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by rms7086

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Where do I look when all the icons on a NT40 WS desktop become the same? It is not user specific and any attempt to change the icon through properties does not work.

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by rms7086

The desktop icons found in the display properties/Plus! are ok. The problem is with icons from installed applications that can not be changed. They are all using one icon.

by mark fenwick

ounds like the ShellIconCache is getting corrupted, this is not uncommon, because icon intensive applications will eventually use up all the cache space. The best long term solution is to try and isolate which app is causing the problem.

The easiest correct the situation is to restart you system as a new cache file is created when Windows starts.

If restart is not viable then this is what Microsoft recommend to rectify the situation on an NT system (taken from knowledgebase article Q216165) It should fix the symptom but it wont stop it happening again.

1) At a command prompt, change to the %SystemRoot% folder.
2) Type attrib -h shelliconcache, and then press ENTER.
3) Type del shelliconcache, and then press ENTER.
4) Log off and on again

You can find a bit more info by following link below.

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q132/6/68.asp

Hope this helps

Mark

by mjohannsen

I have had this happen several times before, tho I don't know the cause I normally right click on the Icon and change the icon to somthing else and then change it right back click on ok and then apply and that should resolve it

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