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| Thread ID: 39815 | 2003-11-18 10:29:00 | Shelliconcache has gone walkabout | Billy T (70) | Press F1 |
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| 192944 | 2003-11-18 10:29:00 | Hi Team I accidentally crashed Old Faithful (W98 original, P166 etc) today, and on reboot the screen icons were slow to write. That is not unusual if the Shelliconcache file in the windows directory is corrupted, and deleting it allows a rebuild that usually solves the problem. Not so today, in fact Shelliconcache is missing completely. I restored a recent example but that didn't work and wasn't updated, which kinda suggests that Windows has lost touch with the files that build it. I presume it is all controlled from the registry but before I start restoring that I thought I'd ask if anybody has experienced this before. It certainly seems as if whatever rewrites the Shelliconcache file is failing to do so, but once the screen icons are up the desktop is normal, they just don't get stored. Any bright ideas out there? If anybody can find a registry key that refers to this file I'd appreciate if you could paste it into a post so I can compare mine. It's been a long day and it's too late at night for me to go fossicking around in the registry. Cheers Billy 8-{) :( |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 192945 | 2003-11-18 17:34:00 | Hi Billy, Try this out. 1) In Case you are having problems with the ShellIconCache file and deleting it does not help, a quick method for fixing these problems is to boot the computer in the SAFE mode, and after windows has finished loading completely, reboot the computer into the regular mode. 2) It is possible that your icons were changed due to some changes you have made to things like the themes. In such a case right click on the desktop, select Display properties then Effects then select the default icons. Cheers Steve |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 192946 | 2003-11-18 17:40:00 | And heres another method . On some machines shelliconcache is still reluctant to rebuild (or stays missing) . So if it doesn't work this is my fix which I've found "always" works: 1 . Empty the recycle bin 2 . Temporarilly delete all "shortcut" icons into the bin but NOT system items such as My Computer, Recycle bin or Network N'borhood . 3 . Reboot 4 . Restore your icons from the bin (you may want to re-arrange them again) . [What this does is signal a big change, forcing shelliconcache to rebuild] |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 192947 | 2003-11-18 20:54:00 | Thanks Guys The failure was not due to any changes I made, it was precipitated by clicking in the wrong place at the wrong time causing a spontaneous reboot. I slept on it overnight then did a safe mode boot which didn't help :( followed by a further three normal boots, in all cases going to a full shutdown and leaving the old girl off for a couple of minutes before restarting. The second boot must have rebuilt the file because the third came up normally. I had already tried the safe mode boot and also a boot to dos last night, but about 10 boots later I was still lacking Shelliconcache, hence my post. Interestingly though, the new file is nearly 500Kb smaller at 809Kb instead of 1.3Mb. Perhaps the poor old thing couldn't cope with that much in one byte and had to cut it down to a more digestible load before setting up the new file. :| Supposedly there's nowt as queer as folk, but there is definitely nowt queerer than computers. Cheers Billy 8-{) :D :D :D |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 192948 | 2003-11-19 02:01:00 | Can you get TweakUI for Windows 9x? That has rebuild system icons button in it. | PoWa (203) | ||
| 192949 | 2003-11-19 02:06:00 | Do you remember Billy, increasing the size of your shelliconcache file because the desk top icons were loading so slowly one by one? Maybe thats why the file size is now a bit smaller. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 192950 | 2003-11-19 02:33:00 | > Do you remember Billy, increasing the size of your > shelliconcache file because the desk top icons were > loading so slowly one by one? > > Maybe thats why the file size is now a bit smaller. ?:| You've got me there Terry! No, to my best recollection I haven't increased the size of my cache file (isn't that a registry hack?) and the only slow icon loads I have had are always fixed by deleting shelliconcache. File size has been creeping up over the years and has been stable at 1.3Mb for months through two or three refreshes. I have 60 icons on screen and that count has been stable for years. Cheers Billy 8-{) :) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 192951 | 2003-11-19 03:41:00 | It must have been someone else Billy, my memory is definitely getting worse :( | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 192952 | 2003-11-19 05:53:00 | Maybe not quite as bad as I thought :) deja vu? (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 192953 | 2003-11-19 06:53:00 | I THOUGHT Middle Earth was the wrong place to be. Maybe you age more quickly? :D Just joking of course and not trying to take the mickey! That post rang a bell with me too but I didn't have time to check. Way to go Terry. |
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