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re: Application Icons not Loading
Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 10:36 am
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by judith newell
(1 messages posted)
if u go to display and then effects try several times to change the icon size. do
it over and over. it helped me get them back. i did it pretty fast. i dont know if
that makes it work better but it might
On Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at 2:19 am, Andres wrote:
>Basically the problem is that all applications are displayed with the generic white
>icon with windows logo (like an unassociated file) even though the icon files are
>still present in the .exe files. No other file types (excepts links to those Apps)
>are affected, and applications using system shell icons (like .com or .bat files)
>are also unaffected
>
>Start Menu and other links reverted to the generic white icon, however, if I open
>their properties and choose change icon all the icons from the target .exe file
show
>up, and if I select one of these the link icon changes to that. Obviously this method
>leaves two problems, one it's very tedious to have to change every link individually
>(and all new links made, for example for newly installed programs, also show up
as
>the generic white icon until changed), and secondly the icon of the target file
cannot
>be changed in this way because change icon does not exist in application properties.
>
>I have tried using the Tweak UI rebuild icons feature with out success, and have
>also tried deleting icon caches and restarting Windows, neither to any avail.
>
>I believe the problem could be do to a registry entry as it happened shortly after
>I had removed some unwanted context menu entries from the registry (tho I don't
see
>how or why this should affect icons,). However I have tried searching the registry
>for possible icon related errors, run several registry repair programs, and scoured
>the web for information on which entries are used to tell Windows how to display
>application icons, and so far have been unable to find anything.
>
>So if anybody might have any clues to lead me in the right direction it would be
>greatly appreciated.
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- Application Icons not Loading (Andres: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at 2:19 am)
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