Old "My Computer", "My Documents" icons

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Occasionally, the "My Computer" or the "My Documents" icon on my desktop
reverts to the old Windows 98 version. I've gone to Desktop
Properties/Desktop/Customize Desktop/Restore Defaults and had some success,
but lately that procedure hasn't worked. Is there another way? Does anyone
know why this would have happened?
 
Occasionally, the "My Computer" or the "My Documents" icon on my desktop
reverts to the old Windows 98 version. I've gone to Desktop
Properties/Desktop/Customize Desktop/Restore Defaults and had some
success, but lately that procedure hasn't worked. Is there another way?
Does anyone know why this would have happened?
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I remember this happening years ago on my old computer (It was soon after
XP was released). Then around about the SP1 release, the problem seemed to
vanish. I haven't experienced the problem since.

I think it was caused by the older XP Powertoys.

The solution was a registry edit:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Desktop\WindowMetrics
"Shell Icon BPP"= <Set to your desktop colour>
ie. if you are on 16-bit colour: set to "16"
if you are on 32-bit colour: set to "32".



Are you on 32-bit display or 16-bit display?
What's the value of the above registry key?


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oshah [shexec32]
Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Error Reporting -> Choose Programs
-> Do not report errors for these programs:

Acrobat.exe
waol.exe

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