Blank Pager Icons in My Computer

[Guest]

I am getting some strange icons when I open My Computer. They are blank page
icons that have the top right corner turned down. Sometimes I get 3 of
these icons, other times there are up to 7. They are not editable or
selectable in any way (IE Right click, properties does nothing, double click
does nothing). Here is a screenshot:



I cannot figure out when they started or what causes them to show up.
Another wrinkle in this is that when I allow the system to show hidden files
the number of these blank icons triples.

I am using a Home Premium upgrade from XP Media Center Edition. I just
want these dang things to go away. It sucks having to scroll down through a
bunch of phantoms to get to my C drive.

 

[Guest]

Sorry, the link to the screenie came out bad, here is a corrected one:

http://img365.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mycomputerdr6.jpg

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

Have you been playing with the My Computer namespace? On my install, user
folders don't show under My Computer.

 

[Guest]

No, not that I am aware of. I'm not sure exactly what the My Computer
Namespace is.

Have you been playing with the My Computer namespace? On my install, user
folders don't show under My Computer.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

I am getting some strange icons when I open My Computer. They are blank
page
icons that have the top right corner turned down. Sometimes I get 3 of
these icons, other times there are up to 7. They are not editable or
selectable in any way (IE Right click, properties does nothing, double
click
does nothing). Here is a screenshot:



I cannot figure out when they started or what causes them to show up.
Another wrinkle in this is that when I allow the system to show hidden
files
the number of these blank icons triples.

I am using a Home Premium upgrade from XP Media Center Edition. I just
want these dang things to go away. It sucks having to scroll down through
a
bunch of phantoms to get to my C drive.

 

[Guest]

I figured it out through a little bit of detective work.

In my users/HP_administrator folder there were a few random folders and
pictures (I'm not sure how they came to be there) but when I reorganized by
moving the contents of the folders and pictures into their respective places
the icons went away.

No, not that I am aware of. I'm not sure exactly what the My Computer
Namespace is.

Have you been playing with the My Computer namespace? On my install, user
folders don't show under My Computer.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

I am getting some strange icons when I open My Computer. They are blank
page
icons that have the top right corner turned down. Sometimes I get 3 of
these icons, other times there are up to 7. They are not editable or
selectable in any way (IE Right click, properties does nothing, double
click
does nothing). Here is a screenshot:



I cannot figure out when they started or what causes them to show up.
Another wrinkle in this is that when I allow the system to show hidden
files
the number of these blank icons triples.

I am using a Home Premium upgrade from XP Media Center Edition. I just
want these dang things to go away. It sucks having to scroll down through
a
bunch of phantoms to get to my C drive.

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

Great. Glad it's sorted.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

I figured it out through a little bit of detective work.

In my users/HP_administrator folder there were a few random folders and
pictures (I'm not sure how they came to be there) but when I reorganized
by
moving the contents of the folders and pictures into their respective
places
the icons went away.

No, not that I am aware of. I'm not sure exactly what the My Computer
Namespace is.

Have you been playing with the My Computer namespace? On my install,
user
folders don't show under My Computer.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

I am getting some strange icons when I open My Computer. They are
blank
page
icons that have the top right corner turned down. Sometimes I get 3
of
these icons, other times there are up to 7. They are not editable or
selectable in any way (IE Right click, properties does nothing,
double
click
does nothing). Here is a screenshot:



I cannot figure out when they started or what causes them to show up.
Another wrinkle in this is that when I allow the system to show
hidden
files
the number of these blank icons triples.

I am using a Home Premium upgrade from XP Media Center Edition. I
just
want these dang things to go away. It sucks having to scroll down
through
a
bunch of phantoms to get to my C drive.