Desktop icons regenerate themselves

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B Watson

I have a Dell 9300 Inspiron laptop,Windows xp home,all software up to date.
My desktop icons regenerate themselves numerous times.

My question is why does this happen and is there a solution??

Thanks.

Jake
 
Specifically which icons ? - My Computer, My Documents or
others. When does the regenerated icons appear - at login ?
 
They all vanish then regenerate themselves.



R. McCarty said:
Specifically which icons ? - My Computer, My Documents or
others. When does the regenerated icons appear - at login ?
Click to expand...
 
Sounds like explorer restarting itself and the desktop refreshes. You
have any other malware problems?
 
B said:
They all vanish then regenerate themselves.
Click to expand...

Are the icons actually missing and then appear - this would be the exact
meaning of "regenerate" or do they constantly redraw themselves?

If the former, then disable any third-party theming programs, check for
malware, and see what is running in the background.

If the latter, see this from MVP Kelly Theriot:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm - Prevent automatic icon
and folder refresh, Line 157

Malke
 
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