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Icons no longer produce image
I have a folder of Icons that I obtained years ago. I use these icons to
create shortcuts for various programs. Recently, I discovered that the icons no longer have their original "image". In place of the "image" is a generic system icon. This has affected all the icons in that folder (about 200). I have the same folder of icons on another machine. They work fine on that machine. The properties of the icon are the same on both machines. I tried renaming the icon folder on the problem machine and recopying the the icon folder from the "working" machine to the problem machine. The newly copied files behave exactly the same: Broken. I also tried the Repair icons function in TweakUI. No go. I also tried copying to another partition. Still no go. All other icons (the normal windows icons) are fine. I'm at a loss. Any ideas? Thanks, Drake |
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Icons no longer produce image
Win XP Pro SP2. SP2 was installed long before problem occurred.
"Drake" wrote in message ... I have a folder of Icons that I obtained years ago. I use these icons to create shortcuts for various programs. Recently, I discovered that the icons no longer have their original "image". In place of the "image" is a generic system icon. This has affected all the icons in that folder (about 200). I have the same folder of icons on another machine. They work fine on that machine. The properties of the icon are the same on both machines. I tried renaming the icon folder on the problem machine and recopying the the icon folder from the "working" machine to the problem machine. The newly copied files behave exactly the same: Broken. I also tried the Repair icons function in TweakUI. No go. I also tried copying to another partition. Still no go. All other icons (the normal windows icons) are fine. I'm at a loss. Any ideas? Thanks, Drake |
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Icons no longer produce image
Same thing happened on my machine. Generic icons for all program folders on
start menu except for windows icons. I don't get it either. DG "Drake" wrote: I have a folder of Icons that I obtained years ago. I use these icons to create shortcuts for various programs. Recently, I discovered that the icons no longer have their original "image". In place of the "image" is a generic system icon. This has affected all the icons in that folder (about 200). I have the same folder of icons on another machine. They work fine on that machine. The properties of the icon are the same on both machines. I tried renaming the icon folder on the problem machine and recopying the the icon folder from the "working" machine to the problem machine. The newly copied files behave exactly the same: Broken. I also tried the Repair icons function in TweakUI. No go. I also tried copying to another partition. Still no go. All other icons (the normal windows icons) are fine. I'm at a loss. Any ideas? Thanks, Drake |
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Depends....
1. Which viewer are you using? 2. Which editor are you using? 3. Is this a typical temp folder issue? More info needed..... -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP) Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com "Drake" wrote in message ... I have a folder of Icons that I obtained years ago. I use these icons to create shortcuts for various programs. Recently, I discovered that the icons no longer have their original "image". In place of the "image" is a generic system icon. This has affected all the icons in that folder (about 200). I have the same folder of icons on another machine. They work fine on that machine. The properties of the icon are the same on both machines. I tried renaming the icon folder on the problem machine and recopying the the icon folder from the "working" machine to the problem machine. The newly copied files behave exactly the same: Broken. I also tried the Repair icons function in TweakUI. No go. I also tried copying to another partition. Still no go. All other icons (the normal windows icons) are fine. I'm at a loss. Any ideas? Thanks, Drake |
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"Kelly" wrote in message ... Depends.... 1. Which viewer are you using? Perhaps an example: I have several quick launch shortcuts. Say I change the "W" icon normally associated with MS Word to an "M" out of my "third party" icons. Everything is fine for years, but one day, the "M" is gone, and in its place is a generic windows icon (somewhat similar to the old Program Manager icon in win 3.1). In fact, the entire third party icons folder has been effected in the same way. None of the icons are what they're supposed to be (as in the example, "M", or a coffee pot, or a TV, or a clock...you get the idea). They are all now the "generic" icon I described previously. 2. Which editor are you using? N/A 3. Is this a typical temp folder issue? No, it's an icon display issue, but only my third party icons are affected. All the normal windows icons are fine. More info needed..... I hope this suffices. Thanks! Drake -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP) Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com "Drake" wrote in message ... I have a folder of Icons that I obtained years ago. I use these icons to create shortcuts for various programs. Recently, I discovered that the icons no longer have their original "image". In place of the "image" is a generic system icon. This has affected all the icons in that folder (about 200). I have the same folder of icons on another machine. They work fine on that machine. The properties of the icon are the same on both machines. I tried renaming the icon folder on the problem machine and recopying the the icon folder from the "working" machine to the problem machine. The newly copied files behave exactly the same: Broken. I also tried the Repair icons function in TweakUI. No go. I also tried copying to another partition. Still no go. All other icons (the normal windows icons) are fine. I'm at a loss. Any ideas? Thanks, Drake |
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Drake wrote:
I have a folder of Icons that I obtained years ago. I use these icons to create shortcuts for various programs. Recently, I discovered that the icons no longer have their original "image". In place of the "image" is a generic system icon. This has affected all the icons in that folder (about 200). In regedit.exe check HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ico You will probably find its default in the right pane is set to icofile, so go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\icofile\DefaultIcon Highlight and in the right pane double click on Default and set to "%1" (include the quotes). That will make each Icon file act as its own icon -- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit) |
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Ok, changed the DefaulIcon to "%1". The folder icons changed to another
generic type. Still not using the icons of the programs as installed. Thanks for trying. DG "Alex Nichol" wrote: Drake wrote: I have a folder of Icons that I obtained years ago. I use these icons to create shortcuts for various programs. Recently, I discovered that the icons no longer have their original "image". In place of the "image" is a generic system icon. This has affected all the icons in that folder (about 200). In regedit.exe check HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ico You will probably find its default in the right pane is set to icofile, so go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\icofile\DefaultIcon Highlight and in the right pane double click on Default and set to "%1" (include the quotes). That will make each Icon file act as its own icon -- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit) |
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Sorry....they didn't change, but stayed the same.
"DG" wrote: Ok, changed the DefaulIcon to "%1". The folder icons changed to another generic type. Still not using the icons of the programs as installed. Thanks for trying. DG "Alex Nichol" wrote: Drake wrote: I have a folder of Icons that I obtained years ago. I use these icons to create shortcuts for various programs. Recently, I discovered that the icons no longer have their original "image". In place of the "image" is a generic system icon. This has affected all the icons in that folder (about 200). In regedit.exe check HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ico You will probably find its default in the right pane is set to icofile, so go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\icofile\DefaultIcon Highlight and in the right pane double click on Default and set to "%1" (include the quotes). That will make each Icon file act as its own icon -- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit) |
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"Alex Nichol" wrote in message ... Drake wrote: I have a folder of Icons that I obtained years ago. I use these icons to create shortcuts for various programs. Recently, I discovered that the icons no longer have their original "image". In place of the "image" is a generic system icon. This has affected all the icons in that folder (about 200). In regedit.exe check HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ico You will probably find its default in the right pane is set to icofile, so go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\icofile\DefaultIcon Highlight and in the right pane double click on Default and set to "%1" (include the quotes). That will make each Icon file act as its own icon Thanks Alex, for putting me on the right track. As it turns out, the default in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ico was PV85.image. Scrolling down to the PV85.image folder in RegEdit showed that the culprit was ULead Photo Explorer, a program that came with my Pioneer A08XL DVD burner. I installed it to try it out and immediately removed it, as it was junk. Unfortunately, I failed to remove all the reg entries. Still, I would have had to change the default entry in HCR\ico even if I had, and your help in that area was invaluable. I changed the default value HCR\ico to icofile, as you specified. I then logged off and back on and "bingo!", all icons were back to normal. I deleted the PV85.image folder and all seems well (all this after backing up the pertinent reg keys, of course). Thanks again for your help, as it was dead on. If I may impose yet once more, I am considering using a Registry editor to make finding these issues simpler. HoverDesk's "RegSeeker" was recommended to me. Have you had any experience with this program, or do you have a better recommendation? Thanks again, Drake |
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"DG" wrote in message ... Ok, changed the DefaulIcon to "%1". The folder icons changed to another generic type. Still not using the icons of the programs as installed. Thanks for trying. DG Did you check to insure that H_C_R\.ico's default value was indeed "icofile"? The value in my registry had been changed to another file type (I should write ULead a nasty letter...). Changing it back to icofile and logging off and back on resolved my issue. "Alex Nichol" wrote: Drake wrote: I have a folder of Icons that I obtained years ago. I use these icons to create shortcuts for various programs. Recently, I discovered that the icons no longer have their original "image". In place of the "image" is a generic system icon. This has affected all the icons in that folder (about 200). In regedit.exe check HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ico You will probably find its default in the right pane is set to icofile, so go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\icofile\DefaultIcon Highlight and in the right pane double click on Default and set to "%1" (include the quotes). That will make each Icon file act as its own icon -- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit) |
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Glad to hear someone has it fixed. I checked the HCR\.ico and yes, it's set
to icofile. When I go to icofile\DefaultIcon it's set to %1. Adding quotes "%1" makes no difference. Any other ideas anyone? Thanks, DG "Drake" wrote: "Alex Nichol" wrote in message ... Drake wrote: I have a folder of Icons that I obtained years ago. I use these icons to create shortcuts for various programs. Recently, I discovered that the icons no longer have their original "image". In place of the "image" is a generic system icon. This has affected all the icons in that folder (about 200). In regedit.exe check HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ico You will probably find its default in the right pane is set to icofile, so go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\icofile\DefaultIcon Highlight and in the right pane double click on Default and set to "%1" (include the quotes). That will make each Icon file act as its own icon Thanks Alex, for putting me on the right track. As it turns out, the default in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ico was PV85.image. Scrolling down to the PV85.image folder in RegEdit showed that the culprit was ULead Photo Explorer, a program that came with my Pioneer A08XL DVD burner. I installed it to try it out and immediately removed it, as it was junk. Unfortunately, I failed to remove all the reg entries. Still, I would have had to change the default entry in HCR\ico even if I had, and your help in that area was invaluable. I changed the default value HCR\ico to icofile, as you specified. I then logged off and back on and "bingo!", all icons were back to normal. I deleted the PV85.image folder and all seems well (all this after backing up the pertinent reg keys, of course). Thanks again for your help, as it was dead on. If I may impose yet once more, I am considering using a Registry editor to make finding these issues simpler. HoverDesk's "RegSeeker" was recommended to me. Have you had any experience with this program, or do you have a better recommendation? Thanks again, Drake |
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Drake wrote:
Thanks again for your help, as it was dead on. If I may impose yet once more, I am considering using a Registry editor to make finding these issues simpler. HoverDesk's "RegSeeker" was recommended to me. Have you had any experience with this program, or do you have a better recommendation? Glad it works. I'm against using third party registry tools; anything you really need can be done with regedit -- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit) |
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"Alex Nichol" wrote in message ... Drake wrote: Thanks again for your help, as it was dead on. If I may impose yet once more, I am considering using a Registry editor to make finding these issues simpler. HoverDesk's "RegSeeker" was recommended to me. Have you had any experience with this program, or do you have a better recommendation? Glad it works. I'm against using third party registry tools; anything you really need can be done with regedit What is it that you have against them? Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit) |
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Drake wrote:
"Alex Nichol" wrote in message ... Drake wrote: Thanks again for your help, as it was dead on. If I may impose yet once more, I am considering using a Registry editor to make finding these issues simpler. HoverDesk's "RegSeeker" was recommended to me. Have you had any experience with this program, or do you have a better recommendation? Glad it works. I'm against using third party registry tools; anything you really need can be done with regedit What is it that you have against them? Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit) Just do a Google Groups search for "registry tools" and you'll find a great deal of posts about that subject in this newsgroup. Malke -- MS MVP - Windows Shell/User Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" |
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