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Thread ID: 83180 2007-09-22 07:32:00 all my shortcut icons are black?! Jimmy D (2061) Press F1
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593998 2007-09-22 07:32:00 Hi guys, random thing just happened, all my shortcuts are black! i dont know what caused it, has anyone had this problem before? i've done a google and a forum search, not much luck. Here's a screen shot moist.orcon.net.nz I've tried changing the icons but still appears black :badpc: . I'm running WinXP with SP2 (running vista themes)

Any Idea's ? Cheers :)
Jimmy D (2061)
593999 2007-09-22 07:43:00 Most probably the theme causing it. Change the theme see if it still happens. Speedy Gonzales (78)
594000 2007-09-22 07:49:00 mm i thought it could be but i've been using the theme's for months now and it has never done it. i changed the themes and also went back to the original one and the icons are still black... :help: Jimmy D (2061)
594001 2007-09-22 08:43:00 Try repairing the icon cache. ShellIconFix - Utility to repair the shell object icons in Windows XP (windowsxp.mvps.org) Jen (38)
594002 2007-09-22 08:43:00 Looked at your screenshot and saw what you meant! BTW, lovely background pic.

I would go for the icon cache if it was my system. If resources get low, the icons can get zapped.

See here www.pctools.com

Good luck.

Edit:- touche, Jen!!!
linw (53)
594003 2007-09-22 08:43:00 You could try using Tweakui for XP,
www.microsoft.com
click the repair tab once installed, then click 'repair icons'
feersumendjinn (64)
594004 2007-09-22 08:57:00 All the Windows icons are fine, its just the programs that are affected. How strange... beeswax34 (63)
594005 2007-09-22 20:25:00 What did you do to the PC before it occurred? pctek (84)
594006 2007-09-23 10:11:00 Awesome thanks guys, i did the tweak UI repair icons and it worked :thumbs: thanks! Jimmy D (2061)
594007 2007-09-23 13:06:00 Goodoh, thanks for the reply ;-)
Nice to hear when we've had a result.
feersumendjinn (64)
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