This has to do with icon overlay. See:
Mysterious case of icon overlapping in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/my...ping-in-vista/
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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
"janor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have a problem with the shortcut icons on the desktop, as they
> suddenly changed to this icon that indicates that windows doesn't
> recognize the type of the file although the programs work normally,
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> Any ideas,
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> [image: http://www.geocities.com/mazen_zone/untitled.jpg]
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> janor