Guest MickyMick Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 I hope someone can help: when I click on a desktop icon, a different program will often open. (I think it's always the last program that I had open.) If I click on the icon a second time, it's ok. So, for example: if I've been working in Word, then I close Word, and click on my Firefox icon, Word will probably open instead of Firefox. But if I click on Firefox a second time, it will open without a problem. I suspect that the problem has something to do with some spyware. Norton antivirus caught something shortly before this problem started. It got rid of the sypware (or claimed to), but the problem lingers. I'd be very grateful if anyone has any ideas how to fix this!
Guest Andrew E. Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 RE: Desktop Icons are Unreliable Try opening display in control-panel,desktop,properties,chk the box "lock desktop items".... "MickyMick" wrote: > I hope someone can help: when I click on a desktop icon, a different program > will often open. (I think it's always the last program that I had open.) If > I click on the icon a second time, it's ok. > > So, for example: if I've been working in Word, then I close Word, and click > on my Firefox icon, Word will probably open instead of Firefox. But if I > click on Firefox a second time, it will open without a problem. > > I suspect that the problem has something to do with some spyware. Norton > antivirus caught something shortly before this problem started. It got rid > of the sypware (or claimed to), but the problem lingers. > > I'd be very grateful if anyone has any ideas how to fix this!
Guest Elmo Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: Desktop Icons are Unreliable MickyMick wrote: > I hope someone can help: when I click on a desktop icon, a different program > will often open. (I think it's always the last program that I had open.) If > I click on the icon a second time, it's ok. > > So, for example: if I've been working in Word, then I close Word, and click > on my Firefox icon, Word will probably open instead of Firefox. But if I > click on Firefox a second time, it will open without a problem. > > I suspect that the problem has something to do with some spyware. Norton > antivirus caught something shortly before this problem started. It got rid > of the sypware (or claimed to), but the problem lingers. > > I'd be very grateful if anyone has any ideas how to fix this! This is a stretch, but might help: Line 121. Increase Icon Cache http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm -- Joe =o)
Guest MickyMick Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: Desktop Icons are Unreliable Thanks, but I'm completely new to this thread. Can you explain in more detail what you're suggesting? > This is a stretch, but might help: > > Line 121. Increase Icon Cache > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm > > -- > Joe =o) >
Guest MickyMick Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 RE: Desktop Icons are Unreliable Thanks for the suggestion, but I can't find the "lock desktop items" -- if I go to control panel, then display, then desktop, there's no "properties" tab. Any ideas on how I can find this? "Andrew E." wrote: > Try opening display in control-panel,desktop,properties,chk the box "lock > desktop items".... > > "MickyMick" wrote: > > > I hope someone can help: when I click on a desktop icon, a different program > > will often open. (I think it's always the last program that I had open.) If > > I click on the icon a second time, it's ok. > > > > So, for example: if I've been working in Word, then I close Word, and click > > on my Firefox icon, Word will probably open instead of Firefox. But if I > > click on Firefox a second time, it will open without a problem. > > > > I suspect that the problem has something to do with some spyware. Norton > > antivirus caught something shortly before this problem started. It got rid > > of the sypware (or claimed to), but the problem lingers. > > > > I'd be very grateful if anyone has any ideas how to fix this!
Guest Ayush Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: Desktop Icons are Unreliable [MickyMick] wrote-: > I hope someone can help: when I click on a desktop icon, a different program > will often open. (I think it's always the last program that I had open.) If > I click on the icon a second time, it's ok. > > So, for example: if I've been working in Word, then I close Word, and click > on my Firefox icon, Word will probably open instead of Firefox. But if I > click on Firefox a second time, it will open without a problem. > > I suspect that the problem has something to do with some spyware. Norton > antivirus caught something shortly before this problem started. It got rid > of the sypware (or claimed to), but the problem lingers. > > I'd be very grateful if anyone has any ideas how to fix this! Does it happen to all shortcuts ? What is the target of shortcut(s) (Right click > Properties > Shortcut tab) ? Try the Shortcut(LNK) Fix : http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm Good Luck, Ayush. -- XP-Tips [set up XP so that only authorized people can use it] : http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/tips/soleuser.mspx
Guest MickyMick Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: Desktop Icons are Unreliable Thanks. I'll give it a shot. It doesn't happen all the time, so it's hard to know if it happens with all shortcuts. The properties show that the target of the shortcuts is right , and they do work when I click on them a second time. "Ayush" <"ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com" wrote: > [MickyMick] wrote-: > > I hope someone can help: when I click on a desktop icon, a different program > > will often open. (I think it's always the last program that I had open.) If > > I click on the icon a second time, it's ok. > > > > So, for example: if I've been working in Word, then I close Word, and click > > on my Firefox icon, Word will probably open instead of Firefox. But if I > > click on Firefox a second time, it will open without a problem. > > > > I suspect that the problem has something to do with some spyware. Norton > > antivirus caught something shortly before this problem started. It got rid > > of the sypware (or claimed to), but the problem lingers. > > > > I'd be very grateful if anyone has any ideas how to fix this! > > Does it happen to all shortcuts ? > What is the target of shortcut(s) (Right click > Properties > Shortcut tab) ? > Try the Shortcut(LNK) Fix : http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm > > > Good Luck, Ayush. > -- > XP-Tips [set up XP so that only authorized people can use it] : > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/tips/soleuser.mspx >
Guest Elmo Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 Re: Desktop Icons are Unreliable MickyMick wrote: > Thanks, but I'm completely new to this thread. Can you explain in more > detail what you're suggesting? > > >> This is a stretch, but might help: >> >> Line 121. Increase Icon Cache >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm If the wrong icons are being assigned to shortcuts, the .reg file at that link and line number will increase the icon cache and hopefully correct the icons. If you're sure the proper shortcut was clicked when you got the wrong result, the cache increase won't help.. won't hurt, but won't help. -- Joe =o)
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