Suddenly all my desktop icons display as a generic icon.

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Using XP(CME) sp2

I opened up a dos checker game which I have run before and it locked
up. I rebooted and all my icons have suddenly become generic. I shut
down and rebooted two more times but the usual desktop icons seem to
be gone.

I don't particularly care what the icons look like, but something has
to be out of kilter when they all go generic.

Any ideas? I have never used system restore, would this be a good
time to try it.

The dos checker game runs great on my laptop XPHE, but has always been
iffy on my desktop (XPCME), maybe because it has a 64 bit CPU. It
frequently hangs up but this is the first time the icons have gone
native. I'm guessing that there is a cause and effect here.

Any ideas appreciated.

.



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