Desktop icons

[AliceZ]

I don't know if the following has happened previously, but I notice on my
desktop and notebook that when I turn them on, the desktop comes up and some
of the icons are showing as 'white' squares. After a few seconds, the 'white'
squares are then replaced by the actual program's icon.
Is this normal?
Is there any way I can have ALL of the actual program's icons show
immediately (no 'white' boxes) when the desktop loads? Rather than some
showing right away and some showing a few seconds later (to replace the
'white' boxes)?
Hope I have explained this properly. (I just had to install AOL 9.1 on both
machines and don't know if this icon 'problem' existed prior to that.)
Thanks for any help.
Alice

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

It's normal behavior.

 

[Kelly]

Hi Alice,

To proceed: Go to: Windows Explorer/Tools/Folder Options/View/Show Hidden
File and Uncheck Hide Protected Operating System Files.

Delete Icon Cache. It is located here:

IconCache.db
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data

To clear and reset icon cache:

Right click the Desktop/Properties/Appearance/Advanced. Use the item
drop box and choose Icon. Change the pixel number by one. Ok your way
out.

Increase Icon Cache (Line 121)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Correct/Repair the Icon View (Line 4)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Prevent Auto Folder/Icon Refresh (Line 157)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Tip:

Add Icon Cache Size to Folder Options/View (Line 166)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm


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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

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[AliceZ]

Thank you. For a while there I thought there was something going wrong with
the computers, especially since we just recently (more/less forced to)
install AOL 9.1. Thought that the installation of AOL 9.1 might have caused
the actual icons being slow to show (and the white squares appearing first
for the actual icons).

 

[AliceZ]

Thank you for your informative reply, but we are just novices at computers
and really could not follow what you have outlined, for fear of making
serious mistake.
Alice

 

[AliceZ]

FYI....
We did try the "Delete Icon Cache," which you said would restore itself. We
had to delete two. I believe one was in Owner and the other in (I think) All
Users. Restarted computer and icons (at least, for now) popped right up on
the screen, all at once. Didn't have to wait for 'white' boxes to be replaced
by actual program icons.
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