Losing "Customize Desktop..." icons and names.

[Keith Miller]

Yep. Under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. For example:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

for 'My Computer'

Not sure about repair/reinstall for just scheduled tasks.

Keith

I'm not sure I understand, do you refer to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT? I do not mind
trying to set the same icons for all users, where do I specify that?

Came to think that my Scheduled Task service might be corrupt, since this
happens every time it runs -- is there a way to repair/reinstall that one?

dOinK

Weird. Not sure what would do that. If you don't mind the same icons under all users, you could
modify the values under HKCR.

Keith

Ok, here's an update:

The entire KEY is being deleted, not just the "DefaultIcon" subkey. (I only
watched My Network Places, My documents and My Computer, and do not know
which other keys might have been removed).

And this happens even if I add the "Deny Delete" to all groups/users listed
in the key permissions (i.e. Administrators, SYSTEM and myself). In other
words, it seems like the Deny setting is ignored(?). I've tried setting this
permission to both the key and subkey.

Are we getting any closer to figuring this out?

dOinK

Possible workaround:

When I customize My Computer, an new key is created under:

"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID"

with the CLSID for My Computer, {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} as
the key name and a subkey
named "DefaultIcon" which contains the path to the icon.

After setting your icons the way you want, export the CLSID key so you
have a quick way to restore
until this is fixed.

The next time the icons are reset to default, check this location to see
what is happening -- Is the
value of "DefaultIcon" being deleting or changed? Is the entire subkey
being deleted? Once this is
determined, you should be able to modify the permissions for the
appropriate key to prevent it from
happening again.

If you don't want to wait, a good start would be to customize the icons to
your liking, then modify
permissions for the
"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID" branch and
deny
set value and delete permissions to your username and possibly the system
as well (I have no idea
what process is causing the problem, but it is most likely running under
your name)

CLSIDs for the other folders are:
Recycle Bin {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
My Network Places {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
My Documents {450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}

Good luck,
Keith


ARGH!!!!!!! It just happened again when I was doing file searches. ARGH!
[bangs head on table] OK, so having icons on C:\ doesn't matter. I
wonder if we can make a script so we don't have to keep fixing this
annoyance.


On 3/3/2004 12:36 PM PT, Phillip Pi wrote:

I think I resolved my issue. I think having my custom icons in c:\
helps. I have not seen my icon titles and graphics get changed the
last
two weeks so far. I used to have the icons in d:\winstuff\icons\
folder/directory.

Can you guys plesae try that and see if that works for you too? I will
follow-up if the problem returns.

Thank you in advance.


Hello,

Once in a while Windows XP Professional SP1 (all updates) will reset
my
customized desktop back to the defaults. I only changed a few icons
(My
Computer, My Network, and Recycle Bin). Also, their renamed names
get
changed back to originals.

It can happen any time. It is not from rebooting or anything either.
Why
does this happen? It is very annoying!

Thank you in advance.
--
"The evaluator counts the ants at the picnic of progress." --Mohan Singh
/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Phillip Pi (Ant); The Ant Farm: http://antfarm.ma.cx
| |o o| | E-mail: (e-mail address removed) or (e-mail address removed)
\ _ / Remove ANT if replying by e-mail from a newsgroup.
( )

 

[Kelly]

Came to think that my Scheduled Task service might be corrupt, since this

happens every time it runs -- is there a way to repair/reinstall that one?

Very common issue and common glue to this problem. Disabling ST's keeps the
icons and names.

I'm not sure I understand, do you refer to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT? I do not mind
trying to set the same icons for all users, where do I specify that?

Came to think that my Scheduled Task service might be corrupt, since this
happens every time it runs -- is there a way to repair/reinstall that one?

dOinK

Weird. Not sure what would do that. If you don't mind the same icons under all users, you could
modify the values under HKCR.

Keith

setting

this

{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

as

the key name and a subkey
named "DefaultIcon" which contains the path to the icon.

After setting your icons the way you want, export the CLSID key so you
have a quick way to restore
until this is fixed.

The next time the icons are reset to default, check this location to see
what is happening -- Is the
value of "DefaultIcon" being deleting or changed? Is the entire subkey
being deleted? Once this is
determined, you should be able to modify the permissions for the
appropriate key to prevent it from
happening again.

If you don't want to wait, a good start would be to customize the icons to
your liking, then modify
permissions for the
"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID" branch and
deny
set value and delete permissions to your username and possibly the system
as well (I have no idea
what process is causing the problem, but it is most likely running under
your name)

CLSIDs for the other folders are:
Recycle Bin {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
My Network Places {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
My Documents {450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}

Good luck,
Keith


ARGH!!!!!!! It just happened again when I was doing file searches. ARGH!
[bangs head on table] OK, so having icons on C:\ doesn't matter. I
wonder if we can make a script so we don't have to keep fixing this
annoyance.


On 3/3/2004 12:36 PM PT, Phillip Pi wrote:

I think I resolved my issue. I think having my custom icons in c:\
helps. I have not seen my icon titles and graphics get changed the
last
two weeks so far. I used to have the icons in d:\winstuff\icons\
folder/directory.

Can you guys plesae try that and see if that works for you too?

I

will

 

[Keith Miller]

If you can reliably trigger this by running a scheduled task and feel like investigating, download
Regmon from http://www.sysinternals.com/. Give it an include filter string like "{20D04FE0*" and
run it while a scheduled task executes to see what process is deleting the key.

Keith


Give a filter

I'm not sure I understand, do you refer to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT? I do not mind
trying to set the same icons for all users, where do I specify that?

Came to think that my Scheduled Task service might be corrupt, since this
happens every time it runs -- is there a way to repair/reinstall that one?

dOinK

Weird. Not sure what would do that. If you don't mind the same icons under all users, you could
modify the values under HKCR.

Keith

Ok, here's an update:

The entire KEY is being deleted, not just the "DefaultIcon" subkey. (I only
watched My Network Places, My documents and My Computer, and do not know
which other keys might have been removed).

And this happens even if I add the "Deny Delete" to all groups/users listed
in the key permissions (i.e. Administrators, SYSTEM and myself). In other
words, it seems like the Deny setting is ignored(?). I've tried setting this
permission to both the key and subkey.

Are we getting any closer to figuring this out?

dOinK

Possible workaround:

When I customize My Computer, an new key is created under:

"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID"

with the CLSID for My Computer, {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} as
the key name and a subkey
named "DefaultIcon" which contains the path to the icon.

After setting your icons the way you want, export the CLSID key so you
have a quick way to restore
until this is fixed.

The next time the icons are reset to default, check this location to see
what is happening -- Is the
value of "DefaultIcon" being deleting or changed? Is the entire subkey
being deleted? Once this is
determined, you should be able to modify the permissions for the
appropriate key to prevent it from
happening again.

If you don't want to wait, a good start would be to customize the icons to
your liking, then modify
permissions for the
"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID" branch and
deny
set value and delete permissions to your username and possibly the system
as well (I have no idea
what process is causing the problem, but it is most likely running under
your name)

CLSIDs for the other folders are:
Recycle Bin {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
My Network Places {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
My Documents {450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}

Good luck,
Keith


ARGH!!!!!!! It just happened again when I was doing file searches. ARGH!
[bangs head on table] OK, so having icons on C:\ doesn't matter. I
wonder if we can make a script so we don't have to keep fixing this
annoyance.


On 3/3/2004 12:36 PM PT, Phillip Pi wrote:

I think I resolved my issue. I think having my custom icons in c:\
helps. I have not seen my icon titles and graphics get changed the
last
two weeks so far. I used to have the icons in d:\winstuff\icons\
folder/directory.

Can you guys plesae try that and see if that works for you too? I will
follow-up if the problem returns.

Thank you in advance.


Hello,

Once in a while Windows XP Professional SP1 (all updates) will reset
my
customized desktop back to the defaults. I only changed a few icons
(My
Computer, My Network, and Recycle Bin). Also, their renamed names
get
changed back to originals.

It can happen any time. It is not from rebooting or anything either.
Why
does this happen? It is very annoying!

Thank you in advance.
--
"The evaluator counts the ants at the picnic of progress." --Mohan Singh
/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Phillip Pi (Ant); The Ant Farm: http://antfarm.ma.cx
| |o o| | E-mail: (e-mail address removed) or (e-mail address removed)
\ _ / Remove ANT if replying by e-mail from a newsgroup.
( )

 

[Keith Miller]

OK. Did some monitoring of the registry. I found that when a scheduled task was run, winlogon.exe
(running as SYSTEM) was executing:

"CreateKey HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Clsid\"

and this was overwriting the info stored there with the info found here:

"HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\"

The workaround is to modify the permissions for

"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Clsid"

so as to deny SYSTEM Set Value permissions. The nice part is, you don't have to deny yourself any
permissions and can customize the icons & apply saved themes as normal.

Keith

I'm not sure I understand, do you refer to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT? I do not mind
trying to set the same icons for all users, where do I specify that?

Came to think that my Scheduled Task service might be corrupt, since this
happens every time it runs -- is there a way to repair/reinstall that one?

dOinK

Weird. Not sure what would do that. If you don't mind the same icons under all users, you could
modify the values under HKCR.

Keith

Ok, here's an update:

The entire KEY is being deleted, not just the "DefaultIcon" subkey. (I only
watched My Network Places, My documents and My Computer, and do not know
which other keys might have been removed).

And this happens even if I add the "Deny Delete" to all groups/users listed
in the key permissions (i.e. Administrators, SYSTEM and myself). In other
words, it seems like the Deny setting is ignored(?). I've tried setting this
permission to both the key and subkey.

Are we getting any closer to figuring this out?

dOinK

Possible workaround:

When I customize My Computer, an new key is created under:

"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID"

with the CLSID for My Computer, {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} as
the key name and a subkey
named "DefaultIcon" which contains the path to the icon.

After setting your icons the way you want, export the CLSID key so you
have a quick way to restore
until this is fixed.

The next time the icons are reset to default, check this location to see
what is happening -- Is the
value of "DefaultIcon" being deleting or changed? Is the entire subkey
being deleted? Once this is
determined, you should be able to modify the permissions for the
appropriate key to prevent it from
happening again.

If you don't want to wait, a good start would be to customize the icons to
your liking, then modify
permissions for the
"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID" branch and
deny
set value and delete permissions to your username and possibly the system
as well (I have no idea
what process is causing the problem, but it is most likely running under
your name)

CLSIDs for the other folders are:
Recycle Bin {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
My Network Places {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
My Documents {450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}

Good luck,
Keith


ARGH!!!!!!! It just happened again when I was doing file searches. ARGH!
[bangs head on table] OK, so having icons on C:\ doesn't matter. I
wonder if we can make a script so we don't have to keep fixing this
annoyance.


On 3/3/2004 12:36 PM PT, Phillip Pi wrote:

I think I resolved my issue. I think having my custom icons in c:\
helps. I have not seen my icon titles and graphics get changed the
last
two weeks so far. I used to have the icons in d:\winstuff\icons\
folder/directory.

Can you guys plesae try that and see if that works for you too? I will
follow-up if the problem returns.

Thank you in advance.


Hello,

Once in a while Windows XP Professional SP1 (all updates) will reset
my
customized desktop back to the defaults. I only changed a few icons
(My
Computer, My Network, and Recycle Bin). Also, their renamed names
get
changed back to originals.

It can happen any time. It is not from rebooting or anything either.
Why
does this happen? It is very annoying!

Thank you in advance.
--
"The evaluator counts the ants at the picnic of progress." --Mohan Singh
/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Phillip Pi (Ant); The Ant Farm: http://antfarm.ma.cx
| |o o| | E-mail: (e-mail address removed) or (e-mail address removed)
\ _ / Remove ANT if replying by e-mail from a newsgroup.
( )

 

[dOinK]

That's great news - thanks!

Do you (or anyone else) have any idea why winlogon.exe does this - what
would be the purpose, is it a bug, etc?

Do I have to set the "deny" permission to the "HKCU\Software\Mic[...]Clsid"
key, which would be inherited to ALL sub keys, or is it sufficient to deny
change of the sub keys of interest?

Thx again!
dOinK

PS: My next issue is that the number of lines scrolled per notch on the
mouse wheel keeps getting reset to 1 each time I restart (or log in, I'm not
sure). Guess I'll start a new thread 4 that 1
_____________________

OK. Did some monitoring of the registry. I found that when a scheduled task was run, winlogon.exe
(running as SYSTEM) was executing:

"CreateKey HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Clsid\"

and this was overwriting the info stored there with the info found here:

"HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\"

The workaround is to modify the permissions for

"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Clsid"

so as to deny SYSTEM Set Value permissions. The nice part is, you don't have to deny yourself any
permissions and can customize the icons & apply saved themes as normal.

Keith

I'm not sure I understand, do you refer to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT? I do not mind
trying to set the same icons for all users, where do I specify that?

Came to think that my Scheduled Task service might be corrupt, since this
happens every time it runs -- is there a way to repair/reinstall that one?

dOinK

Weird. Not sure what would do that. If you don't mind the same icons under all users, you could
modify the values under HKCR.

Keith

Ok, here's an update:

The entire KEY is being deleted, not just the "DefaultIcon" subkey.

(I
only

watched My Network Places, My documents and My Computer, and do not know
which other keys might have been removed).

And this happens even if I add the "Deny Delete" to all groups/users listed
in the key permissions (i.e. Administrators, SYSTEM and myself). In other
words, it seems like the Deny setting is ignored(?). I've tried

setting
this

permission to both the key and subkey.

Are we getting any closer to figuring this out?

dOinK

Possible workaround:

When I customize My Computer, an new key is created under:

"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID"

with the CLSID for My Computer,

{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
as

the key name and a subkey
named "DefaultIcon" which contains the path to the icon.

After setting your icons the way you want, export the CLSID key so you
have a quick way to restore
until this is fixed.

The next time the icons are reset to default, check this location

to
see

what is happening -- Is the
value of "DefaultIcon" being deleting or changed? Is the entire subkey
being deleted? Once this is
determined, you should be able to modify the permissions for the
appropriate key to prevent it from
happening again.

If you don't want to wait, a good start would be to customize the icons to
your liking, then modify
permissions for the
"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID"

branch
and

deny
set value and delete permissions to your username and possibly the system
as well (I have no idea
what process is causing the problem, but it is most likely running under
your name)

CLSIDs for the other folders are:
Recycle Bin {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
My Network Places {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
My Documents {450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}

Good luck,
Keith


ARGH!!!!!!! It just happened again when I was doing file

searches.
ARGH!

[bangs head on table] OK, so having icons on C:\ doesn't matter. I
wonder if we can make a script so we don't have to keep fixing this
annoyance.


On 3/3/2004 12:36 PM PT, Phillip Pi wrote:

I think I resolved my issue. I think having my custom icons in c:\
helps. I have not seen my icon titles and graphics get changed the
last
two weeks so far. I used to have the icons in d:\winstuff\icons\
folder/directory.

Can you guys plesae try that and see if that works for you

too? I
will

follow-up if the problem returns.

Thank you in advance.


Hello,

Once in a while Windows XP Professional SP1 (all updates)

will
reset

my
customized desktop back to the defaults. I only changed a

few
icons

(My
Computer, My Network, and Recycle Bin). Also, their renamed names
get
changed back to originals.

It can happen any time. It is not from rebooting or anything either.
Why
does this happen? It is very annoying!

Thank you in advance.

progress." --Mohan
Singh

/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Phillip Pi (Ant); The Ant Farm: http://antfarm.ma.cx
| |o o| | E-mail: (e-mail address removed) or (e-mail address removed)
\ _ / Remove ANT if replying by e-mail from a newsgroup.
( )

 

[dOinK]

One more thing:

does anyone have an idea of any BAD side-effects of denying the system
permissions to set values under
"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Clsid"?

dOinK

OK. Did some monitoring of the registry. I found that when a scheduled task was run, winlogon.exe
(running as SYSTEM) was executing:

"CreateKey HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Clsid\"

and this was overwriting the info stored there with the info found here:

"HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\"

The workaround is to modify the permissions for

"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Clsid"

so as to deny SYSTEM Set Value permissions. The nice part is, you don't have to deny yourself any
permissions and can customize the icons & apply saved themes as normal.

Keith

I'm not sure I understand, do you refer to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT? I do not mind
trying to set the same icons for all users, where do I specify that?

Came to think that my Scheduled Task service might be corrupt, since this
happens every time it runs -- is there a way to repair/reinstall that one?

dOinK

Weird. Not sure what would do that. If you don't mind the same icons under all users, you could
modify the values under HKCR.

Keith

Ok, here's an update:

The entire KEY is being deleted, not just the "DefaultIcon" subkey.

(I
only

watched My Network Places, My documents and My Computer, and do not know
which other keys might have been removed).

And this happens even if I add the "Deny Delete" to all groups/users listed
in the key permissions (i.e. Administrators, SYSTEM and myself). In other
words, it seems like the Deny setting is ignored(?). I've tried

setting
this

permission to both the key and subkey.

Are we getting any closer to figuring this out?

dOinK

Possible workaround:

When I customize My Computer, an new key is created under:

"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID"

with the CLSID for My Computer,

{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
as

the key name and a subkey
named "DefaultIcon" which contains the path to the icon.

After setting your icons the way you want, export the CLSID key so you
have a quick way to restore
until this is fixed.

The next time the icons are reset to default, check this location

to
see

what is happening -- Is the
value of "DefaultIcon" being deleting or changed? Is the entire subkey
being deleted? Once this is
determined, you should be able to modify the permissions for the
appropriate key to prevent it from
happening again.

If you don't want to wait, a good start would be to customize the icons to
your liking, then modify
permissions for the
"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID"

branch
and

deny
set value and delete permissions to your username and possibly the system
as well (I have no idea
what process is causing the problem, but it is most likely running under
your name)

CLSIDs for the other folders are:
Recycle Bin {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
My Network Places {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
My Documents {450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}

Good luck,
Keith


ARGH!!!!!!! It just happened again when I was doing file

searches.
ARGH!

[bangs head on table] OK, so having icons on C:\ doesn't matter. I
wonder if we can make a script so we don't have to keep fixing this
annoyance.


On 3/3/2004 12:36 PM PT, Phillip Pi wrote:

I think I resolved my issue. I think having my custom icons in c:\
helps. I have not seen my icon titles and graphics get changed the
last
two weeks so far. I used to have the icons in d:\winstuff\icons\
folder/directory.

Can you guys plesae try that and see if that works for you

too? I
will

follow-up if the problem returns.

Thank you in advance.


Hello,

Once in a while Windows XP Professional SP1 (all updates)

will
reset

my
customized desktop back to the defaults. I only changed a

few
icons

(My
Computer, My Network, and Recycle Bin). Also, their renamed names
get
changed back to originals.

It can happen any time. It is not from rebooting or anything either.
Why
does this happen? It is very annoying!

Thank you in advance.

progress." --Mohan
Singh

/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Phillip Pi (Ant); The Ant Farm: http://antfarm.ma.cx
| |o o| | E-mail: (e-mail address removed) or (e-mail address removed)
\ _ / Remove ANT if replying by e-mail from a newsgroup.
( )

 

[Keith Miller]

Response inline below:

That's great news - thanks!

Do you (or anyone else) have any idea why winlogon.exe does this - what
would be the purpose, is it a bug, etc?

Seems to be a bug introduced by a hotfix. I can't think of any reason this key should be modified
by a system process. All "normal" uses & modifications of the info are handled by processes running
under the current user.

Do I have to set the "deny" permission to the "HKCU\Software\Mic[...]Clsid"
key, which would be inherited to ALL sub keys, or is it sufficient to deny
change of the sub keys of interest?

Yes, you need to set it on the CLSID key itself, because none of the subkeys values or permissions
are evalutated, they just get wiped out when the new copy is created.

Thx again!
dOinK

You're welcome,
Keith

PS: My next issue is that the number of lines scrolled per notch on the
mouse wheel keeps getting reset to 1 each time I restart (or log in, I'm not
sure). Guess I'll start a new thread 4 that 1
_____________________

OK. Did some monitoring of the registry. I found that when a scheduled task was run, winlogon.exe
(running as SYSTEM) was executing:

"CreateKey HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Clsid\"

and this was overwriting the info stored there with the info found here:

"HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\"

The workaround is to modify the permissions for

"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Clsid"

so as to deny SYSTEM Set Value permissions. The nice part is, you don't have to deny yourself any
permissions and can customize the icons & apply saved themes as normal.

Keith

I'm not sure I understand, do you refer to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT? I do not mind
trying to set the same icons for all users, where do I specify that?

Came to think that my Scheduled Task service might be corrupt, since this
happens every time it runs -- is there a way to repair/reinstall that one?

dOinK

Weird. Not sure what would do that. If you don't mind the same icons
under all users, you could
modify the values under HKCR.

Keith

Ok, here's an update:

The entire KEY is being deleted, not just the "DefaultIcon" subkey. (I
only
watched My Network Places, My documents and My Computer, and do not know
which other keys might have been removed).

And this happens even if I add the "Deny Delete" to all groups/users
listed
in the key permissions (i.e. Administrators, SYSTEM and myself). In
other
words, it seems like the Deny setting is ignored(?). I've tried setting
this
permission to both the key and subkey.

Are we getting any closer to figuring this out?

dOinK

Possible workaround:

When I customize My Computer, an new key is created under:

"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID"

with the CLSID for My Computer, {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
as
the key name and a subkey
named "DefaultIcon" which contains the path to the icon.

After setting your icons the way you want, export the CLSID key so you
have a quick way to restore
until this is fixed.

The next time the icons are reset to default, check this location to
see
what is happening -- Is the
value of "DefaultIcon" being deleting or changed? Is the entire
subkey
being deleted? Once this is
determined, you should be able to modify the permissions for the
appropriate key to prevent it from
happening again.

If you don't want to wait, a good start would be to customize the
icons to
your liking, then modify
permissions for the
"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID" branch
and
deny
set value and delete permissions to your username and possibly the
system
as well (I have no idea
what process is causing the problem, but it is most likely running
under
your name)

CLSIDs for the other folders are:
Recycle Bin {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
My Network Places {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
My Documents {450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}

Good luck,
Keith


ARGH!!!!!!! It just happened again when I was doing file searches.
ARGH!
[bangs head on table] OK, so having icons on C:\ doesn't matter. I
wonder if we can make a script so we don't have to keep fixing this
annoyance.


On 3/3/2004 12:36 PM PT, Phillip Pi wrote:

I think I resolved my issue. I think having my custom icons in c:\
helps. I have not seen my icon titles and graphics get changed the
last
two weeks so far. I used to have the icons in d:\winstuff\icons\
folder/directory.

Can you guys plesae try that and see if that works for you too? I
will
follow-up if the problem returns.

Thank you in advance.


Hello,

Once in a while Windows XP Professional SP1 (all updates) will
reset
my
customized desktop back to the defaults. I only changed a few
icons
(My
Computer, My Network, and Recycle Bin). Also, their renamed
names
get
changed back to originals.

It can happen any time. It is not from rebooting or anything
either.
Why
does this happen? It is very annoying!

Thank you in advance.
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Singh
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