Derek
I'm a little confused. I did that registry thing before I saw your second post. Then I tried deleting my personal icons, and restoring them as you suggested.
Immediately after that, I started having trouble. My computer wouldn't boot, and then when it did boot, it had the boot options with Safe Mode highlighted.
I did a complete partition restore using the old tried and true mybackup.qic (I copied the mybackup.qic file to a DVD), which wasn't any trouble at all.
Then, I thought about my external Maxtor USB HD that I put Windows98 SE on so that I could refer to it in case of trouble. Thinking that maybe my desktop was going to that file as well, causing the icon bursting, I deleted that.
After thinking about this for a couple of days, I think that maybe I'm better off leaving well enough alone and just accept those icons on the desktop bursting as the're coming in.
What do you think, DAVEINCAPS?
In answer to your last question, Derek: When I took out the check "View as web page" my desktop icons blinked.
Forgive the long post, people.
Thanks for your help, Derek.
Thanks for your input, Street1.
Bob