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| Thread ID: 51285 | 2004-11-16 10:49:00 | Need help with file icons...??? | dkbaj (1047) | Press F1 |
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| 292902 | 2004-11-16 10:49:00 | Hi there, My icons for files such as illustrator (.ai) and eps files (.eps) have for some reason gone funny and come up with a different icon everytime. For example I open up a previously made .ai file and the icon has changed to a Windows Xp icon such as 'My Network Places' or 'Wireless Network Setup Wizard'. The ai and eps files all have different XP system icons. I was wondering if anyone could help me fix this?? I have tried restoring XP to a previous date but it hasn't fixed the problem . Thanks, BAJ |
dkbaj (1047) | ||
| 292903 | 2004-11-16 11:02:00 | Bloated or corrupted icon cache perhaps. Haven't had the pleasure before, a google or search of MS Knowledge base should get you the answers pretty quick. Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 292904 | 2004-11-16 11:28:00 | Hi there , Thanks for that. I have searched on google and come up with a number of the same fixes. Here is info off one site... There is a hidden icon cache file in your windows directory, ShellIconCache, which contains a copy of all the default desktop icons. It sometimes gets corrupted. If it does, your icons will go all black or they may display the wrong icons. If this happens, delete it and reboot. NT (& Win9x) will repopulate the cache with the default icons. To delete the ShellIconCache: at a command prompt, change to the %SystemRoot% folder remove the hidden attribute from the file: type attrib -h shelliconcache and press ENTER. delete the file: type del shelliconcache and press ENTER. logoff and backon and the default icons should be restored. TweakUI has been known to corrupt the ShellIconCache. This tip applies to all versions of Windows including Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. This was taken from this site ... www.windowsnetworking.com It asks me to serch for a file by the name of 'ShellIconCache'. This file does not exist anywhere on my computer . I have searched everywhere. I have selected file options to 'show hidden' files already. Is there any other way? BAJ. |
dkbaj (1047) | ||
| 292905 | 2004-11-16 11:39:00 | Eerrk! As far as I know XP uses an icon cache just like win2k. Try a search of MS's site. Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 292906 | 2004-11-16 17:23:00 | Try Tweak UI it has a repair icon feature which may help. here (www.microsoft.com) hth |
johnboy (217) | ||
| 292907 | 2004-11-18 23:15:00 | thanks for that.... | dkbaj (1047) | ||
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