Desktop icons

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On the desktop I used to have the colorful desktop items such as word and
excel, now I do not know what changed all i have is the white boxes with the
blue task bar like
Any help would be apreciated

Thank you
 
To clear and reset icon cache:
Right click on the desktop, select Properties, Appearance, Advanced. Now using the item drop down
box, choose Icon. Change the pixel number by one. OK all the way out.

or download Tweak UI
Make sure you download the correct one for your system.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/default.mspx
- Under Repair - Rebuild Icons


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I tried both options but nothing changes. Am i doing something wrong?

TaurArian said:
To clear and reset icon cache:
Right click on the desktop, select Properties, Appearance, Advanced. Now using the item drop down
box, choose Icon. Change the pixel number by one. OK all the way out.

or download Tweak UI
Make sure you download the correct one for your system.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/default.mspx
- Under Repair - Rebuild Icons


--
===========================
TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
===========================
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
"Need more help? http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527




Kelly said:
On the desktop I used to have the colorful desktop items such as word and
excel, now I do not know what changed all i have is the white boxes with the
blue task bar like
Any help would be apreciated

Thank you
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Perhaps you need to increase the icon cache size -

Increase Icon Cache (Line 121)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Add Icon Cache Size to Folder Options/View (Line 166)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Also, do you regularly check for spyware viruses etc
Spyware Programs links:-
www.lavasoftusa.com Ad-Aware
www.security.kolla.de Spybot

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TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
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http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
"Need more help? http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527




Kelly said:
I tried both options but nothing changes. Am i doing something wrong?

TaurArian said:
To clear and reset icon cache:
Right click on the desktop, select Properties, Appearance, Advanced. Now using the item drop
down
box, choose Icon. Change the pixel number by one. OK all the way out.

or download Tweak UI
Make sure you download the correct one for your system.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/default.mspx
- Under Repair - Rebuild Icons


--
===========================
TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
===========================
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
"Need more help? http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527




Kelly said:
On the desktop I used to have the colorful desktop items such as word and
excel, now I do not know what changed all i have is the white boxes with the
blue task bar like
Any help would be apreciated

Thank you
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Maybe I am not doing this right after I go to
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm and I download to the file, a
message comes up and ithis file gets stored in the temp. folders....Now is
there anything I do from there?

Yes I do have virusscan,firewall and spamkiller that runs regurlarly


TaurArian said:
Perhaps you need to increase the icon cache size -

Increase Icon Cache (Line 121)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Add Icon Cache Size to Folder Options/View (Line 166)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Also, do you regularly check for spyware viruses etc
Spyware Programs links:-
www.lavasoftusa.com Ad-Aware
www.security.kolla.de Spybot

--
===========================
TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
===========================
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
"Need more help? http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527




Kelly said:
I tried both options but nothing changes. Am i doing something wrong?

TaurArian said:
To clear and reset icon cache:
Right click on the desktop, select Properties, Appearance, Advanced. Now using the item drop
down
box, choose Icon. Change the pixel number by one. OK all the way out.

or download Tweak UI
Make sure you download the correct one for your system.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/default.mspx
- Under Repair - Rebuild Icons


--
===========================
TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
===========================
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
"Need more help? http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527




On the desktop I used to have the colorful desktop items such as word and
excel, now I do not know what changed all i have is the white boxes with the
blue task bar like
Any help would be apreciated

Thank you
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Kelly, have a look at the instructions on the top of the page at Kelly's site.


Kelly said:
Maybe I am not doing this right after I go to
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm and I download to the file, a
message comes up and ithis file gets stored in the temp. folders....Now is
there anything I do from there?

Yes I do have virusscan,firewall and spamkiller that runs regurlarly


TaurArian said:
Perhaps you need to increase the icon cache size -

Increase Icon Cache (Line 121)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Add Icon Cache Size to Folder Options/View (Line 166)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Also, do you regularly check for spyware viruses etc
Spyware Programs links:-
www.lavasoftusa.com Ad-Aware
www.security.kolla.de Spybot

--
===========================
TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
===========================
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
"Need more help? http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527




Kelly said:
I tried both options but nothing changes. Am i doing something wrong?

:

To clear and reset icon cache:
Right click on the desktop, select Properties, Appearance, Advanced. Now using the item drop
down
box, choose Icon. Change the pixel number by one. OK all the way out.

or download Tweak UI
Make sure you download the correct one for your system.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/default.mspx
- Under Repair - Rebuild Icons


--
===========================
TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
===========================
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
"Need more help? http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527




On the desktop I used to have the colorful desktop items such as word and
excel, now I do not know what changed all i have is the white boxes with the
blue task bar like
Any help would be apreciated

Thank you
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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