Re: Custom desktop icons revert to default icons.

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From: Gemin-eye (gemin-eye_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 04/05/04 

Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 19:50:36 -0700

Awesome, it works. Thanks for helping me roger.

"roger" <sergiorogerdon'tspam@esmas.com> wrote in message
news:nt7170houbpptm1ntmnf1pphhjsurbtbhl@4ax.com...
> Hi Gemin-eye,
>
> You need to go to Start > Run > regedit
> and browse to the
> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Clsid
> key. On the left pane you will see a CLSID folder with different
> subfolders having numbers and letters.
>
> OK, right click the CLSID folder, select 'permissions' (or a similar
> word, right now I am not at an English language XP).
> On the top there is a list of users, including System, choose System.
>
> On the lower part there is a list made up of
> Administrators permissions Allow Deny
> Total control -->> x
> Read -->> x
> Special permits
>
> You have to check, deny read and total control permissions for System.
> so it can't change the subkeys of this item, which control the icons
> used in the desktop. Click apply and reboot.
>
> Your customizations should be protected from any change now.
>
> Good luck
>
> On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 18:16:29 -0700, "Gemin-eye"
> <gemin-eye@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> >Thaks for posting roger.
> >
> >So how do I go about modify the permissions for that registry key? I
don't
> >understand what I need to do here.
> >
> >
> >
> >"roger" <sergiorogerdon'tspam@esmas.com> wrote in message
> >news:l84170l0p1ai1ejprmlpcss4dt5igbt1o0@4ax.com...
> >> Hi Gemin-eye,
> >>
> >> On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 15:46:53 -0700, "Gemin-eye"
> >> <gemin-eye@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Hello.
> >> >
> >> >This started to happen after I updated my nVidia display drivers. I
have
> >> >changed my icons on the desktop (My Computer, My Documents, Recycle
Bin)
> >> >with the right-click > Properties > Desktop > Customize Desktop.
> >> >
> >> >However, when I reboot or shut down/turn on, the icons are still my
> >custom
> >> >ones but if the system refreshes or I manually refresh the desktop,
the
> >> >icons revert back to their default ones. When I change them back to my
> >> >custom icons, if I reboot, then go back into the Desktop Properties >
> >> >Customize Desktop, the My Computer icon shown in the dialog is a
> >rectangle
> >> >with a windows logo in it and the others are the default icons. When I
> >click
> >> >the Restore Default button, the My Computer icon turns to the default
> >icon
> >> >in the dialog.
> >> >
> >> >If I log off, when I log back in they are reverted back to their
> >defaults.
> >> >
> >> [...]
> >>
> >> A poster discovered the cause a while back and posted a solution:
> >>
> >> "Did some monitoring of the registry. I found that when a scheduled
> >> task was run, winlogon.exe (running as SYSTEM) was executing:
> >>
> >> "CreateKey
> >> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Clsid\"
> >>
> >> and this was overwriting the info stored there with the info found
> >> here:
> >>
> >> "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\"
> >>
> >> The workaround is to modify the permissions for
> >>
> >> "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Clsid"
> >>
> >> so as to deny SYSTEM Set Value permissions. The nice part is, you
> >> don't have to deny yourself any permissions and can customize the
> >> icons & apply saved themes as normal."
> >>
> >> I used this method and the icons have retained their customizations.
> >>
> >> Good luck
> >
>

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