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| Thread ID: 31613 | 2003-03-27 04:31:00 | Word Icon hijacked by Business Card!! | Billy T (70) | Press F1 |
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| 131305 | 2003-03-28 00:54:00 | I thought of that Babe, but took a quick look and couldn't see the file. I don't usually use the command line in W2K so time to break out ZTree methinks. ;\ Watch this space Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 131306 | 2003-03-28 01:06:00 | Bugger, bugger, thrice times bugger X-( That didn't help either. I couldn't find anything useful on a Registry search, so I giess the way forward lies in knowing how the desktop shortcut links to the appropriate icon image, and how that can differ between profiles. Should I be looking within some profile information specific to said daughter since the administrator profile obviously still links to the right icon source? Waiting with bated breath. Cast your pearls before me please. Cheers Billy 8-{) :( :( :( |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 131307 | 2003-03-28 01:57:00 | I assume these people distribute a CD business card with the intention of gaining customers. ;-) They achieve this by "improving" your computer?:| :D | Graham L (2) | ||
| 131308 | 2003-03-28 05:35:00 | i suppose you have tried deleting the word icon file and replacing it with another copy from the cd | zip1nz (2251) | ||
| 131309 | 2003-03-28 05:43:00 | Have you tried going to Add/Remove Programs and doing a Repair on Word/Office? | Oxie (1318) | ||
| 131310 | 2003-03-28 06:14:00 | Hi zip Can you point me to that Word Icon file? I thought the icon was tucked inside winword . exe because that is where the icon properties points . I don't think that the original icon is the problem though, because the desktop icon is OK in the Administrator profile . It seems to be an addressing issue from the User profile . Come to think of it though, perhaps I could take a look in the file that records details of the User profile preferences and desktop etc . To save me wasting more time, can anyone point me to the right folder for this? Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 131311 | 2003-03-30 00:25:00 | BillyT, Sorry I've been busy the last few days... now as to your last point Depending on how the WIN2K system was setup (or upgraded) look under either: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Documents and Settings\%username% OR %SYSTEMROOT%\Profiles\%username%and the Desktop is under that directory structure e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\BILLYT\desktop Babe. |
Babe Ruth (416) | ||
| 131312 | 2003-03-30 02:35:00 | Thanks Babe I'll get into it as soon as I can unplug said daughter from her computer. She's on homework at present. Keep watching this space! Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 131313 | 2003-03-30 23:57:00 | Well! Even deleting from the user profile didn't help, but in the depths of my incompetence and despair, I had (what was for me) a flash of inspiration bordering on genius. B-) I decided to bypass all iterations of the Word shortcut in the computer, and went directly to the winword.exe icon in Explorer. Sending a shortcut to the desktop from that source recreated the correct Icon on screen. :O I then deleted the offending intruder and rebooted just in case. Up came the user desktop complete with normal Word Icon. The relief was palpable, and now No. 1 daughter thinks I am marvellous and clever and all sorts of other nice things :x that will last for ages, probably even until tomorrow. :8} Thanks for all the help & suggestions. Cheers Billy 8-{) :D |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 131314 | 2003-03-31 00:24:00 | Billy T, It's always the more obvious things we tend to disregard... :-) Now for the next leetle problemo. Cheers, Babe. |
Babe Ruth (416) | ||
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