Shorcut Icons Show as Black Squares


  1. Posts : 22
    Windows 7 Pro 32-bit
       #1

    Shorcut Icons Show as Black Squares


    Hi all,
    I don't like the shortcut with arrow, hence I change the registry values:
    Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons
    Value: 29
    Type: REG_SZ
    Data: C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,-50

    When I start my computer, the shortcuts become black squares. I can delete icon cache ("%LocalAppData%\IconCache.db") and restart Explorer to solve this problem. But after I reboot the machine, this problem occurs again and again.

    Before the computer is normal, I find a command and run it, and then this problem happened. The command is C:\WINDOWS\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /oobe.

    This problem terribly annoys me, how can I solve this problem permanently?

    Thank you all in advance.
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  2. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #2

    Try using Option 3, Step 3, then Step 1 here: Shortcut Arrow - Change, Remove, or Restore

    Why did you run sysprep? that is generally used to move the OS drive to new hardware. Is you install of w7 validated and Genuine now?
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  3. Posts : 22
    Windows 7 Pro 32-bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Britton30 said:
    Try using Option 3, Step 3, then Step 1 here: Shortcut Arrow - Change, Remove, or Restore

    Why did you run sysprep? that is generally used to move the OS drive to new hardware. Is you install of w7 validated and Genuine now?
    I just wondered what would happen after I ran that command...
    Now the system works well with option 3.

    But I still wonder, why the shortcuts show as black squares? I used to think it's about the shell32.dll file, and replaced it with a same version one, but it wasn't fixed.
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  4. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #4

    I suspect something went wrong with sysprep, it's a very powerful tool. I don't think simply replacing a .dll file works, it has to be done in a specific way, which I'm now familiar with.

    If you have a problem ask in Seven Forums or http://www.pchelpforum.com/ first.
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