Icons not showing (need to revert to factory settings)

[Guest]

I upgrading my XP maching to Vista, and apparantly since I had a custom theme
with StyleXP that changed some of my icons, many of them don't show up.
Folder Icons, (when they are small, they appear when they are large enough to
become thumbnails), and the icons for my external drives either show a
recycle bin icon (when they are small) or that RGB dogeared page graphic. I'd
just like to know how to reset everything.

I went into my themes and changed the theme from modified theme to Vista
with no luck.

 

[Mamamegs]

Joshua used his keyboard to write :

I upgrading my XP maching to Vista, and apparantly since I had a
custom theme with StyleXP that changed some of my icons, many of
them don't show up. Folder Icons, (when they are small, they appear
when they are large enough to become thumbnails), and the icons for
my external drives either show a recycle bin icon (when they are
small) or that RGB dogeared page graphic. I'd just like to know how
to reset everything.

I went into my themes and changed the theme from modified theme to
Vista with no luck.

SyleXP is not meant for Vista.

--
Mamamegs.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.
(Adam Savage)

www.vistabits.nl

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[Don Varnau]

Hi,
Two steps you might try...
1. Control Panel> Personalization> (left side) Change desktop icons> Restore
default.
2. Control Panel> Personalization> Display settings... Change Colors, hit
Apply. Change colors back. Hit Apply.
See this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926715

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

 

[Guest]

Didn't help. I am no longer using StlyeXP... I uninstalled after installing
Vista. I just want the icons to come back... this is what I currently see.

http://img267.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scr28a3afmf7.jpg

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
How about if you right-click Floppy Drive> Properties> Customize> Folder
pictures> Restore default? Does that restore the proper icon?

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

Didn't help. I am no longer using StlyeXP... I uninstalled after installing
Vista. I just want the icons to come back... this is what I currently see.

http://img267.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scr28a3afmf7.jpg

Hi,
Two steps you might try...
1. Control Panel> Personalization> (left side) Change desktop icons> Restore
default.
2. Control Panel> Personalization> Display settings... Change Colors, hit
Apply. Change colors back. Hit Apply.
See this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926715

 

[Guest]

You need to delete the registry folder
HKML\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\Shell Icons

Uninstalling StyleXP blanks them out, rather than deleting them.



PRB: Icons in Windows Vista become corrupt after uninstalling StyleXP from
an upgrade of Windows XP.

Article ID : 321964
Last Review : May 31, 2007
Revision : 1.1

This article was previously published under Q321963

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry.
Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that
you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For
information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the
following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986) Description of the Microsoft
Windows Registry


SYMPTOMS
If StyleXP is uninstalled from a Windows Vista machine that was upgraded
from Windows XP, various shell icons will become corrupt or missing.
Additionally, Windows Exporer and other programs may lock up when attempting
to browse to certain folders. Shell icons may only be invalid for the shell
views that use smaller icons: List, Details, and Small Icons. Icons will
appear normally using Medium Icons or larger views.

CAUSE
When installed, StyleXP customizes shell icons in the registry. When StyleXP
is uninstalled, the installer program doesn't delete these registry keys, but
instead blanks the values. This causes the customization setting to be
invalid; the proper way to deactivate a customization is to delete the entry.

Using the Large Icons setting does not use the icon customization setting,
but instead uses a resized version of the Windows Vista 128x128 png style
icon.

SOLUTION

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft
cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry
Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

To resolve this problem, a user who has administrative rights must delete
the shell icon customizations. Normally no customizations are present, so the
entire Shell Icons registry key may be deleted; restoring all shell icons to
their default settings.

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open text box, type regedit.
3. Locate the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer
4. Right-click the Shell Icons subkey, and click Delete.
5. Close Registry Editor.
6. Restart the computer.

REFERENCES

For more information, visit the following websites.
http://www.tgtsoft.com (StyleXP homepage)
http://tinyurl.com/37dhj7 (Windows Vista Community)
http://tinyurl.com/2whpf7 (Windows Vista Community)
http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t517830.html
http://forums.pcpitstop.com/lofiversion/index.php/t140768.html

APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows Vista


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