Icons lost

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Use TweakUI to Repair | Rebuild icons
[[Rebuilds all Explorer icons and removes unused Explorer icons from memory.
Rebuild icons when you find that Explorer is displaying the wrong icon for a
program or shortcut. Note that repairing icons may cause icons to lose any
custom positions.]]

TweakUI Guide
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

Download Tweak UI here:
Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powert...

Tweak UI
TweakUI.exe
===============
In addition to Wesley's advice:

Repairs the Icon View [Line 4]
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Or, manually edit the registry and set 'Shell Icon BPP' value to 16:
Display High Color Icons (All Windows) at Registry Guide for Windows:
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/39/

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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Icons get corrupted after using Tweak UI "Rebuild Icons" function
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/repairicons.htm


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:087B5901-7B35-44DD-B3D9-BC944C878B6D@microsoft.com,
JBNCDOJ <JBNCDOJ@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Icons that were on the desktop and start menu have changed to blue
> and white boxes instead of their original icons (like Word and Excel
> icons - - now are blue and white rectangular boxes - - same with OE
> and other programs).
>
> I have tried restarting, but still get the blue box icons.
> I have tried right clicking the icons to change the icon, but there
> is no method to do that on the MS icons or for shortcut to desktop
> icon or IE icon (this method did work for icons for non-MS programs).
>
> Any help about these two questions is appreciated:
>
> 1. What causes the icons to change?
> 2. How can I restore the MS program icons?
>
> Thank you
>
> JB

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

This worked great for me, thanks for the info to repair them!!
I have had my icons go nuts like this on many occassion (could be weeks or
months in between). But what causes it????




"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> Use TweakUI to Repair | Rebuild icons
> [[Rebuilds all Explorer icons and removes unused Explorer icons from memory.
> Rebuild icons when you find that Explorer is displaying the wrong icon for a
> program or shortcut. Note that repairing icons may cause icons to lose any
> custom positions.]]
>
> TweakUI Guide
> http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx
>
> Download Tweak UI here:
> Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powert...
>
> Tweak UI
> TweakUI.exe
> ===============
> In addition to Wesley's advice:
>
> Repairs the Icon View [Line 4]
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
> Or, manually edit the registry and set 'Shell Icon BPP' value to 16:
> Display High Color Icons (All Windows) at Registry Guide for Windows:
> http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/39/
>
> --
> Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
> www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
>
> Icons get corrupted after using Tweak UI "Rebuild Icons" function
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/repairicons.htm
>
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:087B5901-7B35-44DD-B3D9-BC944C878B6D@microsoft.com,
> JBNCDOJ <JBNCDOJ@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> > Icons that were on the desktop and start menu have changed to blue
> > and white boxes instead of their original icons (like Word and Excel
> > icons - - now are blue and white rectangular boxes - - same with OE
> > and other programs).
> >
> > I have tried restarting, but still get the blue box icons.
> > I have tried right clicking the icons to change the icon, but there
> > is no method to do that on the MS icons or for shortcut to desktop
> > icon or IE icon (this method did work for icons for non-MS programs).
> >
> > Any help about these two questions is appreciated:
> >
> > 1. What causes the icons to change?
> > 2. How can I restore the MS program icons?
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > JB
>
>