Re: Curious prob. - upgrade to IE 6 - PC OS: Windows 98 SE

Hi,
I don't know why an IE upgrade is causing this, but try the Icon Cache Fix
on this page: http://www.aumha.org/regfiles.htm

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]

"D.C." <dcolle_39[at]yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1123083335.223940.23960@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm in desperate need of advice regarding a problem with Internet
> Explorer that I've been struggling to find an answer to, literally
> since first acquiring my computer.
> My computer is a Gateway Desktop PC (Model: ESSENTIAL 500C) that was
> purchased in June of 2000. This system came with Windows 98 Second
> Edition - Internet Explorer 5 pre-installed by Gateway (Windows 98 SE
> 4.10.2222A).
>
> Several times over the last 5 years I've attempted to install later
> versions of Internet Explorer on my computer and each attempt has
> resulted in the same curious problem occurring:
> The Desktop Icons become scattered randomly and all my 'right click'
> attempts to rearrange them fail, but the 'system' otherwise still
> appears to function normally.
>
> On my last attempt at installing the latest version of Internet
> Explorer (IE 6 SP 1) - I was able to 'solve' this problem by 'undoing'
> all, or most, of the Display/Desktop Themes customizing I'd done. But
> this 'random scattering' of Desktop Icons reemerged when
> 're-customizing' my system back to the 'large' settings I'd originally
> selected long ago.
>
> I have always scrapped every IE upgrade attempt, ultimately using the
> Gateway factory-installed GoBack program to undo everything I've done.
>
> I've searched endlessly through the Microsoft Knowledge Base, and
> elsewhere, and can find no reference to this problem ever occurring to
> anyone anywhere. I long ago gave up on Gateway support; they always
> refer me back to Microsoft KB articles that I've already read and/or do
> not apply to this particular problem.
>
> Have any of you Microsoft Gurus, MVPs etc. ever heard of something like
> this? Is there a diagnostic procedure I can follow to isolate the cause
> of this problem?
> My system doesn't seem to exhibit any of the quirks frequently
> associated with malware, spyware, viruses, worms etc (although, I do
> wonder sometimes).
>

.

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