In a message dated 4/17/2001 2:58:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I have started a new project in the last few days, using Protel99 SE > SP6, and Windows 98. > > Before starting the project, the desktop icons were correct and > stable. In the last few days, always sometime after having run Protel, I > have experienced 3 occurrences of desktop icons having been changed to > another type of icon. > > For example, after bringing up a net list in wordpad, several of my > .doc icons suddenly started displaying my email client icon. > > So far it seems to be a random event. Trying to create a reproducible > test case. Not a real problem for me, just wondering if anyone else > has seen this? I had this issue too; it's caused by a corruption of the icon cache and by a defaul registry entry that's setting the allocation for the icon cache a bit small. Here's what MS says's: CAUSE This behavior can occur if the icon cache is not properly updated. RESOLUTION WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk. For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it. If you are running Windows NT, you should also update your Emergency Repair Disk (ERD). To resolve this behavior, use one or more of the following methods: Press the F5 key to refresh the icons in the current folder. Close and then reopen a window that contains incorrect icons. Restart your computer. Delete the ShellIconCache file. This file is re-created automatically when you restart Windows. To delete this file, use the following steps: 1. Restart Windows in Safe mode. To do so, follow the steps in the appropriate section below: Windows 95 Restart your computer. When you see the "Starting Windows 95" message, press the F8 key, and then choose Safe Mode from the Startup menu. Windows 98 Restart your computer, press and hold down the CTRL key after your computer completes the Power On Self Test (POST), and then choose Safe Mode from the Startup menu. 2. Use Windows Explorer to delete the ShellIconCache file from the Windows folder. To do so right-click the ShellIconCache file, and then click Delete. NOTE: You need to be able to view hidden files to see the ShellIconCache file. To view hidden files in Windows 95, click Options on the View menu in Windows Explorer, click Show All Files, and then click OK. To view hidden files in Windows 98, click Folder Options on the View menu in Windows Explorer, click the View tab, click Show All Files, and then click OK. 3. Restart your computer Using Registry Editor, add the "Max Cached Icons" (without quotation marks) string value with a value data of "2048" (without quotation marks) to the following registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer and then restart your computer. If the icons are still incorrect, delete the ShellIconCache file. MORE INFORMATION For more information about this issue, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Article-ID: Q133733 TITLE : Icons Displayed Incorrectly in Control Panel Additional query words: change replaced changing Keywords : kbui win95 win98 Version : WINDOWS:95 Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbprb * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To join or leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/subscrib.html * - or email - * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=leave%20proteledaforum * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
