Windows 7 Messed Up Icons

[link194]

ok so a couple of days ago i logged on and i saw that all of my icons had pics of dvd software thing over them and i dont know what to do. please help! i attach a pic of my desktop so you can see what im dealing with.

 

[richc46]

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

You may want to try to rebuild the icon cache

 

[link194]

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

You may want to try to rebuild the icon cache

I Already tried that and it didn't work

 

[richc46]

Did you try system restore from before the problem?
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/700-system-restore.html

 

[link194]

Did you try system restore from before the problem?

i had already done a system restore twice and it didn't work.

 

[richc46]

Just to protect yourself I would
Scan with my anti virus

Download and run malwarebytes
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware: Malwarebytes

Then clean out any remnants of any software with ccleaner
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

The first two are more of protection than a cure. Any unexpected change should be checked with a scan with the anti virus.
The third will clean out any remnants of software that has been uninstalled.

 

[link194]

Just to protect yourself I would
Scan with my anti virus

Download and run malwarebytes
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware: Malwarebytes

Then clean out any remnants of any software with ccleaner
CCleaner - Optimization and Cleaning - Free Download

The first two are more of protection than a cure. Any unexpected change should be checked with a scan with the anti virus.
The third will clean out any remnants of software that has been uninstalled.

never mind i fixed it. it turns out that it did that when i was messing around with the icon stuff in tuneup utilities 2010. but thanks anyway for taking your time to try and help me!

 

[richc46]

Glad that you found solution

 

[motc7]

a further recommendation is to use Fences, which is a free download.