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Gemin-eye
Hello.
This started to happen after I updated my nVidia display drivers. I have
changed my icons on the desktop (My Computer, My Documents, Recycle Bin)
with the right-click > Properties > Desktop > Customize Desktop.
However, when I reboot or shut down/turn on, the icons are still my custom
ones but if the system refreshes or I manually refresh the desktop, the
icons revert back to their default ones. When I change them back to my
custom icons, if I reboot, then go back into the Desktop Properties >
Customize Desktop, the My Computer icon shown in the dialog is a rectangle
with a windows logo in it and the others are the default icons. When I click
the Restore Default button, the My Computer icon turns to the default icon
in the dialog.
If I log off, when I log back in they are reverted back to their defaults.
After searching MS Knowledge Base, I tried deleting the IconCache.db from
both the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data and
C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Application Data but it
didn't help.
I tried using a dll editor and replacing the mydocs.dll in the system folder
with a mydocs.dll containing the icons I want for My Documents desktop icon.
Oddly, it still displays the default icon in the Customize Desktop dialog
until I press the Restore Default button, then it shows the changed icon
from the altered dll. Weird.
I tried using TweekUI to repair the icons. It just reverts them to their
default icons.
The only thing I have left to try is edit the registry to change where the
OS looks for the default icons, as I learned from a site about tweeking
windows:
My Computer:
Open HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ CLSID\ {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\
DefaultIcon, and change the (Default) value to "filename, ##."
Recycle Bin:
Open HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ CLSID\ {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\
DefaultIcon, and change the (Default) value to "filename, ##."
You can also change the Empty and Full icons for the Recycle Bin using the
respective values in the key.
I don't have the reg info for My Documents though. Also I am not sure if
this info applies to Win XP. I asked my pc manufacturer for help but all
they could say was to use system restore or the factory restore. I can't use
system restore because I didn't have it enabled at the time. I do now
though. A little late.
If you can help or have a fix please tell me. Thanks.
This started to happen after I updated my nVidia display drivers. I have
changed my icons on the desktop (My Computer, My Documents, Recycle Bin)
with the right-click > Properties > Desktop > Customize Desktop.
However, when I reboot or shut down/turn on, the icons are still my custom
ones but if the system refreshes or I manually refresh the desktop, the
icons revert back to their default ones. When I change them back to my
custom icons, if I reboot, then go back into the Desktop Properties >
Customize Desktop, the My Computer icon shown in the dialog is a rectangle
with a windows logo in it and the others are the default icons. When I click
the Restore Default button, the My Computer icon turns to the default icon
in the dialog.
If I log off, when I log back in they are reverted back to their defaults.
After searching MS Knowledge Base, I tried deleting the IconCache.db from
both the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data and
C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Application Data but it
didn't help.
I tried using a dll editor and replacing the mydocs.dll in the system folder
with a mydocs.dll containing the icons I want for My Documents desktop icon.
Oddly, it still displays the default icon in the Customize Desktop dialog
until I press the Restore Default button, then it shows the changed icon
from the altered dll. Weird.
I tried using TweekUI to repair the icons. It just reverts them to their
default icons.
The only thing I have left to try is edit the registry to change where the
OS looks for the default icons, as I learned from a site about tweeking
windows:
My Computer:
Open HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ CLSID\ {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\
DefaultIcon, and change the (Default) value to "filename, ##."
Recycle Bin:
Open HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ CLSID\ {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\
DefaultIcon, and change the (Default) value to "filename, ##."
You can also change the Empty and Full icons for the Recycle Bin using the
respective values in the key.
I don't have the reg info for My Documents though. Also I am not sure if
this info applies to Win XP. I asked my pc manufacturer for help but all
they could say was to use system restore or the factory restore. I can't use
system restore because I didn't have it enabled at the time. I do now
though. A little late.
If you can help or have a fix please tell me. Thanks.