Somehow ALL the icons for desktop shortcuts to installed programs look like the attached. I am trying to find out how to get rid of the overlay on top of the icon.
Any help would be appreciated
[IMG]file:///C:/Users/Jim/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.png[/IMG]
Lemur,
thanks a lot...much appreciated...rebuilding the icon cache didn't help but restoring the default win7 file extension for shortcut .lnk did.
Default File Type Associations - Restore
In regard to corrupted desktop icons I put this solution elsewhere but since the problem has turned up again I suppose it won't hurt to repeat it so hope it is of help.
If the shortcut arrow is not properly displayed then a generic image can appear over the Desktop icon making it almost unrecognisable. I found that alterations through 'View' and icon-size did not help nor did System Restore or deleting the icon-cache. However the fault could be overcome quite easily as follows:
- Go through Control Panel to Display
- Reset the size option to "Medium - 125%" and click "Apply"
- Once the computer resets, visually confirm that the shortcut arrow appears correctly
- Then go back through the Control Panel again and reset to "Smaller - 100%"
This also works for icons on the Menu.
Thanks...
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