Desktop Icon Appearance Changed

[Guest]

After failing to upload some photos to a trusted site, the majority of my
desktop icons are no longer their original graphic. They are now a generic
looking window icon and the shortcut label is now white underlined text. Any
ideas on how to get the original graphic icons back?

Thanks!

 

[Jon]

Right-click desktop > Properties

Try choosing a different theme

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the idea, I have tried this and it changes everything except for
the icon graphics. Unfortunately, they are still the basic window looking
icons.

 

[John Wunderlich]

After failing to upload some photos to a trusted site, the
majority of my desktop icons are no longer their original graphic.
They are now a generic looking window icon and the shortcut label
is now white underlined text. Any ideas on how to get the
original graphic icons back?

You might try rebuilding the Icon Cache:
Right-click desktop -> Properties -> Appearance -> Advanced
Item Window: Select "Icon". Increase the size by 1 (to 33)
Click "OK" twice to close two windows.
This will rebuild your icons.
Repeat the process to change the icon size back to the original size.

If this does not fix it, you will have to check the associations from
an Explorer window: Tools->Folder Options->File Types

HTH,
John

 

[Guest]

Thanks a ton. I have all the icon graphics back to their original design.
The only difference now is the underlined titles, but that is not a big deal
to me.

Thanks for your help everyone!
Tracy

 

[Jon]

You could check this setting.

My Computer > Tools > Folder Options > [Lower section] Unline icon titles
only when I point at them > ok

--
Jon

Computers are obstinate about precision. Miss a period here or a semicolon
there, and you'll get pistachios instead of caviar every time.
-Bill Weinman

 

[Guest]

You're the best! Thank you so much. Do you have any idea why or how this
may have gotten changed?

Thank You!

You could check this setting.

My Computer > Tools > Folder Options > [Lower section] Unline icon titles
only when I point at them > ok

--
Jon

Computers are obstinate about precision. Miss a period here or a semicolon
there, and you'll get pistachios instead of caviar every time.
-Bill Weinman

Thanks a ton. I have all the icon graphics back to their original design.
The only difference now is the underlined titles, but that is not a big
deal
to me.

Thanks for your help everyone!
Tracy

 

[Jon]

You're welcome. No, can't say for definite on that one, but if you've added
the site to your 'trusted sites', as your first post hinted, then that site
can do pretty much what it likes with your computer - so be careful which
ones you put in that zone - and do regular virus / spyware scans if anything
odd like that happens.

--
Jon

"In God we trust, all others we virus scan."

You're the best! Thank you so much. Do you have any idea why or how this
may have gotten changed?

Thank You!

You could check this setting.

My Computer > Tools > Folder Options > [Lower section] Unline icon titles
only when I point at them > ok

--
Jon

Computers are obstinate about precision. Miss a period here or a
semicolon
there, and you'll get pistachios instead of caviar every time.
-Bill Weinman

Thanks a ton. I have all the icon graphics back to their original
design.
The only difference now is the underlined titles, but that is not a big
deal
to me.

Thanks for your help everyone!
Tracy

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After failing to upload some photos to a trusted site, the
majority of my desktop icons are no longer their original graphic.
They are now a generic looking window icon and the shortcut label
is now white underlined text. Any ideas on how to get the
original graphic icons back?


You might try rebuilding the Icon Cache:
Right-click desktop -> Properties -> Appearance -> Advanced
Item Window: Select "Icon". Increase the size by 1 (to 33)
Click "OK" twice to close two windows.
This will rebuild your icons.
Repeat the process to change the icon size back to the original size.

If this does not fix it, you will have to check the associations from
an Explorer window: Tools->Folder Options->File Types

HTH,
John