[sgooch]

I'm having problems viewing the icons on my computer.

What do i mean you say...

We'll i first noticed it in my Favorites in Internet Explorer.(not the drop down Favorites)

I have a bunch of folders there and the little folder icon doesn't show up and neither does the IE icons next to website names.

Other places i have this problem is when i try to create a shortcut to my desktop for an application. None of the items are indicated with a icon next to them.

I hope i made sense. If i didn't reply. i wrote this ina hurry.. have to goto work...

 

[cybertech]

Did you turn on/off an option to see icons? Seems I've read this somewhere.

At any rate if you don't figure it out post your OS in your reply.

 

[sgooch]

I havent turned them off that i am aware of. Running XP SP1

 

[cybertech]

OK, I'll see if I can find something or perhaps someone else will chime in. Just to be sure you have shortcuts or links but no icons, correct??

 

[sgooch]

Yes that is correct.

 

[Dan O]

Tweak UI has a Icon rebuild that may fix the problem. If you don't have it you can download it from: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

After invoking it select the Repair folder and click the drop down menu to access it.

 

[sgooch]

TweakUI did not fix my problem.

 

[sgooch]

When i ran TweakUi all it did was refresh my icons on my desktop erasing the icons for some web pages i had on their to the default internet icon.

 

[cybertech]

Have a look here

Is that it?

 

[sgooch]

No cybertech TweakUI just removed the custom icons for a few webpages i had saved on my desktop back to the default icon for a webpage. That is not a problem. No Big deal. Do this...

Right click on desktop and select new>shortcut.....

When you browse through that menu does your harddrive have the harddrive icon... and your folders have a folder icon... and different application have their icons... because im pretty sure they are supposed to... Mine Don't.

This also happens in my favorites in Internet Explorer. No icons show up for webpages of folders.

This probably occurs in other areas of my computer aswell i just havent found them yet.

 

[sgooch]

Lemme show you what i mean:

 

[Dan O]

What?

I am not sure what else to try, but maybe someone else will if you can provide more details.

 

[sgooch]

dont you see that the icons are missing to the left of the favorites?

comp and photoshop links should be folders and have folder icons next to them. All the rest should have a webpage icon next to them.

Like this:

if the pic isn't showing up. try here

 

[cybertech]

OK I see what you mean now, but I have no idea how you found that "feature" in xp.

 

[sgooch]

what feature? I just want the icons back. like they should be.

 

[sgooch]

After a little editing.. This is what the favorites SHOULD look like.

 

[sgooch]

nothing??? BUMP?!?!?

 

[sgooch]

Bump

 

[Sequal7]

Have you tried the options of the webshortcuts?

click favorites in the toolbar on IE
click organize
right click any file and choose properties
click change icon
there will be a list of icons there, choose one, or you can cut and paste this if there are none listed C:\WINDOWS\system32\url.dll as it is the efault icon for IE pages.

Maybe you have to do that to them all, Im not sure.
Have you used a installed or used .ico program (icon creating program, perhaps the icons are disassociated now?)

 

[sgooch]

Your suggestion for changing th icon did not work, and not i have not used an ico ever.