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  1. Posts : 22
    Win 7 64 bit
       #1

    Desktop Icons


    While attempting to get Calendar Creator V-12 to run successfully on Win-7, I selected the desktop icon properties, and on the Compatibility tab, I selected to run in Win XP. When I did that, an overlay (looks like a generic file) appeared on all of my desktop icons! (Except the trash can and Windows Explorer)

    Nothing I have done, to include removing the Calendar Creator program and restoring the computer to a previous date has removed these overlays from my desktop. Can you help?
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  2. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #2
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  3. Posts : 22
    Win 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thanks, but that didn't work.
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  4. Posts : 22
    Win 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    If you look closely, the icon associated with the application is there, it's just that an overlay is on top of it.
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  5. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #5

    I guess you have to backpaddle from what you did with Calendar Creator V-12 or ask the owners of that program what you can do. It is apparently some overlay that they created.
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  6. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #6

    Can you go back to the Desktop icon properties and remove the compatibility for XP? You have w7 so having a system folder in XP mode can mess things up.
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  7. Posts : 10,485
    W7 Pro SP1 64bit
       #7

    You might try...
    ...creating a system restore point
    ...opening regedit
    ...navigating to here:
    Code:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers
    ...and deleting all but the default entries shown below:

    Desktop Icons-overlay.png

    Then restart the computer.
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  8. Posts : 22
    Win 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Thanks - it was already set at (Default)

    Any other ideas? I replaced the file IconCache.db with the file of the same name from my laptop, but it had no effect!?!
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  9. Posts : 10,485
    W7 Pro SP1 64bit
       #9

    No need to replace the IconCache.db, just delete it...
    ...then restart the computer and IconCache.db will be rebuilt.
    (but you probably tried that from post #2.)

    Another aspect of overlays is talked about here:
    How to Create Icon Handlers (Windows)

    Like all Shell extension handlers, icon handlers are in-process Component Object Model (COM) objects implemented as DLLs.
    A little further down on that website - you should see info about the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT registry area. Maybe take a look in the key for the html extension.
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  10. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #10

    What if you delete those icons and create new ones.
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