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re: Question about 'All of my desktop icons just became corrupted - what do I do?'
Sunday, November 23, 2003 at 4:44 pm
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Posted by ally (1 messages posted)


Thanks so much for your information, I too had that same problem and followed your advice which worked like a dream. Again thanks!


On Tuesday, March 4, 2003 at 10:12 pm, woodguitar wrote:
>Uninstall TweakUI from the system (if installed).
>Open Start Menu, Settings, Control Panel, then click the Display icon.
>Select the Appearance tab.
>Select the icon in the Item Box.
>Increase the icon unit by 1.
>Select Apply.
>Decrease the icon unit by 1.
>Select OK.
>
>
>
>Delete the file %systemroot%\ShellIconCache Note: This file has a hidden attribute.
>Log off and log back on to see the correct icons.
>


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re: Question about 'All of my desktop icons just became corrupted - what do I do?' (woodguitar: Tuesday, March 4, 2003 at 10:12 pm)

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