Icons

[Paul]

I downloaded a load of themes recently and soon deleted
them (they were all naff). However I cannot get my
original Windows icons back for things like Recycle Bin
and all of my folders - they all remain as the icons for
the last theme I tried, even though all (I presume) trace
of it has been uninstalled. Can anyone help me get my
original icons back?

Thanks in advance.

Paul

 

[Tim Newton [MSFT]]

To change back to your default Windows icons, do this:

1. Right-click Desktop and go to Properties.
2. On the Desktop tab, click Customize Desktop.
3. Select each icon you want to reset and click Restore Default.
4. Click OK when done.

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[Guest]

Thanks, I've done what you said but the icons are still unchanged. I'm assuming that the theme in question has saved over the originals (so that Windows thinks these new icons are the originals). What else would you suggest?

 

[David Candy]

To refresh the icons in the system change the size of icons in Start - Control Panel - Display - Appearance - Advanced, click apply then change the size back.

 

[Kervin]

Similar situation, however, my Run and Search icons on my Start Menu are the
default file icon. Any ideas how to fix?

To change back to your default Windows icons, do this:

1. Right-click Desktop and go to Properties.
2. On the Desktop tab, click Customize Desktop.
3. Select each icon you want to reset and click Restore Default.
4. Click OK when done.

--
Tim Newton [MSFT]
(e-mail address removed)

Search our Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/directory
Visit the Windows 2000 Homepage at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/default.asp
See the Windows NT Homepage at http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/

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or reflect the views and / or opinions of Microsoft.

I downloaded a load of themes recently and soon deleted
them (they were all naff). However I cannot get my
original Windows icons back for things like Recycle Bin
and all of my folders - they all remain as the icons for
the last theme I tried, even though all (I presume) trace
of it has been uninstalled. Can anyone help me get my
original icons back?

Thanks in advance.

Paul

 

[Guest]

David - you are a genius! Thanks for your help my friend.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

David - you are a genius.

Yeah. definitely agree. I usually collect David's postings and save them.