desktop icons

[Guest Summit]

my normal program desktop icons are missing. They have been replaced with

blank generic squares. The shortcut for My Computer, My Documents, etc.

still work, but the traditional icons are missing. Any suggestions of a fix?

[Guest Carlos]

RE: desktop icons

 

Summit,

What OS are you running?

If it is Vista x64, right-click on desktop and choose Personalize.

On the left pane choose "Desktop icons".

Do your stuff from there on.

Carlos

 

"Summit" wrote:

> my normal program desktop icons are missing. They have been replaced with

> blank generic squares. The shortcut for My Computer, My Documents, etc.

> still work, but the traditional icons are missing. Any suggestions of a fix?

[Guest Summit]

RE: desktop icons

 

I am running xp professional

 

"Carlos" wrote:

> Summit,

> What OS are you running?

> If it is Vista x64, right-click on desktop and choose Personalize.

> On the left pane choose "Desktop icons".

> Do your stuff from there on.

> Carlos

>

> "Summit" wrote:

>

> > my normal program desktop icons are missing. They have been replaced with

> > blank generic squares. The shortcut for My Computer, My Documents, etc.

> > still work, but the traditional icons are missing. Any suggestions of a fix?

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: desktop icons

 

If you are running XP Pro SP2 (32-bit) be aware that this is not an XP

newsgroup. That's why XP does not appear in its name. This is a newsgroup

for discussing 64-bit Windows (Server 2003 x64, Vista x64, XP Pro x64,

etc.). You may get the answer here but you may also want to use the

microsoft.public.windowsxp.general newsgroup for XP issues.

 

"Summit" <Summit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:FF698CA3-CDDD-4FA0-8886-89341878E043@microsoft.com...

>I am running xp professional

>

> "Carlos" wrote:

>

>> Summit,

>> What OS are you running?

>> If it is Vista x64, right-click on desktop and choose Personalize.

>> On the left pane choose "Desktop icons".

>> Do your stuff from there on.

>> Carlos

>>

>> "Summit" wrote:

>>

>> > my normal program desktop icons are missing. They have been replaced

>> > with

>> > blank generic squares. The shortcut for My Computer, My Documents,

>> > etc.

>> > still work, but the traditional icons are missing. Any suggestions of

>> > a fix?

[Guest Carlos]

RE: desktop icons

 

Neosmart (http://neosmart.net/) has an x64 version

of TweakUI for XP x64.

Here's one download link I found with Google:

http://software.techrepublic.com.com/download.aspx?docid=251587

You can use the "rebuild icons" options to restore things back to normal

again.

Carlos

 

 

"Summit" wrote:

> I am running xp professional

>

> "Carlos" wrote:

>

> > Summit,

> > What OS are you running?

> > If it is Vista x64, right-click on desktop and choose Personalize.

> > On the left pane choose "Desktop icons".

> > Do your stuff from there on.

> > Carlos

> >

> > "Summit" wrote:

> >

> > > my normal program desktop icons are missing. They have been replaced with

> > > blank generic squares. The shortcut for My Computer, My Documents, etc.

> > > still work, but the traditional icons are missing. Any suggestions of a fix?

[Guest Carlos]

RE: desktop icons

 

Summit,

If you are running XP 32-bit, use the "rebuild icons" option in MS Powertoy

TweakUI.

Carlos

 

"Summit" wrote:

> I am running xp professional

>

> "Carlos" wrote:

>

> > Summit,

> > What OS are you running?

> > If it is Vista x64, right-click on desktop and choose Personalize.

> > On the left pane choose "Desktop icons".

> > Do your stuff from there on.

> > Carlos

> >

> > "Summit" wrote:

> >

> > > my normal program desktop icons are missing. They have been replaced with

> > > blank generic squares. The shortcut for My Computer, My Documents, etc.

> > > still work, but the traditional icons are missing. Any suggestions of a fix?