Blank Pager Icons in My Computer

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I am getting some strange icons when I open My Computer. They are blank page
icons that have the top right corner turned down. Sometimes I get 3 of
these icons, other times there are up to 7. They are not editable or
selectable in any way (IE Right click, properties does nothing, double click
does nothing). Here is a screenshot:



I cannot figure out when they started or what causes them to show up.
Another wrinkle in this is that when I allow the system to show hidden files
the number of these blank icons triples.

I am using a Home Premium upgrade from XP Media Center Edition. I just
want these dang things to go away. It sucks having to scroll down through a
bunch of phantoms to get to my C drive.
 
Have you been playing with the My Computer namespace? On my install, user
folders don't show under My Computer.
 
No, not that I am aware of. I'm not sure exactly what the My Computer
Namespace is.

Keith Miller MVP said:
Have you been playing with the My Computer namespace? On my install, user
folders don't show under My Computer.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Danny said:
I am getting some strange icons when I open My Computer. They are blank
page
icons that have the top right corner turned down. Sometimes I get 3 of
these icons, other times there are up to 7. They are not editable or
selectable in any way (IE Right click, properties does nothing, double
click
does nothing). Here is a screenshot:



I cannot figure out when they started or what causes them to show up.
Another wrinkle in this is that when I allow the system to show hidden
files
the number of these blank icons triples.

I am using a Home Premium upgrade from XP Media Center Edition. I just
want these dang things to go away. It sucks having to scroll down through
a
bunch of phantoms to get to my C drive.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I figured it out through a little bit of detective work.

In my users/HP_administrator folder there were a few random folders and
pictures (I'm not sure how they came to be there) but when I reorganized by
moving the contents of the folders and pictures into their respective places
the icons went away.

Danny said:
No, not that I am aware of. I'm not sure exactly what the My Computer
Namespace is.

Keith Miller MVP said:
Have you been playing with the My Computer namespace? On my install, user
folders don't show under My Computer.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Danny said:
I am getting some strange icons when I open My Computer. They are blank
page
icons that have the top right corner turned down. Sometimes I get 3 of
these icons, other times there are up to 7. They are not editable or
selectable in any way (IE Right click, properties does nothing, double
click
does nothing). Here is a screenshot:



I cannot figure out when they started or what causes them to show up.
Another wrinkle in this is that when I allow the system to show hidden
files
the number of these blank icons triples.

I am using a Home Premium upgrade from XP Media Center Edition. I just
want these dang things to go away. It sucks having to scroll down through
a
bunch of phantoms to get to my C drive.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Great. Glad it's sorted.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Danny said:
I figured it out through a little bit of detective work.

In my users/HP_administrator folder there were a few random folders and
pictures (I'm not sure how they came to be there) but when I reorganized
by
moving the contents of the folders and pictures into their respective
places
the icons went away.

Danny said:
No, not that I am aware of. I'm not sure exactly what the My Computer
Namespace is.

Keith Miller MVP said:
Have you been playing with the My Computer namespace? On my install,
user
folders don't show under My Computer.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

I am getting some strange icons when I open My Computer. They are
blank
page
icons that have the top right corner turned down. Sometimes I get 3
of
these icons, other times there are up to 7. They are not editable or
selectable in any way (IE Right click, properties does nothing,
double
click
does nothing). Here is a screenshot:



I cannot figure out when they started or what causes them to show up.
Another wrinkle in this is that when I allow the system to show
hidden
files
the number of these blank icons triples.

I am using a Home Premium upgrade from XP Media Center Edition. I
just
want these dang things to go away. It sucks having to scroll down
through
a
bunch of phantoms to get to my C drive.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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