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Wrong icons in Windows 98

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by chrisroggeman

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I am using Windows 98 (bought a new Pentium 4 and installed it myself).
When going to the start menu, all icons are wrong.
For example, the icon for Access is the Word icon; for Word I get the Nikonview icon.
On the desktop itself they are correct.
Anybody has an idea what happens and what I must do to see the correct icons?
BTW, I checked with a virus scanner but no virus on board.
Thanks for an answer.

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by mrjay67

Dont know how they would have gotten switched but try this:
Right click on start menu, choose either explore or explore all users(most likely). From there go into the programs folder and look for the effected icons. right click on them and see if you can select to change the icon. If so you should be able to choose from the initial window or browse to the corresponding program folder group and find a correct icon.

If it doesnt allow you to change them from there you might try going to theprogram folder of the corresponding apps. and try seeing if the icons are correct there.

You might also try adjusting the path to the correct app instead of changing the icon.

Just some ideas, hope it helps

Jason

by d_pking

You should reinstall Office Chris becuse some files have been corrupted, 98 is running fine if the desktop icons are ok....a good program to download is Tweak UI which is free from many popular download sites. This seems like a Suite problem though make sure when reinstalling that all other applications are closed...hope this helps

by chrisroggeman

Hi folks,
Thanks for your replies. I have reinstalled something (I think office but I am not quite sure, since I also reinstalled other stuff) and now they are all back to normal.

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