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Thread ID: 20609 2002-06-08 21:17:00 Random desktop icons, why? Guest (0) Press F1
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53276 2002-06-08 21:17:00 Hello!

I just rebooted, and found that some of my desktop icons have altered themselves, this has happened before. Have a look here if you wish.

www.something.net.nz

Notable is that the recycyle bin has borrowed the icon from a photoshop document.

Any ideas why this is happening?
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53277 2002-06-08 23:15:00 Hello Chris,

A prime suspect would be the Magistrate B virus, one of it's tricks is to move the desktop icons around, it usually does this on alternate days.

Alan
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53278 2002-06-09 00:33:00 Chris, Agree about virii. Also the SHELLICONCACHE file can become 'corrupt' which can also show up as a similar effect.

To fix this problem delete the ShellIconCache file and reboot your pc. The file is recreated afresh. Note the file is a system hidden file and is located in the Windows directory.

It is usually best to boot into SAFE mode, delete the ShellIconCache file and reboot.

Hope this may help, you can also look at the following URL support.microsoft.com

Cheers, Babe.

P.S. Sometimes if your fonts go 'funny' or 'mushy' deleteing the ShellIconCache file can fix that problem as well. Hey don't ask what a mushy font is ok?
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