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July 1, 2008 at 12:46 PM
hypatia

Desktop Shortcut Icons changed to undefined icon

by hypatia . Updated 18 years ago

It didn’t happen all at once – slowly over time my desktop shortcut icons to both Internet URLs and Network shared drives have changed from the custom icon I had, to the icon that represents an “undefined” file. This only occurs when I have the icons set to “large” (Display Properties \ Appearance \ Effects \ Large Icons). As soon as I change the settings back to default size – I get the icons back. I am using IE7 and WinXP.

I have tried everything from TweakUI, to changing Registry settings for Max Icon Cache, to having my network guy change my profile name so I could log-in and create a new profile. My Network guru thinks it might have to do with IE7 as the network has recently forced that upgrade to all workstations.

Anybody else experienced this? Did you find a fix?

Thanks for your time & help.

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