hazy square over icons

[thor]

all desktop windows vista icons have a hazy square overlacing the icon and is
slightly skewed to the left. how do i correct? all desktop icons have been
deleted and reapplied without results. properties menu allowing icon change
results in the same hazy square.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Launch an elevated CMD window, ie Right click, Run as Administrator...
Shutdown Explorer Process from the Task Manager
In the CMD window go to C:\Users\<ProfileName>\AppData\Local
Do the following command: attrib -H IconCache.db
Do the following command: del IconCache.db
Do the following command: start explorer

This should rebuild the Icon Cache...

 

[thor]

i've entered the elevated CMD window and shut down Explorer from the task
manager. when i type in the first command C:\Users\<Christian>\AppData\Local
i receive the message "system can not find the file specified." please
advise. thanks.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Go to Start > All Programs > Accessories and right-click
on the Command Prompt and choose "Run as administrator".
Type in: SFC /SCANNOW and press your Enter key.

 

[thor]

after entering SFC/SCANNOW in elevated CMD, i receive another message stating
"there is a system repair pending which requires reboot to complete." i have
rebooted windows vista twice with the same error reading

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Boot from your Windows Vista DVD, select the System Repair Option > on the
setup screen, select 'Repair Computer > Select your installation of Windows

select Startup Repair option and follow instructions.

 

[thor]

that didn't help either. i'm still receving the same message. thank you for
your help