Want to Change to Default XP Icons

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Lepre-Chaun

Hello,
I am running XP SP2. I installed the Vista Transformation Pack (Bi
Mistake). After i got tired of it slowing down my system i "tried" t
uninstall it. Without much success with uninstalling it, i restored m
pc to it's original factory condition. Everything went well in removin
the pack, but now the icons such as My Documents,My Network Places an
all of the folder icons in explorer are still the same as they were i
the Transformation Pack. What i would like to know is how i can rever
these back to the default xp icons. I have tried going into Desktop-
Properties--Desktop--Customise Desktop-- and changing to the defaul
icons. But it did not work.

Any help would be appreciated, Thankyo
 
Lepre-Chaun wrote ::
Hello,
I am running XP SP2. I installed the Vista Transformation Pack (Big
Mistake). After i got tired of it slowing down my system i "tried" to
uninstall it. Without much success with uninstalling it, i restored my
pc to it's original factory condition. Everything went well in removing
the pack, but now the icons such as My Documents,My Network Places and
all of the folder icons in explorer are still the same as they were in
the Transformation Pack. What i would like to know is how i can revert
these back to the default xp icons. I have tried going into Desktop--
Properties--Desktop--Customise Desktop-- and changing to the default
icons. But it did not work.

Any help would be appreciated, Thankyou
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Reapply the XP theme. If that doesn't work then :

**Backup registry before deteing anything !!!**

Start - Run - Regedit.exe
Go to -
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Icons
Right side, delete all values.

Go
to-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID
Left side, delete all subkeys under CLSID key.

if that doesn't work, then post back.


Good Luck, Ayush.
 
Ayush said:
Lepre-Chaun wrote ::-
Hello,
I am running XP SP2. I installed the Vista Transformation Pack (Big
Mistake). After i got tired of it slowing down my system i "tried" to
uninstall it. Without much success with uninstalling it, i restore
my
pc to it's original factory condition. Everything went well i
removing
the pack, but now the icons such as My Documents,My Network Place
and
all of the folder icons in explorer are still the same as they wer
in
the Transformation Pack. What i would like to know is how i ca
revert
these back to the default xp icons. I have tried going into Desktop--
Properties--Desktop--Customise Desktop-- and changing to the default
icons. But it did not work.

Any help would be appreciated, Thankyou
-


Reapply the XP theme. If that doesn't work then :

**Backup registry before deteing anything !!!**

Start - Run - Regedit.exe
Go to -
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shel

Icons
Right side, delete all values.

Go
to-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID
Left side, delete all subkeys under CLSID key.

if that doesn't work, then post back.


Good Luck, Ayush.
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Thanks Ayush, but i cannot find any of those registry values i
regedit.exe. I may have deleted them before when i used the help an
support function in xp. That did not work. Does it have something to d
with the system files?

Post back soon, thanks agai
 
Lepre-Chaun wrote ::
Thanks Ayush, but i cannot find any of those registry values in
regedit.exe. I may have deleted them before when i used the help and
support function in xp. That did not work. Does it have something to do
with the system files?
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It can be. Transformation packs replace the system files.

Right click c:\documents and settings then choose Properties
Go to Customize tab and click on Change Icon
Select "C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll" if it not already selected.

Are the icons normal or the replaces icons ?





Good Luck, Ayush.
 
Ayush said:
Lepre-Chaun wrote ::-
Thanks Ayush, but i cannot find any of those registry values in
regedit.exe. I may have deleted them before when i used the help and
support function in xp. That did not work. Does it have something to
do
with the system files?-

It can be. Transformation packs replace the system files.

Right click c:\documents and settings then choose Properties
Go to Customize tab and click on Change Icon
Select "C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll" if it not already selected.

Are the icons normal or the replaces icons ?





Good Luck, Ayush.
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No they didn't work, they are still the transformation pack icons. Will
this require a clean install?
 
Lepre-Chaun wrote ::
No they didn't work, they are still the transformation pack icons. Will
this require a clean install?
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Click Start > Run :
SFC /ScanNow

this will restore all the system files (you need the XP CD for this).


Good Luck, Ayush.
 
No, the sfc/scannow did not work, after it had finished nothing happened
the box just closed. Thanks for all your help so far
 
right click on desktop
properties
desktop tab
click "Customize Desktop..."
Change Icon

that's it
 
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