Windows Forum

Ask something
Discussion Locked

All Icons 256 Colors

0 helpful
10 replies

by jdaz 1 view

Closed to new repliesThis discussion is closed. It stays readable, but it takes no new replies.

After I restarted my W2k m/c after a crash all the icons have become 256 colors. I reinstalled my Video Card (Rage 128pro) and Monitor (E770s) drivers after that. Still no improvement.

All the other programs, like videos, images are shown 32 bits, but all the icons (taskbar, shortcuts, internet explorer links) are 256 colors.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

10 replies

by bobho

Try the simple things first. Go to your display properties, click on Effects and make sure that "Show icons with all posible colors" is checked.

Regards,

DrBob:>)

by jdaz

I have already tried all the simple things like changing the display settings, reinstalling the drivers, show icon in all possible colors etc. Even deleted the ShellIconCache from WINNT folder but the icons still show up in 256 colors.

Anyways, thank you for your response.

by bobho

Try this: get ahold of TweakUI, go to the Repair tab and run the Rebuild Icons repair option. You can get the latest TweakUI from MS at:

http://snurl.com/8sx

Regards,

DrBob:>)

by jdaz

I had to reinstall the OS to solve the problem. Thank you all for your suggestions.

This discussion is closed to new replies.