FIRST see if this works Friday, January 10, 2003 at 12:16 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Ann Aughn Eimoss (1 messages posted) After installing TweakUI today for Win98SE and applying some changes I made with the program it decided to wipe all visual evidence of any icon in the system. I couldn't find a reg entry that pertained to this problem so I scoured Google for an answer and came up with this site and page but wasn't satisfied with the answers. First rule of computer repair is this simplest solution is usually correct. With that in mind I right clicked on the desktop and selected Properties. I clicked the Appearance tab and selected Icon from the Item drop down box. The Icon -> Size was set to 16, it should be 32 so I changed it. All this is being done in Safe Mode which I probably didn't have to but did anyway. Imediately the icons were back but in black and white. A quick soft reset of the computer and the icons came back in all its full color glory, hallelujah! Now for a little clean up. For some reason the Vertical and Horizontal Icon spacing was off (set to 75) so I changed it to 40, I think that was the norm, and it looked good. So here is my solution and I hope it works for whomever seeking an answer to this particular problem. On Tuesday, July 9, 2002 at 9:19 am, RLF wrote: >When I turn on my computer I get only the screen saver picture. There are no Icons >nor task bar. I have run my antivirus CDRom thinking maybe that was the problem but >it didn't help. I have tried opening it in the "safe" mode by clicking f5 as the >computer comes on. Then I get a message that the program has performed an illegal >operation and will be shut down. What can I try next or do I need professional help >? Written in response to: Question about No ICONS nor taskbar on start up page (RLF: Tuesday, July 9, 2002 at 9:19 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Question about No ICONS nor taskbar on start up page (RLF: Tue, Jul 9, 2002, 9:19 am) re: Question about No ICONS nor taskbar on start up page (Mike: Tue, Jul 9, 2002, 10:35 am) re: Question about No ICONS nor taskbar on start up page (sharna: Mon, Sep 15, 2003, 5:11 am) re: Question about No ICONS nor taskbar on start up page (Antoni Bergen: Sun, Dec 1, 2002, 1:29 pm) FIRST see if this works (Ann Aughn Eimoss: Fri, Jan 10, 2003, 12:16 pm) re: Question about No ICONS nor taskbar on start up page (fred: Mon, Jul 28, 2003, 5:55 pm) re: Question about No ICONS nor taskbar on start up page (Mike: Fri, Nov 28, 2003, 3:01 pm) re: Question about No ICONS nor taskbar on start up page (thaphoenix: Wed, Jan 7, 2004, 5:57 pm) re: Question about No ICONS nor taskbar on start up page (thaphoenix: Wed, Jan 7, 2004, 6:04 pm) HOW I FIXED IT. re: Question about No ICONS nor taskbar on start up page (fred: Mon, Jan 5, 2004, 9:05 am) EASY FIX!!! (finally) re: HOW I FIXED IT. re: Question about No ICONS nor taskbar on start up page (adam: Mon, Jan 12, 2004, 2:14 pm) re: EASY FIX!!! (finally) re: HOW I FIXED IT. re: Question about No ICONS nor taskbar on start up page (Don Oakes: Wed, Jan 28, 2004, 12:04 pm) re: HOW I FIXED IT. re: Question about No ICONS nor taskbar on start up page (Gordon: Thu, Jan 15, 2004, 11:14 am) re: HOW I FIXED IT. re: Question about No ICONS nor taskbar on start up page (Dom: Thu, Jan 22, 2004, 6:21 am) re: Question about No ICONS nor taskbar on start up page (Adam: Wed, Jan 7, 2004, 12:24 pm) re: Question about No ICONS nor taskbar on start up page (fred: Wed, Jan 7, 2004, 2:17 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum