I have added a number of desktop folders and shortcuts to my Vista Ultimate computer.
I have assigned bespoke icons to each desktop folder and shortcut - the ico files being stored in a dedicated folder on my C: drive. All the icons are 256 x 256 pixels in size.
However - sometimes, for no apparent reason, certain icons randomly revert to the explorer icon. Right clicking on the desktop and selecting "Refresh" has no effect. After a reboot - the icons may - or may not - correct themselves. It is worth noting that it is only the icons I have allocated that randomly change and it is not always the same ones. Icons allocated by a programme - such as Word, Excel, CCleaner or Acronis, are rock steady.
If I right click on the faulty ones the heading of the web document tab still shows the correct icon but I have to go through the procedure of changing the icon all over again to get the specific icon back on the desktop.
I have tried the various fixes suggested in another thread here - such as right click on the desktop>personalise>display and change the colours from 32 to 16 bit and back again. This had no effect other than to lose the dream scene setting.
I have tried making the desktop icon files read only but it has made no difference.
For other reasons I had cause to reformat the hard drive and do a clean install of Vista recently - I hoped that this would solve the icon problem - but it hasn't. I have searched the MS knowledge base in vain and am not able to ask Microsoft for advice because my Vista is OEM.
I have assigned bespoke icons to each desktop folder and shortcut - the ico files being stored in a dedicated folder on my C: drive. All the icons are 256 x 256 pixels in size.
However - sometimes, for no apparent reason, certain icons randomly revert to the explorer icon. Right clicking on the desktop and selecting "Refresh" has no effect. After a reboot - the icons may - or may not - correct themselves. It is worth noting that it is only the icons I have allocated that randomly change and it is not always the same ones. Icons allocated by a programme - such as Word, Excel, CCleaner or Acronis, are rock steady.
If I right click on the faulty ones the heading of the web document tab still shows the correct icon but I have to go through the procedure of changing the icon all over again to get the specific icon back on the desktop.
I have tried the various fixes suggested in another thread here - such as right click on the desktop>personalise>display and change the colours from 32 to 16 bit and back again. This had no effect other than to lose the dream scene setting.
I have tried making the desktop icon files read only but it has made no difference.
For other reasons I had cause to reformat the hard drive and do a clean install of Vista recently - I hoped that this would solve the icon problem - but it hasn't. I have searched the MS knowledge base in vain and am not able to ask Microsoft for advice because my Vista is OEM.
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