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re: Question about 'All of my desktop icons just became corrupted - what do I do?'
Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 10:19 am
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Posted by carl (855 messages posted)


Make a note of all the programs. Move icons to the recycle bin. Then fine the exe file for each program on your list. Right click the exe file click "send to" and then select "create icon on the desktop". If the new desktop icon works then repeat for all the programs on your list.


On Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 9:44 am, Helmut Schulz wrote:
>I have a question about All
>of my desktop icons just became corrupted - what do I do?
:


>
>My desktop shortcuts (most) and quickstart shortcuts show the same icon of one of
>my programs. When I click on ANY of the shortcuts only this one progam opens and
>finds an incompatible file. If I rightclick on any shortcut and go to properties,
>all infomation appears to point to the correct executable file. Then when I click
>on Find Target the system opens Explorer and highlights the correct exe file. pressing
>enter opens the correct program.
>
>I unsuccessfully tried the repair action with Tweakui and Sysicon.
>
>I created a new shortcut on the desktop and selected an icon for it. As soon as it
>had been created it showed the image of the particular program, too and clicking
>on the new shortcut also attempted to open the said program.
>
>Has any body a solution?
>
>


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Question about 'All of my desktop icons just became corrupted - what do I do?' (Helmut Schulz: Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 9:44 am)

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-Question about 'All of my desktop icons just became corrupted - what do I do?' (Helmut Schulz: Wed, Jun 1, 2005, 9:44 am)
*re: Question about 'All of my desktop icons just became corrupted - what do I do?' (carl: Wed, Jun 1, 2005, 10:19 am)
-re: Question about 'All of my desktop icons just became corrupted - what do I do?' (Ms. Eagle: Wed, Jun 1, 2005, 12:05 pm)
-re: Question about 'All of my desktop icons just became corrupted - what do I do?' (Helmut Schulz: Wed, Jun 1, 2005, 3:22 pm)
*re: Question about 'All of my desktop icons just became corrupted - what do I do?' (Ms. Eagle: Wed, Jun 1, 2005, 9:46 pm)
*re: Question about 'All of my desktop icons just became corrupted - what do I do?' (dianne: Sun, Sep 17, 2006, 9:12 pm)
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