Re: Losing "Customize Desktop..." icons and names.

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From: Phillip Pi (phillip_pi_at_symantec.comSYMC)
Date: 02/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 13:53:49 -0800

On 2/17/2004 6:47 AM PT, dOinK wrote:

>>>>>>>>Once in a while Windows XP Professional SP1 (all updates) will
>>>>>>>>reset my customized desktop back to the defaults. I only changed a
>>>>>>>>few icons (My Computer, My Network, and Recycle Bin). Also, their
>>>>>>>>renamed names get changed back to originals.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>It can happen any time. It is not from rebooting or anything
>>>>>>>>either. Why does this happen? It is very annoying!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Thank you in advance. :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>No one knows or has any ideas? :(
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Disable the Nvidia Driver Helper service.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Michael, I don't have a NVIDIA card nor its driver anymore. I use an
>>>>>ATI Radeon 9800 PRO AIW. I already disabled its launcher.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Oh well, that is the only fix I know of. May still be video card
>
> driver
>
>>>>related.
>>>
>>>
>>>How is that? Does it detect something not right to reset?
>>
>>Grr. It happened again last night. How annoying. For kicks, I checked
>>Windows XP's event log viewer and found nothing interesting. :(
>>
>>Is anyone else using custom icons and renamed icon labels on desktop?
>
> Yes, I am - only customized icons (not names). And I have the same problem;
> sometimes the four icons that may be customized from Display
> Properties\Desktop get reset for no apparent reason. It does not look good,
> and I hope someone has a clue for us! I have a Dell Inspiron with a GeForce
> FX Go5200, and am using nView (to manage the use of two screens).

Oh good. I am not alone. This is a bizarre bug! :( 

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Phillip Pi
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Software Quality Assurance Analyst
Norton SystemWorks
Symantec
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