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| | Control Panel Icon on Desktop I have two machines running Vista. One has Ultimate installed and the other has Home Premium installed. Both systems are setup to show the Control Panel icon on the desktop. However, the Ultimate machine shows a blank page with the upper right hand corner folded over (default icon?) and the Home Premium machine shows the pretty control Panel icon! The Ultimate machine is a dual boot system with Vista installed in the "F" partition while the Home Preimum machine is the standard setup with Vista booting from the "C" partition. Both systems have the same monitors the only difference is the Home Premium machine has a XFX 8600 GT video card and the Ultimate machine has an XFX 7900 GS video card. Not a major issue but I would be interested in figuring out what I screwed up or is this a Vista problem? Help needed. |
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| | Re: Control Panel Icon on Desktop "Ken" <krlorenz@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23lLwo1VcIHA.1376@xxxxxx Quote: >I have two machines running Vista. One has Ultimate installed and the >other has Home Premium installed. Both systems are setup to show the >Control Panel icon on the desktop. However, the Ultimate machine shows a >blank page with the upper right hand corner folded over (default icon?) and >the Home Premium machine shows the pretty control Panel icon! The >Ultimate machine is a dual boot system with Vista installed in the "F" >partition while the Home Preimum machine is the standard setup with Vista >booting from the "C" partition. Both systems have the same monitors the >only difference is the Home Premium machine has a XFX 8600 GT video card >and the Ultimate machine has an XFX 7900 GS video card. Not a major issue >but I would be interested in figuring out what I screwed up or is this a >Vista problem? Help needed. The easiest fix would be to delete to corrupt shortcut, and create a new one. |
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| | Re: Control Panel Icon on Desktop Already tried that before I posted and it did not work. Deleted "bad" icon from desktop and it would not come back until I rebooted. Then the "bad" icon reappeared!! "forty-nine" <110001@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:fp9k8n$p91$1@xxxxxx Quote: > "Ken" <krlorenz@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:%23lLwo1VcIHA.1376@xxxxxx Quote: >>I have two machines running Vista. One has Ultimate installed and the >>other has Home Premium installed. Both systems are setup to show the >>Control Panel icon on the desktop. However, the Ultimate machine shows a >>blank page with the upper right hand corner folded over (default icon?) >>and the Home Premium machine shows the pretty control Panel icon! The >>Ultimate machine is a dual boot system with Vista installed in the "F" >>partition while the Home Preimum machine is the standard setup with Vista >>booting from the "C" partition. Both systems have the same monitors the >>only difference is the Home Premium machine has a XFX 8600 GT video card >>and the Ultimate machine has an XFX 7900 GS video card. Not a major issue >>but I would be interested in figuring out what I screwed up or is this a >>Vista problem? Help needed. > > The easiest fix would be to delete to corrupt shortcut, and create a new > one. |
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| | Re: Control Panel Icon on Desktop I have the same problem with most but not all of my desktop icons. I right clicked on the desktop, chose "personalize," then change desktop icons and then restore defaults. This reduced the size of the blank page icon to reveal part of the correct icon underneath it. The blank page icon has the top right corner turned down ! "Ken" <krlorenz@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:ekNijyXcIHA.4312@xxxxxx Quote: > Already tried that before I posted and it did not work. Deleted "bad" > icon from desktop and it would not come back until I rebooted. Then the > "bad" icon reappeared!! > > "forty-nine" <110001@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:fp9k8n$p91$1@xxxxxx Quote: >> "Ken" <krlorenz@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:%23lLwo1VcIHA.1376@xxxxxx Quote: >>>I have two machines running Vista. One has Ultimate installed and the >>>other has Home Premium installed. Both systems are setup to show the >>>Control Panel icon on the desktop. However, the Ultimate machine shows a >>>blank page with the upper right hand corner folded over (default icon?) >>>and the Home Premium machine shows the pretty control Panel icon! The >>>Ultimate machine is a dual boot system with Vista installed in the "F" >>>partition while the Home Preimum machine is the standard setup with Vista >>>booting from the "C" partition. Both systems have the same monitors the >>>only difference is the Home Premium machine has a XFX 8600 GT video card >>>and the Ultimate machine has an XFX 7900 GS video card. Not a major >>>issue but I would be interested in figuring out what I screwed up or is >>>this a Vista problem? Help needed. >> >> The easiest fix would be to delete to corrupt shortcut, and create a new >> one. |
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| | Re: Control Panel Icon on Desktop Tried that and it don't work either. The Control Panel icon does not appear in the "Personalize>Change desktop icons" display. I can turn the Control Panel off and on with the check box but there is no icon like the other choices. But then the other Vista system (Home Premium) looks the same but shows the correct icon for the Control Panel on the desktop. Frustrated!! Is there an Icon Cache file I should delete and make Vista rebuild the desktop? "neponset215" <neponset215-windowsmail@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eHS1uvYcIHA.4844@xxxxxx Quote: >I have the same problem with most but not all of my desktop icons. I right >clicked on the desktop, chose "personalize," then change desktop icons and >then restore defaults. This reduced the size of the blank page icon to >reveal part of the correct icon underneath it. The blank page icon has the >top right corner turned down ! > "Ken" <krlorenz@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:ekNijyXcIHA.4312@xxxxxx Quote: >> Already tried that before I posted and it did not work. Deleted "bad" >> icon from desktop and it would not come back until I rebooted. Then the >> "bad" icon reappeared!! >> >> "forty-nine" <110001@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:fp9k8n$p91$1@xxxxxx Quote: >>> "Ken" <krlorenz@xxxxxx> wrote in message >>> news:%23lLwo1VcIHA.1376@xxxxxx >>>>I have two machines running Vista. One has Ultimate installed and the >>>>other has Home Premium installed. Both systems are setup to show the >>>>Control Panel icon on the desktop. However, the Ultimate machine shows >>>>a blank page with the upper right hand corner folded over (default >>>>icon?) and the Home Premium machine shows the pretty control Panel >>>>icon! The Ultimate machine is a dual boot system with Vista installed >>>>in the "F" partition while the Home Preimum machine is the standard >>>>setup with Vista booting from the "C" partition. Both systems have the >>>>same monitors the only difference is the Home Premium machine has a XFX >>>>8600 GT video card and the Ultimate machine has an XFX 7900 GS video >>>>card. Not a major issue but I would be interested in figuring out what >>>>I screwed up or is this a Vista problem? Help needed. >>> >>> >>> The easiest fix would be to delete to corrupt shortcut, and create a new >>> one. |
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| | Re: Control Panel Icon on Desktop Ok, a new piece of information - if I open Control Panel and choose the "Control Panel Home" view the correct icon appears on the desktop but when I choose the "Classic View" the Blank Page icon appears on the desktop. The other system (Home Premium) does not change the icon if I change the view option in the Control Panel window.??? "Ken" <krlorenz@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23lLwo1VcIHA.1376@xxxxxx Quote: >I have two machines running Vista. One has Ultimate installed and the >other has Home Premium installed. Both systems are setup to show the >Control Panel icon on the desktop. However, the Ultimate machine shows a >blank page with the upper right hand corner folded over (default icon?) and >the Home Premium machine shows the pretty control Panel icon! The >Ultimate machine is a dual boot system with Vista installed in the "F" >partition while the Home Preimum machine is the standard setup with Vista >booting from the "C" partition. Both systems have the same monitors the >only difference is the Home Premium machine has a XFX 8600 GT video card >and the Ultimate machine has an XFX 7900 GS video card. Not a major issue >but I would be interested in figuring out what I screwed up or is this a >Vista problem? Help needed. |
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| | Re: Control Panel Icon on Desktop One more piece of information - when I click on the "Start Button" and then on "Control Panel" on the side of the "Start Window" nothing happens. It should open the Control Panel! I don't know if all this is related to my changing icon mystery but it ain't right! More help is needed. "Ken" <krlorenz@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23lLwo1VcIHA.1376@xxxxxx Quote: >I have two machines running Vista. One has Ultimate installed and the >other has Home Premium installed. Both systems are setup to show the >Control Panel icon on the desktop. However, the Ultimate machine shows a >blank page with the upper right hand corner folded over (default icon?) and >the Home Premium machine shows the pretty control Panel icon! The >Ultimate machine is a dual boot system with Vista installed in the "F" >partition while the Home Preimum machine is the standard setup with Vista >booting from the "C" partition. Both systems have the same monitors the >only difference is the Home Premium machine has a XFX 8600 GT video card >and the Ultimate machine has an XFX 7900 GS video card. Not a major issue >but I would be interested in figuring out what I screwed up or is this a >Vista problem? Help needed. |
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