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distorted desktop icons
Name: Danzel Date: February 10, 2004 at 23:23:38 Pacific OS: windows ME CPU/Ram: Pentium III
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i am currently using windows millenium and my desktop icons are all distorted.. although all programs work well, i find it very annoying to see the icons all messed up. I ran the antivirus and found no viruses. I also tried to change the graphics properties but it didnt work either. finally i tried system restore and found out that it didnt do any good. please help me, i dont really want to reformat and lose everything on the computer
Name: Danzel Date: February 10, 2004 at 23:29:08 Pacific
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oh.. and another thing.. i also checked the device manager and everything was ok.. all icons except for the ones on the desktop are ok...
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Response Number 2
Name: bugaboo Date: February 11, 2004 at 01:44:46 Pacific
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do you have tweakui? you can download it free from microsofts website, it has a tool to "rebuild icons"
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Response Number 3
Name: David R. Kreiser Date: February 11, 2004 at 09:07:14 Pacific
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Danzel, Your problem interested me, because I've had this happen 6-times w/ "ME". The response you recv'd. is what I intend to do. Previously, I adjusted this-that w/ my PROVIEW CRT monitor, but it WAS A PAIN!!! Think you should follow the advice - & I'll do the same. G/L! DAVE
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Response Number 4
Name: TheKid Date: February 11, 2004 at 11:22:59 Pacific
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Increasing the size of the "shelliconcache" might interest you then;
Name: wawadave Date: February 11, 2004 at 14:51:58 Pacific
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good link kid!
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Response Number 6
Name: Danzel Date: February 13, 2004 at 18:52:29 Pacific
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thanks for the help guys.. but i finally got to solve my problem.. because i was soo desperate to solve the problem.. i went to various websites.. i dont remember what the site was now.. but it helped me a lot.. what i did was quite simple.. i right clicked on the desktop, went to display properties. clicked on appearance. And theres a drop down menu for ITEM.. i changed it to Icon and i also changed SIZE to 32.. and it worked! I havent had a problem with it since.. You should try it david.. But thanks a lot for the other info.. happy valentines
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