Change desktop icon size with regedit?

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I can't change icon or font size using right click, properties, appearance,
advanced, etc.

Each time I try this I get an error "Run a DLL as an App has encountered a
problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."

I don't know what is causing this or how to fix it. Is there a way around
this using rededit?

Thanks for any help/suggestions
 
kanderso said:
I can't change icon or font size using right click, properties,
appearance, advanced, etc.

Each time I try this I get an error "Run a DLL as an App has
encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the
inconvenience."

I don't know what is causing this or how to fix it. Is there a way
around this using rededit?

Thanks for any help/suggestions
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No offense, but you need to be more concerned abut that error message than
how to edit the registry. Something is wrong, and you have no way of
knowing whether editing the registry will make it go ga-ga or not. First,
go after the cause of the error message.

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No offense taken. I have tried to fix the main problem causing the errors
but alas I haven't had any luck.

Any and all help is appreciated.

I am getting this error in event viewer "Faulting application rundll32.exe,
version 5.1.2600.2180, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault
address 0x00000000."

Any suggestions?

Thanks
 
|I can't change icon or font size using right click, properties, appearance,
| advanced, etc.
|
| Each time I try this I get an error "Run a DLL as an App has encountered a
| problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."
|
| I don't know what is causing this or how to fix it. Is there a way around
| this using rededit?
|
| Thanks for any help/suggestions



What type of video card are you using ??
 
I was using an ATI All-in-wonder 7200. I thought that may have been the
problem so I uninstalled all the ATI related stuff using the ATI uninstall
program. Then I went and bought a new ATI AIW X800 and did a new install and
.... low and behold still have the same problem.

Any ideas? Suggestions? What I am trying to do is increase the font size on
the desktop so I can read the screen.

Thx
 
Caper said:
I was using an ATI All-in-wonder 7200. I thought that may have been
the problem so I uninstalled all the ATI related stuff using the ATI
uninstall program. Then I went and bought a new ATI AIW X800 and did
a new install and ... low and behold still have the same problem.

Any ideas? Suggestions? What I am trying to do is increase the font
size on the desktop so I can read the screen.

Thx
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Did you uninstall/reinstall BOTH the hardware AND sofware, drivers, etc.?

You can uninstall and replace via the Device Manager screen.

With getting into the guts of your system like you are, it would be highly
advisable to be certain you have a good backup done and saved to another
location.

Have you tried a Repair Install of XP? You'll have to reapply the updates
et al, but you won't lose any data if things go right. As always, have your
backup current.

You've used some very vague descriptions of what yhou've done: Have you
tried the Control Panel | Display route to make these changes?

You could try this, from Safe Mode or, if that won't work, from a Command
Prompt:
Locate the rundll and copy the same on e in the i386 folder to that same
location. i386 is a storage location where XP gets file replacements from
if it needs them.

As an almost last resort, you could run sfc; have you tried that? Careful,
that one can change a LOT of things you dn't want changed, so READ the
screen while you use it.

I think a Repair Install is your quickest way back at the moment.

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