Gren Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 All my desktop icons have suddenly changed! Instead of being the proper ones they now all have the default 'no icon' icon (looks like an old style window with 3 tiny icons in it) and the proper one peeking out from behind that. The only one that is okay is the recycle bin which is the only system icon I have on the desktop. Everything works fine it just looks awful What seemed to do this was that I was running a spyware scan which rebooted the PC to remove a few things it found. Rebooted and the icons were like this. Anyone know how to repair them? I've refreshed them (right click on background) and I've also tried to change them individually by right clicking then properties but neither worked. When I hit refresh the real icons appear for a split second then these default icons are overlaid. http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/a...dodgyicons.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustynuts Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 Dodgy link there mate. No pic available. Anyway, if you're using XP, go to Microsoft and download TweakUi from the Powertoys range. There's a utility in that for repairing damaged icons. You lose your customised desktop positions by doing so, but it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gren Posted March 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa213/GrenW225/dodgyicons.jpg Try that one.....unfortunately using Vista. Maybe I'll try TweakVi and see if it has a similar tool. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustynuts Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Ah, Vista. Not sure if there's a utility for that. Sorry mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gren Posted March 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 There isn't that I'm aware of. I'vetried 2 solutions but no success - got rid of Aero and then reset as well as deleting the IconCache.db file. Still looking for solutions....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gren Posted March 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Any more thoughts on this? So far I have : - Deleted iconcache.db a few times - Done 2 system restores, 1 from 3-4 days before this happened - Deleted icons and recreated - Uninstalled and reinstalled software - Downloaded Stardock IconPackager and used the repair functions None of this works and yet of I move the icon to the quick start area all is fine. My last resort is a reinstall of Windows which I definitely don't want to do as my last backup was 3-4 weeks ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Just do a repair install then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gren Posted March 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Using the installation disk? Was gonna look into this route when I got hoem tonight. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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