Icons lost

[Guest]

Icons that were on the desktop and start menu have changed to blue and white
boxes instead of their original icons (like Word and Excel icons - - now are
blue and white rectangular boxes - - same with OE and other programs).

I have tried restarting, but still get the blue box icons.
I have tried right clicking the icons to change the icon, but there is no
method to do that on the MS icons or for shortcut to desktop icon or IE icon
(this method did work for icons for non-MS programs).

Any help about these two questions is appreciated:

1. What causes the icons to change?
2. How can I restore the MS program icons?

Thank you

JB

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Use TweakUI to Repair | Rebuild icons
[[Rebuilds all Explorer icons and removes unused Explorer icons from memory.
Rebuild icons when you find that Explorer is displaying the wrong icon for a
program or shortcut. Note that repairing icons may cause icons to lose any
custom positions.]]

TweakUI Guide
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

Download Tweak UI here:
Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Tweak UI
TweakUI.exe
===============
In addition to Wesley's advice:

Repairs the Icon View [Line 4]
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Or, manually edit the registry and set 'Shell Icon BPP' value to 16:
Display High Color Icons (All Windows) at Registry Guide for Windows:
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/39/

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Icons get corrupted after using Tweak UI "Rebuild Icons" function
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/repairicons.htm


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Guest]

This worked great for me, thanks for the info to repair them!!
I have had my icons go nuts like this on many occassion (could be weeks or
months in between). But what causes it????

Use TweakUI to Repair | Rebuild icons
[[Rebuilds all Explorer icons and removes unused Explorer icons from memory.
Rebuild icons when you find that Explorer is displaying the wrong icon for a
program or shortcut. Note that repairing icons may cause icons to lose any
custom positions.]]

TweakUI Guide
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

Download Tweak UI here:
Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Tweak UI
TweakUI.exe
===============
In addition to Wesley's advice:

Repairs the Icon View [Line 4]
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Or, manually edit the registry and set 'Shell Icon BPP' value to 16:
Display High Color Icons (All Windows) at Registry Guide for Windows:
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/39/

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Icons get corrupted after using Tweak UI "Rebuild Icons" function
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/repairicons.htm


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Icons that were on the desktop and start menu have changed to blue
and white boxes instead of their original icons (like Word and Excel
icons - - now are blue and white rectangular boxes - - same with OE
and other programs).

I have tried restarting, but still get the blue box icons.
I have tried right clicking the icons to change the icon, but there
is no method to do that on the MS icons or for shortcut to desktop
icon or IE icon (this method did work for icons for non-MS programs).

Any help about these two questions is appreciated:

1. What causes the icons to change?
2. How can I restore the MS program icons?

Thank you

JB