H
Hp329
Ok, this problem may be somewhat of an odd one, but here
goes nothing.
A long time ago (maybe during the summer?) I downloaded
this program that allows you to change the system icons of
any file type. Yes, I know you can do that in Folder
Options, and I don't know why I downloaded this program
instead. Unfortunately, I do not remember the name of the
program. This is how the process would go: Say you wanted
to change the system icon for .gif files (which I actually
did want to do). After installing this program, you could
right click on any .gif file on your computer and in the
menu that would pop up, you could select "Change System
Icon" or something similar to that. From here, if I
remember correctly, you would simply be able to browse your
harddrive and select an icon for all .gif's to become and
that was that.
When I had this program installed, I did decide to change
the .gif icon. However after playing with this program
further, I decided that I did not like it and I
uninstalled. After doing so, all of my .gif files had the
default Windows icon for un-recognized file types (the
white sheet of paper with the Windows logo in the middle of
it). Also, no longer would the thumbnail of a .gif show up
in the left panel of a folder when selected. You know how
when you select a .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, etc. the thumbnail of
the image would appear in the left-hand side of the folder?
Well no longer would this work for any .gif file on my
computer after the un-installation.
I went into Folder Options and tried changing the icon back
to the normal one from there. I successfully selected the
icon, but after hitting OK, the default icon would still be
there for every .gif on my computer and still no
thumbnails. I then deleted GIF from the list of file types
in Folder Options. After doing this, I went to a .gif file
on my computer (which was now un-recognized by Windows
since I deleted it from Folder Options), double-clicked,
and set it to open with Internet Explorer (which is what I
previously had it set to do anyways). It would now open
with IE, but the icon changed to a default IE logo (the
white sheet, but with the IE "e" in the middle and there
was still no thumbnail preview). Ok, some progress. I
went back to Folder Options and tried to reset the icon to
the previous .gif icon I had before all of this mess
happened. I should mention that the icon I had set for
..gif's originally is the white sheet of paper with a green
"painting" in the middle. I selected the proper icon, hit
OK, and I was back to the default Windows icon and still no
thumbnail preview.
Yes, a somewhat confusing and drawn out problem, but me
being the anal-retentive person I am, I want my original
icon back and I want to preview .gif files in the left-hand
side of my folder. Does anybody know any way I can fix
this problem? Thanks very much if you took the time to
read all of this.
goes nothing.
A long time ago (maybe during the summer?) I downloaded
this program that allows you to change the system icons of
any file type. Yes, I know you can do that in Folder
Options, and I don't know why I downloaded this program
instead. Unfortunately, I do not remember the name of the
program. This is how the process would go: Say you wanted
to change the system icon for .gif files (which I actually
did want to do). After installing this program, you could
right click on any .gif file on your computer and in the
menu that would pop up, you could select "Change System
Icon" or something similar to that. From here, if I
remember correctly, you would simply be able to browse your
harddrive and select an icon for all .gif's to become and
that was that.
When I had this program installed, I did decide to change
the .gif icon. However after playing with this program
further, I decided that I did not like it and I
uninstalled. After doing so, all of my .gif files had the
default Windows icon for un-recognized file types (the
white sheet of paper with the Windows logo in the middle of
it). Also, no longer would the thumbnail of a .gif show up
in the left panel of a folder when selected. You know how
when you select a .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, etc. the thumbnail of
the image would appear in the left-hand side of the folder?
Well no longer would this work for any .gif file on my
computer after the un-installation.
I went into Folder Options and tried changing the icon back
to the normal one from there. I successfully selected the
icon, but after hitting OK, the default icon would still be
there for every .gif on my computer and still no
thumbnails. I then deleted GIF from the list of file types
in Folder Options. After doing this, I went to a .gif file
on my computer (which was now un-recognized by Windows
since I deleted it from Folder Options), double-clicked,
and set it to open with Internet Explorer (which is what I
previously had it set to do anyways). It would now open
with IE, but the icon changed to a default IE logo (the
white sheet, but with the IE "e" in the middle and there
was still no thumbnail preview). Ok, some progress. I
went back to Folder Options and tried to reset the icon to
the previous .gif icon I had before all of this mess
happened. I should mention that the icon I had set for
..gif's originally is the white sheet of paper with a green
"painting" in the middle. I selected the proper icon, hit
OK, and I was back to the default Windows icon and still no
thumbnail preview.
Yes, a somewhat confusing and drawn out problem, but me
being the anal-retentive person I am, I want my original
icon back and I want to preview .gif files in the left-hand
side of my folder. Does anybody know any way I can fix
this problem? Thanks very much if you took the time to
read all of this.