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Missing Icon in My Computer

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LukeDawg11

Discussion Starter · Mar 30, 2004

Recently, I opened up My Computer from the option in the Windows XP Start Menu, and I saw that the icon for my Hard Disk Drive was not the one it sued to be. Instead of the icon of a disk drive, I now have an icon with a white background with one corner turned down, and in the middle is what looks like an Explorer window. This is usually (on my computer) the icon i get when a file isn't assigned a program yet. I have tried everything I know to get the Disk Drive icon back, to no avail Refresh doesn't work, neither does PowerToys "Rebuild Icons." On other files, I can simply right-click, Properties, and choose the icon, but for my C drive, right-clicking and choosing Properties does not let me change the icon. Any suggestions? Obviously this is more of an annoyance than a life-altering change, but annoying nonetheless. Thanks in advance.

Matt

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brucedl

· #2 · Mar 30, 2004

for the sake of curiousity, can you create a new user account and see if the disk icon is correct?

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brucedl

· #5 · Mar 31, 2004

I believe you can reinstall XP over your current install as an "upgrade" and then you'd want to visit Windows update immediately to reinstall all the security updates. No guarantees on what this might do to other apps you've installed since though.

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brucedl

· #8 · Apr 1, 2004

Walking you through the instuctions would be like...re-posting the instructions. Just follow what you see there, to the letter, and give it a try. You might surprise yourself by what you can accomplish

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