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Ozgirl
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      04-23-2008
My son installed a 3rd party theme on Vista 32 and then uninstalled it.
Instead of folder icons, all icons now look like files, hard to now tell the
difference between a folder or a file in a directory. Is there a way to get
them back to the original folders?

 
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      04-23-2008

Ozgirl;691783 Wrote:
> My son installed a 3rd party theme on Vista 32 and then uninstalled it
> Instead of folder icons, all icons now look like files, hard to no
> tell th
> difference between a folder or a file in a directory. Is there a way t
> ge
> them back to the original folders


System restore sounds a good option. to before 3rd party install

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      04-23-2008
You did not mention which third party program your son installed, that said,
if it is like some others it inserted the following key into your registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell
Icons

That key does not exist in the normal Vista registry

Start > run
regedit
<enter>

navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell
Icons

If it is there, right click on it, choose EXPORT and give it a temp name and
save it your desktop

Now right click on the key and delete it

Reboot

Your icons should return to normal

IF THE KEY I IDENTIFIED IS NOT THERE (SHELL ICONS), DO NOT DO
ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Report back


"Ozgirl" <> wrote in message
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> My son installed a 3rd party theme on Vista 32 and then uninstalled it.
> Instead of folder icons, all icons now look like files, hard to now tell
> the difference between a folder or a file in a directory. Is there a way
> to get them back to the original folders?


 
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      04-23-2008


"silver" <> wrote in message
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> Ozgirl;691783 Wrote:
>> My son installed a 3rd party theme on Vista 32 and then uninstalled it.
>> Instead of folder icons, all icons now look like files, hard to now
>> tell the
>> difference between a folder or a file in a directory. Is there a way to
>> get
>> them back to the original folders?

>
> System restore sounds a good option. to before 3rd party install.
>
>
> --
> silver


Thank you, will try that.

 
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"gerryf" <> wrote in message
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> You did not mention which third party program your son installed, that
> said, if it is like some others it inserted the following key into your
> registry
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell
> Icons
>
> That key does not exist in the normal Vista registry
>
> Start > run
> regedit
> <enter>
>
> navigate to
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell
> Icons
>
> If it is there, right click on it, choose EXPORT and give it a temp name
> and save it your desktop
>
> Now right click on the key and delete it
>
> Reboot
>
> Your icons should return to normal
>
> IF THE KEY I IDENTIFIED IS NOT THERE (SHELL ICONS), DO NOT DO
> ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Report back


Thanks Gerry, that worked perfectly. It was an XBox theme.

 
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      04-23-2008
You can delete the exported key then



"Ozgirl" <> wrote in message
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>
>
> "gerryf" <> wrote in message
> news:BD3DE4B1-AA56-4A3F-902E-...
>> You did not mention which third party program your son installed, that
>> said, if it is like some others it inserted the following key into your
>> registry
>>
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell
>> Icons
>>
>> That key does not exist in the normal Vista registry
>>
>> Start > run
>> regedit
>> <enter>
>>
>> navigate to
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell
>> Icons
>>
>> If it is there, right click on it, choose EXPORT and give it a temp name
>> and save it your desktop
>>
>> Now right click on the key and delete it
>>
>> Reboot
>>
>> Your icons should return to normal
>>
>> IF THE KEY I IDENTIFIED IS NOT THERE (SHELL ICONS), DO NOT DO
>> ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>> Report back

>
> Thanks Gerry, that worked perfectly. It was an XBox theme.


 
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      04-23-2008


"gerryf" <> wrote in message
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> You can delete the exported key then


Thanks, all done, everyone happy

 
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