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| Thread ID: 145419 | 2017-10-29 19:52:00 | Desktop Icons being changed | Neil F (14248) | Press F1 |
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| 1441265 | 2017-10-29 19:52:00 | I'm Win 10 64 Bit Version 1607. In last week or so 2 of my Desktop (short cut) Icons have been changed from the "true icon" to bland colourless squares. The 2 programs are Opera and Viber for Windows. Opera does not offer a Desktop Short cut at installation stage so one has to use Explorer go to program files and select the launcher.exe and copy it as a short cut to desktop. Viber for Windows does have a short cut at installation. Fortunately for Viber when I selected Properties and Change icon the true icon showed so that I could reapply it. Any ideas why those 2 icons suddenly were altered (both not on same day)? |
Neil F (14248) | ||
| 1441266 | 2017-10-29 20:01:00 | Not a direct answer to your problem, but win 10 is now on 1709 so maybe it is not worthwhile chasing a problem for an outdated version. Is there a reason you have not updated as you are two behind? |
linw (53) | ||
| 1441267 | 2017-10-29 20:06:00 | I have a drive that occasionally disappears from the system, when that happens some icons associated with that drive change like what you describe. What I believe happens is if the file location for the icon can't be found when windows starts up or a screen is refreshed then it drops back to the default icon. Maybe there was a file system hiccup or something else that caused it, if it just happened once it's no big deal. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1441268 | 2017-10-30 22:56:00 | Hi linw I had not taken Version 1703 only because in early days it was suggested that rather than going directly to download the ISO ( and loads of forums complaints) MS was supposedly going to do it via Update path in stages. This did not happen -probably because too many users to contact. I now intend to update directly to 1709 |
Neil F (14248) | ||
| 1441269 | 2017-10-31 05:07:00 | Good idea, Neil, but do image your C: drive first just in case. | linw (53) | ||
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