on 12/18/00 10:32 PM, Gregory La Vardera at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> The way it works is, the finder detects and displays a custom icon
>> for a folder whenever the custom icon flag is set and there is an
>> file called Icon or something similar (depends on your system
>> version, I take it you use system 8.1 at leat) inside the folder.
>> Therefore,
>>
>> a) Open FileBuddy, select Get Info in the file menu and select a file
>> you know it has a custom icon. Make sure the icon file exists and set
>> the custom icon flag if it's not set yet.
>>
>> b) Restart and rebuild the desktop. Your problem should go away.
>
> Well, I finally had a go at it with File Buddy. I opened most of my
> applications, and sure enough there was no check in the custom icon box.
> Fixed them and restarted and rebuilt the desktop - no dice - the generic
> icons stayed. I used filebuddy to double check - the custom icon check mark
> was still there. Could the custom icon files have been deleted? I doubt it -
> I have downloaded installer files from the internet and they don't have a
> custom icon from the get-go. I transfer them to my desktop - custom icon -
> transfer it back - its gone. Could there be something else going on?
I suggest you get the free version of TechTool and rebuild your desktop from
within that. TechTool will completely delete your desktop databases. Just
using the Finder to rebuild doesn't. The Finder isn't always very robust in
that respect. Actually, though, come to think of it, you can just use File
Buddy to rebuild your desktop (or replace it). Anyway, bottom line is that
you probably need to completely torch your desktop database and allow it to
get rebuilt from scratch.
- Eric.
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