Size of Windows Explorer icons after applying latest high priority updates

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Tony

I'm running XP Pro SP1 on two machines, my work laptop and my home system.
Yesterday evening, I applied the latest high priority updates from the
Windows Update site - all 10 of them - to both systems. After applying the
updates, I noticed that, on both systems, the folder icons in the left hand
pane (= the navigation pane) of Windows Explorer are now considerably larger
than those that appear in the right hand pane. (I have Windows Explorer
looking like it appears in Windows 2000, and I use the "Details" view in the
right hand pane.) I find the result really annoying.

Has anyone else experienced the problem? Does anyone know which update
might have caused it to happen? Does anyone know how to get the icons in
the left hand pane looking as they did before I applied the updates (other
than uninstalling the updates!)?
 
M

Michael T

Perhaps you have uncovered a bug in one of the updates - especially since
you claim to be using a non-standard folder display for Windows Explorer.

If you go to Add/Remove programs you should find
Windows XP Hotfix - KB872942

This is described at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/872942

If you scroll down this web page you will find a reference to
872942 FIX: Windows Explorer leaks memory when you use the Windows Explorer
tree view to browse different folders in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003

So you may do a little experimenting and see what happens if you remove
(temporarily)
Windows XP Hotfix - KB872942 using Add/Remove programs.
 
M

Michael T

FYI, some of these updates (including the one I previously mentioned in this
thread) seem to require XP Service Pack 2.
 

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