Icons changed or Missing!

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lian183

Hi.
I've been using Windows Vista Premium for over a year now.
So far I've no problems with it yet. However, just recently, I noticed that
the icons for the computer and recycle bin were gone. Futhermore, the icon
for some of the folders on my computer were either blank or a icon of the
computer. Some files (ranging from the .dll to .exe) were changed to the
computer icon as well. The icons for the floppy drive and my usb also
disappeared and are displayed by the icon that represents file that windows
does not recognise.
Can anyone help me restore these icons?
I have tried a system restore back a week when they were all still good but
that did not make a difference. Thanks in advance.
 
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lian183

t-4-2 said:
Hello lian,
Please use this link which will show you how to rebuild the icon cache
; -
( Use method one )
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/117229-icon-cache-rebuild.html
Hello.
Thanks for you suggestion but that did not work. The icons are still missing
or changed. I also noticed that whenever i tried to open something in my
documents through a program, it always stops responding. If i click open in
word, the window will say "Open" and in the address bar you can see that it
is trying to open something in the folder "Documents". It stops responding
and i am forced to close it. This also happens in Windows live messenger when
trying to change a display picture, happens in photoshop when opening a file
to work on and basically all of the other programs that can open something
up. Anyone have suggestions? I really need this problem fixed.
 
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lian183

Thank you so much.
It seems that i didnt go back far enough when i used system restore. I put
it back 2 weeks and it worked fine.
By the way, I use Trend Micro not Norton.
 

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