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Folder Icon missing
Name: rayray
Date: December 2, 2007 at 19:10:42 Pacific
OS: Vista
CPU/Ram: Intel core 2 duo, 2 GB
Product: HP
Comment: Hey,
My folder icons are missing. Although i can open the folder,
Thanks.
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Response Number 1
Name: rayray
Date: December 2, 2007 at 19:54:06 Pacific
Reply: I meant the standard yellow folder icon is missing.
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Response Number 2
Name: Cobra_R
Date: December 2, 2007 at 23:20:17 Pacific
Reply: Find the root folder and make a short cut of that folder or you can do a system restore.
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Response Number 3
Name: rayray
Date: December 4, 2007 at 12:30:09 Pacific
Reply: It's not just one folder. ALL my yellow standard folders
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Response Number 4
Name: rayray
Date: December 5, 2007 at 18:10:28 Pacific
Response Number 5
Name: Cobra_R
Date: December 7, 2007 at 02:38:11 Pacific
Reply: Like i said try a system restore.
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Response Number 6
Name: Tufenuf
Date: December 7, 2007 at 05:02:23 Pacific
Reply: rayray, Try starting your computer in SAFE mode then restart in in Normal mode. This should rebuild the iconcache and may correct the problem.
How to Start Windows in Safe Modehttp://www.pchell.com/support/safem...
Tufenuf
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Response Number 7
Name: rayray
Date: December 8, 2007 at 13:54:35 Pacific
Reply: Thanks for replying.
I tried starting it up in safe mode, but it didn't do anything.
And also, i would like to not do a system restore.
Any more suggestions?
Thanks.
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Response Number 8
Name: Tufenuf
Date: December 9, 2007 at 03:57:43 Pacific
Response Number 9
Name: rayray
Date: December 9, 2007 at 13:11:50 Pacific
Reply: Nope, that didn't work either.
lol instead, it has now turned all my folder icons into the
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Response Number 10
Name: spamguard006
Date: December 12, 2007 at 19:42:26 Pacific
Reply: right click the folder then select "properties " then "Customize" then change icon.. select the icon you want
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Response Number 11
Name: rayray
Date: December 13, 2007 at 16:11:19 Pacific
Reply: Yeah, but that only works for ONE folder....
Also if i check "do this for all subfolders"... it doesn't work.
Any more help guys?
Thanks.
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Response Number 12
Name: a_donut
Date: December 27, 2007 at 09:22:29 Pacific
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