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All desktop ikons are being displayed as MS Access 1
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Have you tried re-starting.
Also try running SCANDISK and do a thorough scandisk and do a complete defrag. It may or may not, but defineatley something worth trying.
As I have posted in other people's request to get defrag to work properly, make sure all applications are closed by using Ctrl+Alt+Delete and closing all programs except Explorer.
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Also try running SCANDISK and do a thorough scandisk and do a complete defrag. It may or may not, but defineatley something worth trying.
As I have posted in other people's request to get defrag to work properly, make sure all applications are closed by using Ctrl+Alt+Delete and closing all programs except Explorer.
NATE There is a solution to everything!
If something can't be done, then
it just means the solution has yet
to be discovered!
One other thing I will add.
Have you changed your desktop theme?
You can always right-click on the desktop and goto effects and re-specify the windows icons by clicking the Default Icon button.
Nate There is a solution to everything!
If something can't be done, then
it just means the solution has yet
to be discovered!
Have you changed your desktop theme?
You can always right-click on the desktop and goto effects and re-specify the windows icons by clicking the Default Icon button.
Nate There is a solution to everything!
If something can't be done, then
it just means the solution has yet
to be discovered!
Download TweakUi complete with install instructions from ,
Use the repair feature in Tweakui .
Use the repair feature in Tweakui .
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Thanks for all your help. I also noticed any shortcut anywhere has this same problem. I can copy and paste to the desktop with no problem, but not paste shortcut, then I will see the icon with the key(MS Access). Funky!
Tweak_ui will fix this. and search for tweak_ui
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I'm assuming that the properties for the icons are correct (i.e. you didn't somehow tell Explorer that you actually wanted all the icons displayed as Access). If the properties are correct, and Windows is just confused about what to display, you can take a more direct approach than TweakUI by deleting the file C:\WINDOWS\ShellIconCache. This can grow pretty big, and if it gets corrupted, you'll get display anomolies like you describe. It can also screw up the icons that show on your Quick Launch bar, your Office Toolbar, macro buttons in Word/Excel/etc... I've even seen it mess up the command buttons in AutoCad. Once it's deleted, reboot and Windows will build you a new one. On systems with lots and lots of desktop icons, buttons, etc, this can be a recurring problem. If that's the case, see MSKB article Q132668 for more info on how to increase the default size of the file.
I've had strange stuff like that regularly (although I would rather it didn't happen...)
I've had icons switch to the notepad icon, sometimes certain file extensions are wordpad icons, or other times I've had it change to the WS_FTP icon. I don't know why, how, or whatever's the case, but for me on reboot they go away.
This may not be the most helpful post, but atleast you know strange stuff like this happens to others.
I've had icons switch to the notepad icon, sometimes certain file extensions are wordpad icons, or other times I've had it change to the WS_FTP icon. I don't know why, how, or whatever's the case, but for me on reboot they go away.
This may not be the most helpful post, but atleast you know strange stuff like this happens to others.
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