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Codebreak   02-06-2009 at 03:10:50 AM

Hey guys!

Not really sure what happened, but a lot of my file type icons, as well as some .exe icons have gone missing. In their place is either a white sheet of paper, or an unknown icon thing.

Exapmple:

http://i385.photobucket.com/albums/oo298/Bmoner85/Posts/Filetype_icons.png

Now the actual programs work just fine, and the files open into their respective programs. It's just a bit disconcerting when I see this as it tells me something is wrong with my system.

I already tried inserting the Vista disk and typing that "smf/ something" into a command prompt to see with a system file has been compromised...but it reported back everything was okay. Any idea on how to fix this problem guys?

Information:
Windows Vista Ultimate x64
Intel Core2Quad Q9550
8GB of Ram


Message edited by Codebreak on 02-06-2009 at 03:43:28 AM
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Codebreak   02-06-2009 at 06:38:06 AM

Okay here's a bit more information...

Something happened on my system to where .pdf files aren't displaying the PDF file type image anymore. They're just displaying the Windows default non-associated file icon.

But the weird thing is that the .pdf file type IS associated with Adobe Acrobat, and when double clicked they DO open in Acrobat.

I checked inside of Acorbat.dll and the file type icon IS in there...so this is leading me to believe that something is messed up in the registry to where Windows doesn't know to link a .pdf with the icon inside of Acrobat.dll.

So my question is this...how do I RELINK the .pdf file type with the PDF file type icon located inside of Acrobat.dll???

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