Pink icons....

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Hi,

I have been using XP for quite a while now but I have never come across this 'problem'. I have recently started work at a new company and the machine I have been given has a strange habit of making icons pink. If the icon is a shortcut then the little curled arrow is pink with the normal image behind it.

It is not an issue of compressed files being shown in a different colour as I have turned this off.

Does anyone know what the reason is for this?

Thanks,


Chris
 
Chris Gradden said:
Hi,

I have been using XP for quite a while now but I have never come across
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this 'problem'. I have recently started work at a new company and the
machine I have been given has a strange habit of making icons pink. If the
icon is a shortcut then the little curled arrow is pink with the normal
image behind it.
It is not an issue of compressed files being shown in a different colour as I have turned this off.

Does anyone know what the reason is for this?

Thanks,


Chris
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I've only come across "pink" stuff when the monitor cable is loose from the
back of the machine...give it a wiggle :>
 
Chris said:
I have been using XP for quite a while now but I have never come across this 'problem'. I have recently started work at a new company and the machine I have been given has a strange habit of making icons pink. If the icon is a shortcut then the little curled arrow is pink with the normal image behind it.

It is not an issue of compressed files being shown in a different colour as I have turned this off.

Does anyone know what the reason is for this?
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The arrow is produced by an overlaid Icon file; you can select using
TweakUI - one of the XP Powertoys from (if you have installed XP SP1)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

If you have not installed SP1, the earlier version can be found at
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

Once installed you will find it in Start - All Programs - Powertoys for
Windows XP

Its Explorer - Shortcut page allows you to select a couple of basic
overlays or a custom one. But in a company environment make sure this
one is not company policy before you fiddle
 
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