wrong folder icons

[Guest]

The folder icons on my computer are lemons. When I try to change the icon in
the
folder options under file type, it puts in a lemon icon instead of the
traditional "folder" icon that was selected. I tried this with the closed
folder icon, and it gives a red dot icon. How can I change these back to
what they are supposed to be, and why are they wrong in the firat place?
Thanks

 

[Malke]

The folder icons on my computer are lemons. When I try to change the
icon in the
folder options under file type, it puts in a lemon icon instead of
the
traditional "folder" icon that was selected. I tried this with the
closed
folder icon, and it gives a red dot icon. How can I change these back
to what they are supposed to be, and why are they wrong in the firat
place? Thanks

Someone at your house installed an icon theme. When I Googled "icons are
lemons" I got two websites with lemon icons connected with the AOL
Instant Messenger. Both sites tried to run a program on my machine and
opened various links and then closed Firefox. Since I use Linux,
nothing untoward happened to my system. Since you use Windows, I
strongly suggest that you scan your computer for viruses and malware.

I would start by going to Add/Remove Programs and see if you can
uninstall the icon theme. Then follow these steps:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Then have a talk with your children (or whoever) about what a Bad Idea
it is to click on links and/or install programs they get in their
Instant Messaging client.

Malke

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Try ShellIconFix:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/shelliconfix.htm

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


The folder icons on my computer are lemons. When I try to change the icon
in
the
folder options under file type, it puts in a lemon icon instead of the
traditional "folder" icon that was selected. I tried this with the closed
folder icon, and it gives a red dot icon. How can I change these back to
what they are supposed to be, and why are they wrong in the firat place?
Thanks