Control Panel Icons

[Guest]

In Control Panel 'classic view' the different icon pictures do not appear .
Instead I get gneric 'folders' for each.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Try the .CPL association fix from here, which should fix the defaulticon
setting as well:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

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Regards,

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


In Control Panel 'classic view' the different icon pictures do not appear .
Instead I get gneric 'folders' for each.

 

[Guest]

I tried the link but it didn't fix it.

The machine is a new E1505. Sometimes the control panel's 'classic view'
will show no pictures at all, just generic folders for each application, and
other times it will show 4-5 pictures and the rest of the icons will be
generic folders.

Thanks

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

See if deleting the IconCache.db file. Click Start/Run and type:

%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\

Select the file named "IconCache.db" (hidden file) and delete it.

Restart Windows.

--
Regards,

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


I tried the link but it didn't fix it.

The machine is a new E1505. Sometimes the control panel's 'classic view'
will show no pictures at all, just generic folders for each application, and
other times it will show 4-5 pictures and the rest of the icons will be
generic folders.

Thanks