Guest Canid Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 I've been getting a couple annoying glitches for the past few months on my copy of Wndows XP Pro. I doubt they are related, but I'll address them both at once... One thing that has happened several times, is I will log in to find the Quick Launch icons randomly reassigned. If I right click and select properties, the correct icon is shown in the "[show Desktop, Mozilla Firefox, Windows Live Messenger, etc] Properties" box. They will be back to normal when the computer is restarted, but while I'm using it, the only way to get the correct icon back is to create a new Quick Launch entry for each item. The other glitch may or may not be Windows' fault. I'm getting a similar glitch with two different programs that started happening at the same time. When I open Winamp, then close it, the process is left running. The next time I go to open it, it won't let me. It has to be closed from the task manager each time - very annoying. Firefox is also leaving a spare process open some of the time. In Firefox's case this means that if I go to open a second, or new window, all my bookmarks are gone.
Guest GregNga Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 RE: Quick Launch icons randomly changed and odd program doubles I am having a similar problem. The order the quick launch are displayed seems to randomly change. They still perform the same functions but are in a different sequence on the display. THis seems to have just started in the last 5 or 6 weeks, so I am wondering if it is related to a patch that was installed "Canid" wrote: > I've been getting a couple annoying glitches for the past few months > on my copy of Wndows XP Pro. > I doubt they are related, but I'll address them both at once... > > One thing that has happened several times, is I will log in to find > the Quick Launch icons randomly reassigned. If I right click and > select properties, the correct icon is shown in the "[show Desktop, > Mozilla Firefox, Windows Live Messenger, etc] Properties" box. They > will be back to normal when the computer is restarted, but while I'm > using it, the only way to get the correct icon back is to create a new > Quick Launch entry for each item. > > The other glitch may or may not be Windows' fault. I'm getting a > similar glitch with two different programs that started happening at > the same time. > When I open Winamp, then close it, the process is left running. The > next time I go to open it, it won't let me. It has to be closed from > the task manager each time - very annoying. > Firefox is also leaving a spare process open some of the time. In > Firefox's case this means that if I go to open a second, or new > window, all my bookmarks are gone. >
Guest Kelly Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 Re: Quick Launch icons randomly changed and odd program doubles Set the order, then run the edit Save Settings on Exit from line 54 (right hand side): http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm SupportSpace http://www.supportspace.com/pages?aiu=kellyskorner "Canid" <canids@gmail.com> wrote in message news:c02e172a-7ae4-490c-81f8-53a3488c042f@25g2000hsx.googlegroups.com... > I've been getting a couple annoying glitches for the past few months > on my copy of Wndows XP Pro. > I doubt they are related, but I'll address them both at once... > > One thing that has happened several times, is I will log in to find > the Quick Launch icons randomly reassigned. If I right click and > select properties, the correct icon is shown in the "[show Desktop, > Mozilla Firefox, Windows Live Messenger, etc] Properties" box. They > will be back to normal when the computer is restarted, but while I'm > using it, the only way to get the correct icon back is to create a new > Quick Launch entry for each item. > > The other glitch may or may not be Windows' fault. I'm getting a > similar glitch with two different programs that started happening at > the same time. > When I open Winamp, then close it, the process is left running. The > next time I go to open it, it won't let me. It has to be closed from > the task manager each time - very annoying. > Firefox is also leaving a spare process open some of the time. In > Firefox's case this means that if I go to open a second, or new > window, all my bookmarks are gone.
Guest Elmo Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 Re: Quick Launch icons randomly changed and odd program doubles Canid wrote: > I've been getting a couple annoying glitches for the past few months > on my copy of Wndows XP Pro. > I doubt they are related, but I'll address them both at once... > > One thing that has happened several times, is I will log in to find > the Quick Launch icons randomly reassigned. If I right click and > select properties, the correct icon is shown in the "[show Desktop, > Mozilla Firefox, Windows Live Messenger, etc] Properties" box. They > will be back to normal when the computer is restarted, but while I'm > using it, the only way to get the correct icon back is to create a new > Quick Launch entry for each item. Line 121. Increase Icon Cache http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm > The other glitch may or may not be Windows' fault. I'm getting a > similar glitch with two different programs that started happening at > the same time. > When I open Winamp, then close it, the process is left running. The > next time I go to open it, it won't let me. It has to be closed from > the task manager each time - very annoying. > Firefox is also leaving a spare process open some of the time. In > Firefox's case this means that if I go to open a second, or new > window, all my bookmarks are gone. -- Joe =o)
Guest Dick Baker Posted September 21, 2008 Posted September 21, 2008 Re: Quick Launch icons randomly changed and odd program doubles "Kelly" <kelly@kelly.com> wrote in news:#g5jV1sCJHA.700@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl: > Set the order, then run the edit Save Settings on Exit from line 54 > (right hand side): > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm > Kelly, I'm in the process of moving from old XPHome/SP2 box into new XPHome/SP3 computer, and I noticed that my carefully arranged Quick Launch icons jump into a new order every time I reboot. I came here to look through back postings and found your note to another person with the same problem. BUT I'm absolutely paranoid about launching unnecessary processes--I use a great utility from PCMag called StartupCop after any installation or other change to see if anything new has been added--and I see that your reg. edit also launches system32\systray.exe as a startup process. Why is that necessary? I had a system tray before, without it running. And I have a system tray on the old box without that process running. If I were to delete everything in your reg. edit after the first item... [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \Policies\Explorer] "NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000 ....would that cause XP to save the QL settings without making any other changes? (I realize as I write this that I could make just that change by hand in regedit and see what happens, but I'm thinking I may just learn something from your response.) Thanks much for your previous work, by the way...I remember that when I was first setting up XP on that old box nearly six years ago, I made many trips to your site and used many of your tips. -- -------------------------------------------- Dick Baker (contact via http://goon.org/newcontact.php)
Guest Kelly Posted September 22, 2008 Posted September 22, 2008 Re: Quick Launch icons randomly changed and odd program doubles GREAT feedback. Systray is not necessary nor will cause any harm. I added it back in the day for those who had installed XP as an upgrade. Also, thanks for your support of my work. :o) -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm SupportSpace http://www.supportspace.com/pages?aiu=kellyskorner "Dick Baker" <seesig4address@goon.org> wrote in message news:Xns9B20B4D5B5C20kx97@140.99.99.130... > "Kelly" <kelly@kelly.com> wrote in > news:#g5jV1sCJHA.700@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl: > >> Set the order, then run the edit Save Settings on Exit from line 54 >> (right hand side): >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm >> > Kelly, > I'm in the process of moving from old XPHome/SP2 box into new XPHome/SP3 > computer, and I noticed that my carefully arranged Quick Launch icons > jump into a new order every time I reboot. I came here to look through > back postings and found your note to another person with the same > problem. > > BUT I'm absolutely paranoid about launching unnecessary processes--I use > a great utility from PCMag called StartupCop after any installation or > other change to see if anything new has been added--and I see that your > reg. edit also launches system32\systray.exe as a startup process. > > Why is that necessary? I had a system tray before, without it running. > And I have a system tray on the old box without that process running. If > I were to delete everything in your reg. edit after the first item... > > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion > \Policies\Explorer] > "NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000 > > ...would that cause XP to save the QL settings without making any other > changes? (I realize as I write this that I could make just that change > by hand in regedit and see what happens, but I'm thinking I may just > learn something from your response.) > > Thanks much for your previous work, by the way...I remember that when I > was first setting up XP on that old box nearly six years ago, I made many > trips to your site and used many of your tips. > -- > -------------------------------------------- > Dick Baker > (contact via http://goon.org/newcontact.php)
Guest Dick Baker Posted September 23, 2008 Posted September 23, 2008 Re: Quick Launch icons randomly changed and odd program doubles Thanks--just that first regedit item has cured the problem. "Kelly" <kelly@kelly.com> wrote in news:CCD4D2A1-ABA7-45E5-B323-894E6A87F386@microsoft.com: > GREAT feedback. > > Systray is not necessary nor will cause any harm. I added it back in > the day for those who had installed XP as an upgrade. > > Also, thanks for your support of my work. :o) > -- -------------------------------------------- Dick Baker (contact via http://goon.org/newcontact.php)
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