Icon appearance

[rad103]

All of a sudden the appearance of all the icons in my start menu changed.
For instance, instead of the Internet Explorer icon looking like a blue e, it
looked like a blank box. Similar for Microsoft Word, etc. What's causing
this, and how can I fix it?

 

[Rey Santos]

Try using TweakUI:
Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx
On the right pane under Download click TweakUI.exe
Open the program, on the right pane click on Repair > Rebuild icons > Repair
now

Aldo see these:
Desktop icons change to generic icons
http://www.5starsupport.com/xp-faq/1-97.htm

Generic icons displayed for items in the Desktop and Start Menu, after
uninstalling the "World of Warcraft" theme ?
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/warcraft.htm