Re: Icons revert to default status WinXP Pro

From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/20/04 

Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 01:50:58 -0500

If you have an nVidia card, try a driver roll back via the Device Manager.

If this is not the case:

Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Clsid

Right click the folder icon and select Permissions/Advanced/Add/System.
Put a check in the Deny column for the Set Value permission.
Ok your way out.

You may also want to run:

Save Settings on Exit (Line 54)
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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:9d2901c48675$63561ce0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> My customized icons for My Computer and the Recycle Bin
> keep changing back to the default icons when I reboot (
> sometimes on refresh )the computer, the rest of the icons
> that I customized on the desktop and elsewhere behave
> fine retaining the customized change. I did not do any
> upgrades or have anyother issues with the OS. Is there a
> file that is corrupted ? How can I force Windows OS to
> retain the new icons for My Computer and the Recycle Bin?
>
> Windows XP Pro pre SP1 and no SP2 - Very stable Windows
> OS with no known issues
>
> Thanks
> Yada Yada
> .
>
>

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