shortcut icons are messed up

[carpeliam]

On the network, there is a computer with a number of different software packages. I had used TweakUI on my Win98 machine, and so I decided to throw it on NT as well. Instead of copying things to necessary folders, it threw them all on my desktop.. so I moved them to my system32 folder. I played with something in there... I think it was TweakUI's ability to change the look of shortcut graphics (either the standard arrow, nothing at all, a smaller arrow without a background, or a custom graphic). Now, that feature does not work- when I boot up, a random icon shows up as my shortcut graphic. It's usually a different one each time.. these cover my other icons. I've tried deleting all my tweakUI files... doesn't help. There's no uninstall (as I just copied the files into the system32 folder). When I do &quot;repair icons&quot; in TweakUI, it deletes the &quot;shortcut&quot; icons altogether and I'm left with just the original icons without the shortcut on top. This would be fine, if I didn't have to do this every time I boot up. It's annoying.<br><br>I'm guessing that when it boots, it looks for the proper shortcut icon, and can't find it. So it shows whichever icon is handy at the time.<br><br>How do I properly get rid of this? Is there something in the registry that I can edit for proper shortcut detection?<br><br>Thanks all... <p>Liam Morley<br><a href=mailto:lmorley@wpi.edu>lmorley@wpi.edu</a><br><a href=

http://www.wpi.edu/~lmorley/>

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[carpeliam]

please, anybody? I hate to repost, but I really need an answer... as this is a summer internship and I'm only using this computer for a limited time, I'd like to give it back to them without little icon problems... could I go in the registry and fix the location for a shortcut icon? Is there anything I can do? Is there a windows NT version for TweakUI that I can load and repair icons that way? Please, I would really appreciate a response... thanks so much and sorry for reposting. <p>Liam Morley<br><a href=mailto:lmorley@wpi.edu>lmorley@wpi.edu</a><br><a href=

http://www.wpi.edu/~lmorley/>

] :: imotic :: website :: [</a><br>"light the deep, and bring silence to the world.<br>
light the world, and bring depth to the silence.

 

[JAF]

You can try right clicking on the desktop going to properties, appearance, click on icons in the type box and changing the size. If this doesnt work login as someone else delete your profile and recreate the icons.

 

[MasterRacker]

There is a powertoys for NT on MS's site.&nbsp;&nbsp;Mostly it's identical to the 95 version. although I think TweakUI is a little different.&nbsp;&nbsp;Try to get that and actually install TweakUI.&nbsp;&nbsp;Failing that, try actually installing the version you have then uninstalling it to see if it can do some cleanup that way.<br>&nbsp;<br><br> <p> Jeff<br><a href=mailto: masterracker@hotmail.com> masterracker@hotmail.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br> Of all the things I've lost in life, I miss my mind the most ...

 

[carpeliam]

The Win95 version is identical to the NT version, it seems... and nothing has worked so far... I think I'm going to try MS support. <p>Liam Morley<br><a href=mailto:lmorley@wpi.edu>lmorley@wpi.edu</a><br><a href=

http://www.wpi.edu/~lmorley/>

] :: imotic :: website :: [</a><br>"light the deep, and bring silence to the world.<br>
light the world, and bring depth to the silence.

 

[carpeliam]

although I don't see many answers here, so if anybody gets any ideas... <p>Liam Morley<br><a href=mailto:lmorley@wpi.edu>lmorley@wpi.edu</a><br><a href=

http://www.wpi.edu/~lmorley/>

] :: imotic :: website :: [</a><br>"light the deep, and bring silence to the world.<br>
light the world, and bring depth to the silence.

 

[sbashir]

Try right clicking on the desk top and properties and then plus and then check large icons and then apply and look at the icons, then try unchecking and hitting apply and then see how the icons look like...<br>

 

[carpeliam]

thanks, but that does not work...&nbsp;&nbsp;how do I correct the location it's looking for? Nothing I've tried has worked... <p>Liam Morley<br><a href=mailto:lmorley@wpi.edu>lmorley@wpi.edu</a><br><a href=

http://www.wpi.edu/~lmorley/>

] :: imotic :: website :: [</a><br>"light the deep, and bring silence to the world.<br>
light the world, and bring depth to the silence.

 

[fenris]

Have you tried right clicking on the shortcuts and see where they are pointing to? there is also a setting for the individual icons in there as well.<br><br>Good luck...<br><br><br>BTW, which icons were messed up? <p>Troy Williams B.Eng.<br><a href=mailto:fenris@hotmail.com>fenris@hotmail.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[carpeliam]

fenris,<br>I was referring to the small arrow in the bottom left-hand corner of shortcut icons. Whenever I boot up, it can not find this location (because it's looking in the wrong one, although I'm not sure how to find out where it's looking by default), so it chooses a random icon to lay over any shortcuts. So, whenever I boot up, all shortcut icons are covered by a random icon. When I use TweakUI to repair icons, my shortcut icons have no icon overlaying them- they look like normal icons. <p>Liam Morley<br><a href=mailto:lmorley@wpi.edu>lmorley@wpi.edu</a><br><a href=

http://www.wpi.edu/~lmorley/>

] :: imotic :: website :: [</a><br>"light the deep, and bring silence to the world.<br>
light the world, and bring depth to the silence.

 

[Guest_imported]

I don't know if you fixed your problem or not. But I had the same problem and found that running this uninstall line from run worked.

rundll32 syssetup.dll,SetupInfObjectInstallAction DefaultUninstall 4 c:\winnt\inf\tweakui.inf

 

[carpeliam]

well I'm using a different computer now, so it's no longer an issue- but thanks anyway, all. [sig]<p>Liam Morley<br><a href=mailto:lmorley@wpi.edu>lmorley@wpi.edu</a><br><a href=

http://www.wpi.edu/~lmorley/>

] :: imotic :: website :: [</a><br>"light the deep, and bring silence to the world.<br>
light the world, and bring depth to the silence."[/sig]