Onscreen Icons..

[Howard Woodard]

Does anyone know what causes a Windows XP screen to "reset" and then have to
recreate/repaint all of the onscreen icons?

 

[Howard Woodard]

Is there no one that knows why this occurs? It happens on my wife's
computer as well so I am assuming that it's not a new or unknown thing. The
computer won't do anything else until the icons are all repainted.

Anybody?

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[Iceman]

Does anyone know what causes a Windows XP screen to "reset" and then have to
recreate/repaint all of the onscreen icons?

Try this page. Scroll down to 'Desktop Icons - Lock'.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm

Any you may want to have a look at IconRestore:
http://users.rcn.com/taylotr/icon_restore.html

 

[Howard Woodard]

Thanks Iceman. The icons don't move around. They just lose their specific
graphic for a moment and then one by one are repainted, locking the machine
while repainting.

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[Iceman]

Thanks Iceman. The icons don't move around. They just lose their specific
graphic for a moment and then one by one are repainted, locking the machine
while repainting.

Your icon cache may have become corrupt. Try deleting it, a new one will be
created on startup.

IconCache.db is a hidden file located in:

%homepath%\Local Settings\Application Data