Icons problem

[rok0191]

Hello.

I have problems with icons on desktop and in explorer. In front of icon of programs on desktop appeares Windows default icons. Icons of programs are still visible behind them. I tried to fix it with system restore, IconCache rebuild an Avast antivirus chech but nothing helped... I´m enclosing printscreen of my desktop.

I am asking you to help me with the solution.

Thank you for help and have a nice day.

 

[Brink]

Hello Rok, and welcome to Seven Forums.

It looks like your shortcut arrow overlay icon is messed up and using a default icon instead of the arrow. If so, then doing METHOD TWO in the tutorial below to restore the default shortcut arrow overlay icon may be able to fix this for you.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3606-shortcut-arrow-change-remove-restore.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[rok0191]

Thank you very much, it helped with desktop icons.

But explorer icons are still the same... Do you know how to fix it?
I´m enclosing the printscreen.

Thank you very much,
Rok.

 

[Brink]

Well, that's good news so far. One down.


See if downloading and merging the folder and Directory options in the tutorial below may be able to fix the folder icons after restarting the computer. They restore the default associations for them.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html

 

[rok0191]

Thanks for this link, it helped with some files and libraries. But unfortunatly I still didn`t succeed with folders... Do you maybe know any other way to fix it?

Thank you very much for help,
Rok.

 

[Brink]

Did you install or do anything before this happened? It may be related, and could determine what may need to be done to finish fixing it.

For now, you might see if running a sfc /scannow command may help. You may need to run it a few times if it finds problems and cannot fix them all.

 

[rok0191]

No I didn´t install anything... I also checked with Avast but in found nothing.
I tried now with scf /scannow command and for first time it founc some errors but it all fix it. Second times it didn´t found anything. But icons are still the same... Unfortunatly nothing helped.

I tried everything but no success...

Thanks for help,
Rok

 

[Brink]

Rok,

You might try doing another system restore using a older restore point (if available) dated before the icons got messed up to see if that may help.

If not, and you have a retail copy of Windows 7 installed, then you could do a repair install to fix it.

 

[manos1097]

Try to change the icons size to bigger and then restore the size. To do this right click on desktop-->appearance-->choose whatever you want and then apply... relog and then maybe icons will be fixed. This worked with me, maybe it help you too