On Start up windows 7 show desktop icons twice

[artinusa]

Not sure whats happening..I have a home network set up When I boot up I get a longish black screen then it boots First I get all the icons quickly and then it refreshes seemingly and I get white folders that then get filled in with icons of programs loaded on computer..takes a little while to show second screen..its seems to have become progressively worse over the months..I have many programs. Does the start loaded program make any difference to these screens. Is there more than one start up screen and I am missing how to control this issue...I am only admin no other profiles I think..smile anyone help please

 

[James Colbert]

Hi Art. Speculating, but the first thing that comes to mind is icon corruption? This may help:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49819-icon-cache-rebuild.html

 

[artinusa]

James Colbert: Thanks for the prompt reply..sadly it did not work and in fact my boot up time after the changes of re-indexing was much much longer than even before I did the re-indext..not that this could effect it but strange eh.. I get a screen full of 'full program with full coloured' icons and then the change to white folder icons and are then sort of 'filled' one by one by program related icons.... When I had XP years ago I recall there not being enough virtual ram would cause this sort of problem ...could this be the case here..how can I tell and know..

 

[James Colbert]

Have you run a full MSE and Malwarebytes scan (both free)?

 

[artinusa]

Sorry for delay James..I did as you suggested checked profiles etc..

still got the same problem..and many more right now..lost use of USB drives after a windows update..

 

[Bigk825]

Double boot

I am having the same issue as artinusa. The computer boots, i get a black screen for an extended period, all the icons start appearing as white boxes and then fill in. Once they are filled in the screen blinks out and back on and the icons come back a second time as white boxes that fill in one at a time. This makes every reboot time consuming and a real pain. HELP!

 

[artinusa]

Bigk825

If you ever solve it please let me or 7 forum know.. thanks

 

[kevindd992002]

Any solution to this?

 

[hrpskyrunner]

I resolved this problem on my wifes HP laptop by doing the following,
click on the folder beside the Start button,
found the location of the desktop that is in use by doing a right click on Desktop,
then do a RIGHT click on Properties, mine showed(C:\Users\Jenny\Desktop),
then go into C:\Users and do a search on Desktop,
then delete all Desktop that are not related to the Desktop name you found above, mine was(C:\Users\Jenny\Desktop).
If you have more that one user able to log onto your PC, DO NOT delete the other users Desktops.......

 

[kevindd992002]

The solution to this is to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials, as simple as that

 

[hrpskyrunner]

To Kevindd992002, on June 16, 2012 you posted, "Any solution to this?" If you found an answer that worked for you why didn't you posted it before my post so others could try it? Your solution would not work for my wife's laptop because MSE was not installed. I hope one of our solutions help users in the future.

 

[Layback Bear]

Millions of people use MSE and don't have this problem so I don't think it's MSE. My understanding you have one account and one desktop. I'm thinking that you might have a bunch of things starting up at boot and your desktop is fighting for resources at boot. Go to msconfig/startup and take a look. I have 3 checked; my security and blueray mouse and keyboard.


Just a idea that might work. Wow this is a old thread.

 

[kevindd992002]

To Kevindd992002, on June 16, 2012 you posted, "Any solution to this?" If you found an answer that worked for you why didn't you posted it before my post so others could try it? Your solution would not work for my wife's laptop because MSE was not installed. I hope one of our solutions help users in the future.

Because I forgot and am really not active here, sorry. That worked for me and other 5 computers in our family.

Millions of people use MSE and don't have this problem so I don't think it's MSE. My understanding you have one account and one desktop. I'm thinking that you might have a bunch of things starting up at boot and your desktop is fighting for resources at boot. Go to msconfig/startup and take a look. I have 3 checked; my security and blueray mouse and keyboard.
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Just a idea that might work. Wow this is a old thread.

Googling this problem would show lots of hits pertaining to MSE as the culprit, though. I swear by MSE before until this.

 

[NightShadow]

I resolved this problem on my wifes HP laptop by doing the following,
click on the folder beside the Start button,
found the location of the desktop that is in use by doing a right click on Desktop,
then do a RIGHT click on Properties, mine showed(C:\Users\Jenny\Desktop),
then go into C:\Users and do a search on Desktop,
then delete all Desktop that are not related to the Desktop name you found above, mine was(C:\Users\Jenny\Desktop).
If you have more that one user able to log onto your PC, DO NOT delete the other users Desktops.......

Worked 100% cheers