IE7 icon superimposed on top of other icons

[Guest]

I am having an odd problem with "My Computer" that seemed to start after the
last batch of updates:

When using "My Computer" to view the contents of a CD, (any CD) all of the
icons for folders and various file types have the Internet Explorer 7 icon
superimposed over them. Not replacing the originals, but literally over top
of them so that the originals peek out from behind. This does not occur
using Windows Explorer to view CD contents, and does not occur in My
Computer when viewing files/folders on the hard drive or other removable
media like flash. It is only in My Computer, and only when viewing D: drive
CD files or folders.

I have looked at all of the File Associations and their respective icons,
and I see nothing that would be causing this. I've rebooted, and tried a
number of other things, but the problem persists. Any ideas??

Windows XP Home, SP2, on an Balance (ECS A535+) notebook. All updates are
current and there are no anomalies that I can find using numerous
diagnostic/spy/adware antivirus/firewall etc. software. This is not a
showstopper by any means, but is really annoying...

Thanks for the help!

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
Use the procedure in this MSKB article to force the iconcache to update:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926715

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

 

[Guest]

Don--

30 years of working with and building Windows-based PCs, and I would never
have figured this one out without your help! Your solution was successful,
and I really appreciate it.

Have a great one -

Ron

Hi,
Use the procedure in this MSKB article to force the iconcache to update:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926715

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

I am having an odd problem with "My Computer" that seemed to start after the
last batch of updates:

When using "My Computer" to view the contents of a CD, (any CD) all of the
icons for folders and various file types have the Internet Explorer 7 icon
superimposed over them. Not replacing the originals, but literally over top
of them so that the originals peek out from behind. This does not occur
using Windows Explorer to view CD contents, and does not occur in My
Computer when viewing files/folders on the hard drive or other removable
media like flash. It is only in My Computer, and only when viewing D: drive
CD files or folders.

I have looked at all of the File Associations and their respective icons,
and I see nothing that would be causing this. I've rebooted, and tried a
number of other things, but the problem persists. Any ideas??

Windows XP Home, SP2, on an Balance (ECS A535+) notebook. All updates are
current and there are no anomalies that I can find using numerous
diagnostic/spy/adware antivirus/firewall etc. software. This is not a
showstopper by any means, but is really annoying...

Thanks for the help!

 

[Don Varnau]

You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback.

Don

Don--

30 years of working with and building Windows-based PCs, and I would never
have figured this one out without your help! Your solution was successful,
and I really appreciate it.

Have a great one -

Ron