Most icons disappeared, after changing a program's icon


  1. Leniaal
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    Most icons disappeared, after changing a program's icon


    Hello,

    I wanted to change a program's icon, so I downloaded an application called IconChanger. This actually did the job perfectly and changed the program's icon. After I restarted my PC(I actually had to quit it by holding the power button, for a different reason), Most of my icons have been removed(?). And not only the desktop items, but also the icons in the maps of the program's themselves.

    Does anyone know how this happened? Or more importantly, how do I fix it?

    Thanks in advance!
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  3. Bongo
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    Welcome to the Seven Forums

    If you can you could try a system restore to a point before you used that program System Restore

    You may need to also Icon Cache - Rebuild first to see if this will help.
    or
    Do Option 2 of this tutorial SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker it will not harm any data or programs you have installed it will try to find and repair any corrupt system files that you have. Then rebuild the icon cache afterwards.

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  4. Leniaal
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    Thanks, I just did the System Restore.. didnt do anything special the past days so didnt lose much.
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  6. Bongo
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    Cool glad it OK now, and You're welcome
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