Shortcuts with a red question mark overlayed

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On Wed, 4 May 2005 07:46:03 -0700, Leo <Leo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I am running Windows 2000 Professional. When I create a shortcut anywhere on
>my pc I get a red questionmark overlayed on the icon.
>
>
See tip 904 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com

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"Jerold Schulman" wrote:

> On Wed, 4 May 2005 07:46:03 -0700, Leo <Leo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I am running Windows 2000 Professional. When I create a shortcut anywhere on
> >my pc I get a red questionmark overlayed on the icon.
> >
> >
> See tip 904 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com
>
This does not solve my problem. It is not the small arrow on the shortcut
that I want to change. I am getting a very large red question mark on top of
my icon. Also if I go into the control panel, administrative tools every
icon in this window has the question mark on top of it.

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Control Panel|Display|Appearance|Advanced and try changing the icon size by
one, apply changes, then go back in and change the size back. This should
cause the operating system to rebuild the shelliconcache file which may be
in a corrupted state.

Failing this it may be the work of some malware/spyware/virus.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"Leo" wrote:
| This does not solve my problem. It is not the small arrow on the shortcut
| that I want to change. I am getting a very large red question mark on top
of
| my icon. Also if I go into the control panel, administrative tools every
| icon in this window has the question mark on top of it.