Life is what happens while we are making other plans." |
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