All Program icons look like a piece of paper???


  1. Eck
    Posts : 3
    Windows 7
       #1

    All Program icons look like a piece of paper???


    Hi,

    Recently I changed all administrative rights on my computer to be able to install a work related system. Once I rebooted and came back up all of my icons are blank piece of paper with the corner turned over and stuff in the middle. IE is still the correct "e", my antivirus is correct, but other than that all programs have changed to the blank paper icon.


    Thank you for your help in advance! :)
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  2. Posts : 6,618
    W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
       #2
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  3. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #3

    This is a relatively common problem. If you still have problems, just post again and you will be given assistance.

    After everything is just the way you want it, make a sytem restore point, with a name with some meaning to you, like " Everything changed and good"
    You may, also, want to make a system image after the changes, this way if you have future problems they will be very easy to resolve. Wish you luck.
    Last edited by richc46; 18 Feb 2010 at 20:02.
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  4. Eck
    Posts : 3
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Thank you both for you help on this, but this did not fix my problem. It changed the icons in my task bar only, from a piece of paper to what looks like a screen shot of explorer. Icons on my desktop remain the same.
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  5. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #5

    Desktop Icons - Change or Restore Default Icon

    Maybe this will do the trick.


    Always make a system restore before attempting repairs.
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  6. Posts : 6,618
    W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
       #6

    I don't suppose that you didn't refresh the desktop after rebuilding the cache?
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  7. Eck
    Posts : 3
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Good call, but yes I did refresh my desktop along with rebooting. Do you think this has anything to do with the administrative rights?
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  8. Posts : 1
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #8

    I did the exact same thing, and have the exact same problem. Could you let me know it you found a solution?
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  9. Posts : 62
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
       #9

    well i saw that on a friend's computer i will ask him and see if he found the solution my friend
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