Hijacked Icons

[niagara94]

Hi - Sometimes the icons for various things on the desktop (or even in some
of the folders on the desktop) change. Even the recycle bin icon will change
sometimes. However, there are times where the icons are exactly right - how
they were set to be. Any ideas why this would happen? Thanks!

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
No idea why this is happening, but you can easily reset the icon cache to
restore the correct icons.
1. Right-click a blank area of the desktop, select Personalize
2. Select Display Settings.
3. In the Colors field, select a different color depth. For example, if the
current color depth setting is Highest (32-bit), click Medium (16-bit).
4. Click Apply.
5. Change back to the original Color setting.
6. Click Apply.
7. OK your way out.

Ref: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926715

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

 

[niagara94]

Don & Brink,

Thank you for your reply. It will be good to have this fixed.

Tonye

Hi,
No idea why this is happening, but you can easily reset the icon cache to
restore the correct icons.
1. Right-click a blank area of the desktop, select Personalize
2. Select Display Settings.
3. In the Colors field, select a different color depth. For example, if the
current color depth setting is Highest (32-bit), click Medium (16-bit).
4. Click Apply.
5. Change back to the original Color setting.
6. Click Apply.
7. OK your way out.

Ref: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926715

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

Hi - Sometimes the icons for various things on the desktop (or even in some
of the folders on the desktop) change. Even the recycle bin icon will change
sometimes. However, there are times where the icons are exactly right - how
they were set to be. Any ideas why this would happen? Thanks!