I've been having trouble with my computer lately. All the icons on the START>PROGRAMS menu are not the original icons in the files. I was navigating through the internet and it says that I have to delete the SHELLICONCACHE from registry editor. I think it sayed to go to REGISTRY EDITOR...HKEY_LOCAL-MACHINE>Software>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Explorer Then to delete SHELLICONCACHE. The problem is that I don't see anywhere in there. Does anyone know what I can do? Angeliux

Angeliux, There is no SHELLICONCACHE file in Windows XP. In Windows XP there is a iconcache.db file. To rebuild that file just start your computer in SAFE mode then restart it in Normal mode as I stated in my reply to the other thread. http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/wwwboard/forum/153115.html Tufenuf

Try the "large icon" method & see if that helps. 0. Right-click the desktop >> Properties >> Appearance tab >> Effects. 1. Checkmark the use large icons box and click OK then Apply >> OK. Did that help? Computer Components

G'day Angeliux, I've never seen ShellIconCache [Win95-2000] nor it's successor, Iconcache.db [XP] ever mentioned in the Registry. It's hard to delete a file from within there so I wonder if someone was pulling your leg or they just didn't know. Maybe it is in there in some way but I doubt it. Shell32.dll is the file that creates the icon cache file. You can actually live without it too. It's actual location now is Docs and Sets + "User" [that's you of course] .+ Local Settings ..+ Application Data You can get tweaking programs or even MicroAngelo [Icon Editor] that can rebuild the cache without rebooting as well. By the way, mine is now called Ronneze.sic [that's short for Shell Icon Cache in case you were wondering and not my mentality] with it's own unique icon and associated with Wordpad. I changed it's name and extension using a hex editor and it still works okay in all versions of Windows that I have had.

Where is Documents and Setting? Is it under My Computer? Because that's where I went under My Computer and opened the C:drive and I only see Administrator, My Husband's UserName, Guest...that's it. I went to each one of them and neither one says local settings. Maybe I did something wrong or went to the wrong place. Angeliux