Icons Disappeared After Installing Win XP Updates

[Guest CBDittmar]

I ran Windows Update and installed several of them, including IE7. After

doing so, most of my program icons, including all the MS Office apps, are the

generic file file type icons (white box with blue top border). I've deleted

my icon cache and I can't see that the file has been rebuilt after rebooting.

I also have two "CURRENT VERSION" folders in my registry under HKEY_LOCAL

MACHINE_SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows. Although all of my programs work just

fine, it's frustrating not being able to quickly discern the file type in an

email or when using Windows Explorer.

 

Any assistance is GREATLY appreciated -

--

~CBD

[Guest happymac.support@gmail.com]

Re: Icons Disappeared After Installing Win XP Updates

 

On Jul 16, 4:36 pm, CBDittmar <CBDitt...@discussions.microsoft.com>

wrote:

> I ran Windows Update and installed several of them, including IE7. After

> doing so, most of my program icons, including all the MS Office apps, are the

> generic file file type icons (white box with blue top border). I've deleted

> my icon cache and I can't see that the file has been rebuilt after rebooting.

> I also have two "CURRENT VERSION" folders in my registry under HKEY_LOCAL

> MACHINE_SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows. Although all of my programs work just

> fine, it's frustrating not being able to quickly discern the file type in an

> email or when using Windows Explorer.

>

> Any assistance is GREATLY appreciated -

> --

> ~CBD

 

IE7 causes a lot of problems on come machines.

 

1) Try uninstalling it from Control Panel >> Add or remove programs.

Uninstall the entry that says "Windows Internet explorer 7". You can

always reinstall it later if it isn't the culprit. Now reboot and

install all the updates from Windows Update.

 

2) Download TweakUI (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/

powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx).

 

3)Install Tweak UI

 

4) Open it from Start >> All Programs >> Powertoys for Windows XP >>

TweakUI

 

5) On the panel on the left, choose "Repair"

 

6) In the main section of the screen, choose "Rebuild Icons" from the

dropdown menu

 

7) Click "Repair Now". Wait till it finishes (may take a while)

 

8) Close TweakUI and reboot

[Guest CBDittmar]

Re: Icons Disappeared After Installing Win XP Updates

 

First and foremost, THANKS!! Followed instructions but problem is still

unresolved. Forgot to mention that this is my 'work' laptop, I work remotely

and don't have access to the XP CDs. I noticed that the icon cache has

reappeared - that's a good thing, isn't it?? Any other ideas??

--

~CBD

 

 

"happymac.support@gmail.com" wrote:

> On Jul 16, 4:36 pm, CBDittmar <CBDitt...@discussions.microsoft.com>

> wrote:

> > I ran Windows Update and installed several of them, including IE7. After

> > doing so, most of my program icons, including all the MS Office apps, are the

> > generic file file type icons (white box with blue top border). I've deleted

> > my icon cache and I can't see that the file has been rebuilt after rebooting.

> > I also have two "CURRENT VERSION" folders in my registry under HKEY_LOCAL

> > MACHINE_SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows. Although all of my programs work just

> > fine, it's frustrating not being able to quickly discern the file type in an

> > email or when using Windows Explorer.

> >

> > Any assistance is GREATLY appreciated -

> > --

> > ~CBD

>

> IE7 causes a lot of problems on come machines.

>

> 1) Try uninstalling it from Control Panel >> Add or remove programs.

> Uninstall the entry that says "Windows Internet explorer 7". You can

> always reinstall it later if it isn't the culprit. Now reboot and

> install all the updates from Windows Update.

>

> 2) Download TweakUI (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/

> powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx).

>

> 3)Install Tweak UI

>

> 4) Open it from Start >> All Programs >> Powertoys for Windows XP >>

> TweakUI

>

> 5) On the panel on the left, choose "Repair"

>

> 6) In the main section of the screen, choose "Rebuild Icons" from the

> dropdown menu

>

> 7) Click "Repair Now". Wait till it finishes (may take a while)

>

> 8) Close TweakUI and reboot

>

>

[Guest Renee_R]

Re: Icons Disappeared After Installing Win XP Updates

 

I had a similiar problem with my icons on my computer after an automatic

windows update. I've had a slew of other problems after a lot of automatic

windows updates. Let me know if this link works for you to this KB because

it worked for my computer (I only had to do the steps of chainging color

depth on my computer and never had to touch the registry for this fix to

work):

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/132668/en-us

 

I just formatted my computer because the latest automatic updates messed

computer up so bad so I've resorted to not having them and running the

updates seperate on my own. I'm hoping the format fixes my problems and I

don't have hardware failure. Gotta love Microsoft's stuff and computers

sometimes!!

 

"CBDittmar" wrote:

> First and foremost, THANKS!! Followed instructions but problem is still

> unresolved. Forgot to mention that this is my 'work' laptop, I work remotely

> and don't have access to the XP CDs. I noticed that the icon cache has

> reappeared - that's a good thing, isn't it?? Any other ideas??

> --

> ~CBD

>

>

> "happymac.support@gmail.com" wrote:

>

> > On Jul 16, 4:36 pm, CBDittmar <CBDitt...@discussions.microsoft.com>

> > wrote:

> > > I ran Windows Update and installed several of them, including IE7. After

> > > doing so, most of my program icons, including all the MS Office apps, are the

> > > generic file file type icons (white box with blue top border). I've deleted

> > > my icon cache and I can't see that the file has been rebuilt after rebooting.

> > > I also have two "CURRENT VERSION" folders in my registry under HKEY_LOCAL

> > > MACHINE_SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows. Although all of my programs work just

> > > fine, it's frustrating not being able to quickly discern the file type in an

> > > email or when using Windows Explorer.

> > >

> > > Any assistance is GREATLY appreciated -

> > > --

> > > ~CBD

> >

> > IE7 causes a lot of problems on come machines.

> >

> > 1) Try uninstalling it from Control Panel >> Add or remove programs.

> > Uninstall the entry that says "Windows Internet explorer 7". You can

> > always reinstall it later if it isn't the culprit. Now reboot and

> > install all the updates from Windows Update.

> >

> > 2) Download TweakUI (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/

> > powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx).

> >

> > 3)Install Tweak UI

> >

> > 4) Open it from Start >> All Programs >> Powertoys for Windows XP >>

> > TweakUI

> >

> > 5) On the panel on the left, choose "Repair"

> >

> > 6) In the main section of the screen, choose "Rebuild Icons" from the

> > dropdown menu

> >

> > 7) Click "Repair Now". Wait till it finishes (may take a while)

> >

> > 8) Close TweakUI and reboot

> >

> >

[Guest CBDittmar]

Re: Icons Disappeared After Installing Win XP Updates

 

Thanks but didn't work.

--

~CBD

 

 

"Renee_R" wrote:

> I had a similiar problem with my icons on my computer after an automatic

> windows update. I've had a slew of other problems after a lot of automatic

> windows updates. Let me know if this link works for you to this KB because

> it worked for my computer (I only had to do the steps of chainging color

> depth on my computer and never had to touch the registry for this fix to

> work):

>

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/132668/en-us

>

> I just formatted my computer because the latest automatic updates messed

> computer up so bad so I've resorted to not having them and running the

> updates seperate on my own. I'm hoping the format fixes my problems and I

> don't have hardware failure. Gotta love Microsoft's stuff and computers

> sometimes!!

>

> "CBDittmar" wrote:

>

> > First and foremost, THANKS!! Followed instructions but problem is still

> > unresolved. Forgot to mention that this is my 'work' laptop, I work remotely

> > and don't have access to the XP CDs. I noticed that the icon cache has

> > reappeared - that's a good thing, isn't it?? Any other ideas??

> > --

> > ~CBD

> >

> >

> > "happymac.support@gmail.com" wrote:

> >

> > > On Jul 16, 4:36 pm, CBDittmar <CBDitt...@discussions.microsoft.com>

> > > wrote:

> > > > I ran Windows Update and installed several of them, including IE7. After

> > > > doing so, most of my program icons, including all the MS Office apps, are the

> > > > generic file file type icons (white box with blue top border). I've deleted

> > > > my icon cache and I can't see that the file has been rebuilt after rebooting.

> > > > I also have two "CURRENT VERSION" folders in my registry under HKEY_LOCAL

> > > > MACHINE_SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows. Although all of my programs work just

> > > > fine, it's frustrating not being able to quickly discern the file type in an

> > > > email or when using Windows Explorer.

> > > >

> > > > Any assistance is GREATLY appreciated -

> > > > --

> > > > ~CBD

> > >

> > > IE7 causes a lot of problems on come machines.

> > >

> > > 1) Try uninstalling it from Control Panel >> Add or remove programs.

> > > Uninstall the entry that says "Windows Internet explorer 7". You can

> > > always reinstall it later if it isn't the culprit. Now reboot and

> > > install all the updates from Windows Update.

> > >

> > > 2) Download TweakUI (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/

> > > powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx).

> > >

> > > 3)Install Tweak UI

> > >

> > > 4) Open it from Start >> All Programs >> Powertoys for Windows XP >>

> > > TweakUI

> > >

> > > 5) On the panel on the left, choose "Repair"

> > >

> > > 6) In the main section of the screen, choose "Rebuild Icons" from the

> > > dropdown menu

> > >

> > > 7) Click "Repair Now". Wait till it finishes (may take a while)

> > >

> > > 8) Close TweakUI and reboot

> > >

> > >