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re: Question about 'All of my desktop icons just became corrupted - what do I do?'
Wednesday, June 9, 2004 at 2:08 pm
Posted by Cam
(4178 messages posted)
Sounds like your shell32.dll file needs changing. If you can get to Start>Run , and
type msconfig , go to File Extract and type: shell32.dll in the window. Press enter.
On the top line look for C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS , and on the bottom line look for:
C:\WINDOW\SYSTEM , and click OK.
When asked if you want to keep the backup file in C:\WINDOWS\MSConfig\Backups , answer
Yes.
When complete you will be asked to reboot the computer.
If you can't get to the Run window then, with a Windows Bootdiskette, boot to DOS
choosing Minimum Boot to get you to the A:\> prompt and type:
A:\>EXTRACT C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS shell32.dll /l C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
(That is a lower case L in the /l switch.)
... and press Enter. Answer Y if asked to do so. Reboot.
I hope that this clears up the problem for you.
Mac
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re: Question about 'All of my desktop icons just became corrupted - what do I do?'
Wednesday, June 9, 2004 at 3:36 pm
Posted by Michael
(9 messages posted)
Thank you Mac, I will try it out. The only thing that was different was that when
asked if I wanted to save it in C:\WINDOWS\MSConfig\Backups, I had to create this
folder as it didn't exist
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re: Question about 'All of my desktop icons just became corrupted - what do I do?'
Wednesday, June 9, 2004 at 3:54 pm
Posted by Cam
(4178 messages posted)
I hope it works out for you. I seem to remember that the folder is self creating
on the first occasion of use. I might be wrong though.
Mac
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re: Question about 'All of my desktop icons just became corrupted - what do I do?'
Thursday, June 10, 2004 at 9:13 am
Posted by Michael
(9 messages posted)
The fixes work for a while, then the icons become corrupted again and I have to apply
the repairs again. IE, deleting shelliconcache, changing icon size, etc.
Would the problem have anything to do with the PCI ATM Controller, as I am having
problems with this also.
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re: Question about 'All of my desktop icons just became corrupted - what do I do?'
Thursday, June 10, 2004 at 10:38 am
Posted by Cam
(4178 messages posted)
Try taking a look at this registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer
In the right-hand pane it should read: MaxCachedIcons 0x00001000 (4096)
If you click on the Icon you should see a hexadecimal value of 1000.
Mac
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re: Question about 'All of my desktop icons just became corrupted - what do I do?'
Thursday, June 10, 2004 at 12:47 pm
Posted by Michael
(9 messages posted)
It looks OK to me, in exploreR I have these items...
1) Default (value not set)
2) Iconunderline 03.00.00.00
3) New Value#1 0x00001000 (4096)
(with a hexadecimal value of 1000)
Also listed under explorer are:
1) Shell Icons and Shell Folders
both have...(Default) (value not set)
1)
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re: Question about 'All of my desktop icons just became corrupted - what do I do?'
Thursday, June 10, 2004 at 1:05 pm
Posted by Cam
(4178 messages posted)
Have you run an on-line anti-virus scan and are you keeping track of SpyWare Trojans?
I use AdAware SpyBot & SpywareBlaster to keep the system clean.
Mac
Reference
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re: Question about 'All of my desktop icons just became corrupted - what do I do?'
Thursday, June 10, 2004 at 1:15 pm
Posted by Michael
(9 messages posted)
Not yet, I am going to try them now, I will let you know!
On Thursday, June 10, 2004 at 1:05 pm, Mac wrote:
>Have you run an on-line anti-virus scan and are you keeping track of SpyWare Trojans?
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>I use AdAware SpyBot & SpywareBlaster to keep the system clean.
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> Mac
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>Reference
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>Free MS Windows Update CD
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