Icons problem - black box in corner of each icon

[Guest]

I am using Vista Premium, and evertything was working fine. I now have a
problem with all my desktop icons. On each icon, you can only see 3/4's of
the icon, and in the bottom left hand corner of each icon there is a black
square.
Can anyone please offer any assistance?
Thanks You
Alan

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

Would these be shortcuts where you tried to remove the arrow overlay?

 

[Guest]

There are no arrow overlays visible - and I have not tried deleting anything.

Would these be shortcuts where you tried to remove the arrow overlay?


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

I am using Vista Premium, and evertything was working fine. I now have a
problem with all my desktop icons. On each icon, you can only see 3/4's of
the icon, and in the bottom left hand corner of each icon there is a black
square.
Can anyone please offer any assistance?
Thanks You
Alan

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

Are all files affected? Or only shortcuts? Is the black box appearing
where shortcut arrrows should?


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

There are no arrow overlays visible - and I have not tried deleting
anything.

Would these be shortcuts where you tried to remove the arrow overlay?


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

I am using Vista Premium, and evertything was working fine. I now have a
problem with all my desktop icons. On each icon, you can only see 3/4's
of
the icon, and in the bottom left hand corner of each icon there is a
black
square.
Can anyone please offer any assistance?
Thanks You
Alan

 

[Guy Thomas]

A wild guess, someone has been experimenting with the Shortcut icon.

This is how to control such overlays

http://computerperformance.co.uk/vista/vista_registry_remove_shortcut.htm

Guy.
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Are all files affected? Or only shortcuts? Is the black box appearing
where shortcut arrrows should?


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

There are no arrow overlays visible - and I have not tried deleting
anything.

Would these be shortcuts where you tried to remove the arrow overlay?


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

I am using Vista Premium, and evertything was working fine. I now have
a
problem with all my desktop icons. On each icon, you can only see
3/4's of
the icon, and in the bottom left hand corner of each icon there is a
black
square.
Can anyone please offer any assistance?
Thanks You
Alan

 

[Guest]

Thanks for help everyone - the reg edit of the shortcut arrow ico worked as
recommended by Guy Thomas - thanks especially Guy!