Icon help

[Nizz]

I just realised something when i was going through the tutorial and starting the install...

A "repair install" is just installing brand new windows ontop of the old windows.... so i will have you reinstall all the programs... and things to work with the new windows file...

and going through the tutorial im not sure if it only effects the "windows" folder or if it effects everything [like the program files, My documents, User profiles etc.]... im a tad cautious here.... but i do think that the problem is in my Windows Installer... but how do i fix this so that it doesnt happen again?

 

[derekimo]

I just realised something when i was going through the tutorial and starting the install...

A "repair install" is just installing brand new windows ontop of the old windows.... so i will have you reinstall all the programs... and things to work with the new windows file...

and going through the tutorial im not sure if it only effects the "windows" folder or if it effects everything [like the program files, My documents, User profiles etc.]... im a tad cautious here.... but i do think that the problem is in my Windows Installer... but how do i fix this so that it doesnt happen again?

Repair install will preserve your programs, This is right at the top of that tutorial...

 

[Arc]

As repair install is an upgrade install, it will take effect of most of all of your installed programs. Only a few like Safari, iTunes, ets are to be installed later again.

And, user profile, my documents, etc will not be lost.

 

[Nizz]

ok i will let you guys know how it turned out.

 

[Nizz]

ok i will let you guys know how it turned out.

Well it appears that everything is still intact and it didnt change my logon screen or anything like that... i have done the bulk of the updating... but i have noticed a reduce in speed....

ok but now how are we going to fix the icons.... i did get windows office 2010 so should i just install that? and then what about the games.... could i possibly copy the 2007 office folder from an XP installer file to my computer? will that fix the prob...

 

[Nizz]

*BUMP*

 

[Arc]

Sorry pal ! Forgot the link ... your post made it visible again. After having repair install successfully done, run Disk Cleanup (in accessories > System Tools) once. After that, if your icons are still invisible, Install the programs again, without reinstalling those. When completed, have a prompt backup, so that if such instance occurs again, you can easily restore it.

If still it doesnot work, I will call a person having more expertise.

 

[Nizz]

ok then the next question is... unrelated to the topic is... would you suggest i reinstall Microsoft Office 2007 or move onto 2010?

 

[Arc]

ok then the next question is... unrelated to the topic is... would you suggest i reinstall Microsoft Office 2007 or move onto 2010?

If it is possible , surely use 2010 . It is good enough, and have some more advancements over 2007 . In this case, use ungrade install .

 

[Nizz]

ok then the next question is... unrelated to the topic is... would you suggest i reinstall Microsoft Office 2007 or move onto 2010?

If it is possible , surely use 2010 . It is good enough, and have some more advancements over 2007 . In this case, use ungrade install .

Ok sweet.... we will see what happens...

but my itunes, supreme commander and eset icons are still not working...

 

[Arc]

Just install those three programs over the existing installation , and when everything is fine, dont forget to have the image backup.

 

[Nizz]

Hey dudes...

Arc.. I will try that soon, that will probaly be the correct solution... but i was reading a post on fixing my updates.. which can be seen here [the last one]

and i thought.. might as well check out the affected programs while i am in the registry and to my surprise in the registry [screenshot included] there was this file path... WHICH TO NO FILE!!!

So i changed it to the program file where the icon is.... it didnt work.... but do you think that i am onto something here?

and for the all the icons that are not working it is looking in a non-existing file... should i rather edit that folder? but how do i get permission to copy into them? I have the thing that allows me to take ownership... do i need to take ownership of the whole file path or can i just take ownership of the file?

 

[Sympatico]

and for the all the icons that are not working it is looking in a non-existing file... should i rather edit that folder? but how do i get permission to copy into them? I have the thing that allows me to take ownership... do i need to take ownership of the whole file path or can i just take ownership of the file?

That's where some softwares keep their icons. Folder deletions can take place relatively easily from here. It's the same when a program says cannot un-install, its installer is missing. BTW, Eset is one of those that uses this location for icons.

 

[Nizz]

and for the all the icons that are not working it is looking in a non-existing file... should i rather edit that folder? but how do i get permission to copy into them? I have the thing that allows me to take ownership... do i need to take ownership of the whole file path or can i just take ownership of the file?

That's where some softwares keep their icons. Folder deletions can take place relatively easily from here. It's the same when a program says cannot un-install, its installer is missing. BTW, Eset is one of those that uses this location for icons.

So it would be better if i recreated those files?

 

[Sympatico]

If you re-install over your existing programs the folders will (should!!) be replaced. Are icons missing or changed to default blank icons? If they're default blank, r-click and it'll tell you the path to the original location if you click "change icon".

 

[Arc]

If you re-install over your existing programs the folders will (should!!) be replaced. Are icons missing or changed to default blank icons? If they're default blank, r-click and it'll tell you the path to the original location if you click "change icon".

Hi Sympatico !!
I hope his Change icon button for those program icons are already grayed out. (The same thing happened for me, you know). So if the location doesnot exist at all, probably instilling the programs over the existing installation, as you suggested , is the only way to have everything back.

Let us think and find out the cause of deletion of those folders , coz it is a common scenario to loose these things. If our icon is changed to the default, but the path exists, we may try reshacker etc to fix them, but if the location is deleting, how to prevent it ?

 

[Nizz]

If you re-install over your existing programs the folders will (should!!) be replaced. Are icons missing or changed to default blank icons? If they're default blank, r-click and it'll tell you the path to the original location if you click "change icon".

Hi Sympatico !!
I hope his Change icon button for those program icons are already grayed out. (The same thing happened for me, you know). So if the location doesnot exist at all, probably instilling the programs over the existing installation, as you suggested , is the only way to have everything back.

Let us think and find out the cause of deletion of those folders , coz it is a common scenario to loose these things. If our icon is changed to the default, but the path exists, we may try reshacker etc to fix them, but if the location is deleting, how to prevent it ?

Yeah coz i dont want to have to fix my icons every month...

 

[Arc]

Yeah coz i dont want to have to fix my icons every month...

If we try ... you, Sympatico, me and others, I hope there must be a way out . But primarily, do as Sympatico suggested .... reinstall the programs once again. As and when everything is fine, have a quick image backup.

 

[Sympatico]

...coz it is a common scenario to loose these things. If our icon is changed to the default, but the path exists, we may try reshacker etc to fix them, but if the location is deleting, how to prevent it ?

Hi Arc,
I've never really found out why/who/what was deleting stuff out of the installers folder, I just know it used to happen to me a lot more in the past when on XP. Mind you, I was using pretty "aggressive" clean-up tools at the time. I even had the folder completely emptied once!!

Yeah coz i dont want to have to fix my icons every month...

Coward!!

 

[Nizz]

how do i do an image back up... how much space does that take? I really dont want to reinstall all of my programs... i can live with the eset and supreme commander... even the itunes... but the office is bugging me...