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higgledy

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Since: Sep 26, 2007
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 12:32 pm
Post subject: All my icons became shortcuts!
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I am running XP Professional. I do not know how this happened but
every single icon on my system changed to a shortcut icon. Everything
still works the same but I'd like to change them back to there correct
view. Does anyone know what happened and how I can fix it? Thank you.
Higgledy.
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wm_walsh

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 12:32 pm
Post subject: Re: All my icons became shortcuts! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Hi!

> I am running XP Professional. I do not know how this happened
> but every single icon on my system changed to a shortcut icon.

> Does anyone know what happened and how I can fix it?

Your computer's icon cache file has become corrupt. One way of fixing
this involves using the Microsoft PowerToy known as TweakUI.

There exist two versions of TweakUI...one for Windows XP only and
another that is officially for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000 but works fine
on XP as far as I can tell. It is the older version (1.33) that you
want, as it definitely contains the option to rebuild the icon cache.

You might also try going into your Windows directory (with the options
to view hidden and protected system files turned on) and deleting the
"ShellIconCache" file. Windows may not let you delete it, but it's
worth a shot anyway and could fix your problem without the use of
TweakUI.

William
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higgledy

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 12:32 pm
Post subject: Re: All my icons became shortcuts! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Sep 26, 2:34 pm, wm_wa....TakeThisOut@hotmail.com wrote:
> Your computer's icon cache file has become corrupt. One way of fixing
> this involves using the Microsoft PowerToy known as TweakUI.
>
> There exist two versions of TweakUI...one for Windows XP only and
> another that is officially for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000 but works fine
> on XP as far as I can tell. It is the older version (1.33) that you
> want, as it definitely contains the option to rebuild the icon cache.
>
> You might also try going into your Windows directory (with the options
> to view hidden and protected system files turned on) and deleting the
> "ShellIconCache" file. Windows may not let you delete it, but it's
> worth a shot anyway and could fix your problem without the use of
> TweakUI.
>
> William

Thanks for the advice. I cannot find ShellIconCache anywhere on my
Windows directory. This problem is with my work PC, I cannot install
TweakUI because I am not an Administrator.

But I did mess with the display adapter settings. I don't know why but
now all icons display normally except those icons displayed on a
mounted network drive. I really did not change any settings on my
adapter, I just changed to a different resolution, then changed back
to the original. Wierd.

Higgledy
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