File Icon Image Issue

[Ira Blumenthal]

I am running XP Pro. My hard disk was failing (but not yet dead) and I
purchased a new one. Coincidentally both disks were identical, Western
Digital WD800JB. I first setup the new disk as a slave and used Western
Digital's Data Lifeguard Tools to format the new disk and transfer all the
files from the old disk to the new. Then I removed the old disk and
installed the new disk as the master. The computer now booted but with a few
minor issues that I have mostly been able to sort out.

The one remaining problem I am aware of is that in Windows Explorer many of
the file types have the default icon picture instead of the one they should
have for the particular program they are linked to. For instance PPT files
show the default icon. If I go into Folder Options|File
Types|Advanced|Change Icon ... it comes up with a message that it can't find
the file

C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{91110409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}\pptico.exe

In fact the entire C:\WINDOWS\Installer\ directory is missing. I have
another computer, a laptop, that also runs XP Pro and has Powerpoint
installed. It shows the correctfile icons. When I go into Folder
Options|File Types|Advanced|Change Icon ... on this computer it finds and
opens
C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{91110409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}\pptico.exe. I
thought, great, I'll just copy the file from the laptop to the computer with
the new disk and then I'll be able to open the file. However, I can't find a
C:\WINDOWS\Installer\ directory on the laptop even though I have hidden
files and folders set to be visible.

Can anyone explain what this is all about? How can I solve my problem of the
missing file icon pictures?

Thanks,

IraB

 

[Galen]

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message.

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Can anyone explain what this is all about? How can I solve my problem of
the
missing file icon pictures?

Avast ye! (It be International Talk Like A Pirate Day) Methinks ye be
needing to show protected operating system files/folder.

Go back to the folder options where you opted to show hidden files. Scroll
down a little past there. Untick the box to hide protected system files or
folders. Apply.

Yer booty (folder) should then appear.

--
Galen

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