Desperately Need Help - Difficult Issue

I am running Vista Home Premium and suddenly the icons on the right click
context menu in explorer and on desktop are white. Does anyone have any
suggestions? Have done no recent installs nor do am I infected. I have
rebooted and tested memory and that is fine. Any ideas on this one?
Thank you
in advance. Haven't played with the registry today either.


see screenshot at neospyce.com/iconsmissing.jpg

Try this.

Delete the iconcache.db file in C:\Users\XXXXuser\AppData\Local, where
XXXXuser is your account name.

Reboot.

The icon cache will be rebuilt and the icons should again be what they are
intended to be.

Get back to us and let us know please.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)



"pcbrat" <> wrote in message
news:41d32$46883ac3$4a3365ce$...
>I am running Vista Home Premium and suddenly the icons on the right click
> context menu in explorer and on desktop are white. Does anyone have any
> suggestions? Have done no recent installs nor do am I infected. I have
> rebooted and tested memory and that is fine. Any ideas on this one? Thank
> you
> in advance. Haven't played with the registry today either.
>
>
> see screenshot at neospyce.com/iconsmissing.jpg

first off, let me say a great big thank you for responding. i followed
your instructions, but unfortunately, to no avial. it didn't work. i
would be willing to try anymore ideas that you have. grins and thank you
again. :-)

pcbrat

Richard Urban wrote:
> Try this.
>
> Delete the iconcache.db file in C:\Users\XXXXuser\AppData\Local, where
> XXXXuser is your account name.
>
> Reboot.
>
> The icon cache will be rebuilt and the icons should again be what they are
> intended to be.
>
> Get back to us and let us know please.
>

I have looked at your screenshot of this issue that you are describing.

Is it still the same after a reboot of the system

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"pcbrat" <> wrote in message news:45e28$46884649$4a3365ce$...
> first off, let me say a great big thank you for responding. i followed
> your instructions, but unfortunately, to no avial. it didn't work. i
> would be willing to try anymore ideas that you have. grins and thank you
> again. :-)
>
> pcbrat
>
> Richard Urban wrote:
>> Try this.
>>
>> Delete the iconcache.db file in C:\Users\XXXXuser\AppData\Local, where
>> XXXXuser is your account name.
>>
>> Reboot.
>>
>> The icon cache will be rebuilt and the icons should again be what they are
>> intended to be.
>>
>> Get back to us and let us know please.
>>

Yes, it is still the same. I even tried it twice, rebooting after
deletion of iconcache.db both times.

Peter Foldes wrote:
> I have looked at your screenshot of this issue that you are describing.
>
> Is it still the same after a reboot of the system
>

"pcbrat" <> wrote in message
news:41d32$46883ac3$4a3365ce$...
>I am running Vista Home Premium and suddenly the icons on the right click
> context menu in explorer and on desktop are white. Does anyone have any
> suggestions? Have done no recent installs nor do am I infected. I have
> rebooted and tested memory and that is fine. Any ideas on this one? Thank
> you
> in advance. Haven't played with the registry today either.
>
>
> see screenshot at neospyce.com/iconsmissing.jpg


Looks like the icons are not only white, but they don't look like they're
the correct icons, white or not. Do you have a system restore point to which
you can roll back your system?

Lang

Well, now here is a bit of a puzzler. This issue has been going on for
about a week, so as per your suggestion, I tried a system restore (which
I was hoping to avoid) and went back as far as 2 1/2 weeks. Guess what?
It did absolutely no good, so I decided to Undo the system restore and
go back to a more recent time (after the icon issue started) of June 30.
So, just out of sheer curiosity, I checked my Context Menu again, and...
WAHLAH! The icons are now back in tact. I am at a loss for an
explanation, because the icons were corrupt on June 30 (actually about 1
week before). Who knows? I certainly don't understand it. But, I guess I
better not look a gift horse in the mouth. At any rate, thank all of you
for your help and suggestions. Grins. :-)


Lang Murphy wrote:
> "pcbrat" <> wrote in message
> news:41d32$46883ac3$4a3365ce$...
>> I am running Vista Home Premium and suddenly the icons on the right click
>> context menu in explorer and on desktop are white. Does anyone have any
>> suggestions? Have done no recent installs nor do am I infected. I have
>> rebooted and tested memory and that is fine. Any ideas on this one?
>> Thank you
>> in advance. Haven't played with the registry today either.
>>
>>
>> see screenshot at neospyce.com/iconsmissing.jpg
>
>
> Looks like the icons are not only white, but they don't look like
> they're the correct icons, white or not. Do you have a system restore
> point to which you can roll back your system?
>
> Lang

So you need to figure out what caused it........ a program you loaded? Some
setting
you made? A registry entry. Maybe an Update? Remove a program?

"Becca" <> wrote in message
news:9c73b$4688e836$4a3365ce$...
> Well, now here is a bit of a puzzler. This issue has been going on for
> about a week, so as per your suggestion, I tried a system restore (which I
> was hoping to avoid) and went back as far as 2 1/2 weeks. Guess what? It
> did absolutely no good, so I decided to Undo the system restore and go
> back to a more recent time (after the icon issue started) of June 30. So,
> just out of sheer curiosity, I checked my Context Menu again, and...
> WAHLAH! The icons are now back in tact. I am at a loss for an explanation,
> because the icons were corrupt on June 30 (actually about 1 week before).
> Who knows? I certainly don't understand it. But, I guess I better not look
> a gift horse in the mouth. At any rate, thank all of you for your help and
> suggestions. Grins. :-)
>
>
> Lang Murphy wrote:
>> "pcbrat" <> wrote in message
>> news:41d32$46883ac3$4a3365ce$...
>>> I am running Vista Home Premium and suddenly the icons on the right
>>> click
>>> context menu in explorer and on desktop are white. Does anyone have any
>>> suggestions? Have done no recent installs nor do am I infected. I have
>>> rebooted and tested memory and that is fine. Any ideas on this one?
>>> Thank you
>>> in advance. Haven't played with the registry today either.
>>>
>>>
>>> see screenshot at neospyce.com/iconsmissing.jpg
>>
>>
>> Looks like the icons are not only white, but they don't look like they're
>> the correct icons, white or not. Do you have a system restore point to
>> which you can roll back your system?
>>
>> Lang

If you will read my original post, you will see that I have already
covered those areas.


Spirit wrote:
> So you need to figure out what caused it........ a program you loaded? Some
> setting
> you made? A registry entry. Maybe an Update? Remove a program?
>
> "Becca" <> wrote in message
> news:9c73b$4688e836$4a3365ce$...
>> Well, now here is a bit of a puzzler. This issue has been going on for
>> about a week, so as per your suggestion, I tried a system restore (which I
>> was hoping to avoid) and went back as far as 2 1/2 weeks. Guess what? It
>> did absolutely no good, so I decided to Undo the system restore and go
>> back to a more recent time (after the icon issue started) of June 30. So,
>> just out of sheer curiosity, I checked my Context Menu again, and...
>> WAHLAH! The icons are now back in tact. I am at a loss for an explanation,
>> because the icons were corrupt on June 30 (actually about 1 week before).
>> Who knows? I certainly don't understand it. But, I guess I better not look
>> a gift horse in the mouth. At any rate, thank all of you for your help and
>> suggestions. Grins. :-)
>>
>>
>> Lang Murphy wrote:
>>> "pcbrat" <> wrote in message
>>> news:41d32$46883ac3$4a3365ce$...
>>>> I am running Vista Home Premium and suddenly the icons on the right
>>>> click
>>>> context menu in explorer and on desktop are white. Does anyone have any
>>>> suggestions? Have done no recent installs nor do am I infected. I have
>>>> rebooted and tested memory and that is fine. Any ideas on this one?
>>>> Thank you
>>>> in advance. Haven't played with the registry today either.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> see screenshot at neospyce.com/iconsmissing.jpg
>>>
>>> Looks like the icons are not only white, but they don't look like they're
>>> the correct icons, white or not. Do you have a system restore point to
>>> which you can roll back your system?
>>>
>>> Lang
>
>

Yes you did HOWEVER you have now been able to resolve the issue
and maybe now you can figure out the cause........... since it might happen
again at a time when a restore is less than convenient.

"Becca" <> wrote in message
news:1334a$4688f0b1$4a3365ce$...
> If you will read my original post, you will see that I have already
> covered those areas.
>
>
> Spirit wrote:
>> So you need to figure out what caused it........ a program you loaded?
>> Some setting
>> you made? A registry entry. Maybe an Update? Remove a program?
>>
>> "Becca" <> wrote in message
>> news:9c73b$4688e836$4a3365ce$...
>>> Well, now here is a bit of a puzzler. This issue has been going on for
>>> about a week, so as per your suggestion, I tried a system restore (which
>>> I was hoping to avoid) and went back as far as 2 1/2 weeks. Guess what?
>>> It did absolutely no good, so I decided to Undo the system restore and
>>> go back to a more recent time (after the icon issue started) of June 30.
>>> So, just out of sheer curiosity, I checked my Context Menu again, and...
>>> WAHLAH! The icons are now back in tact. I am at a loss for an
>>> explanation, because the icons were corrupt on June 30 (actually about 1
>>> week before). Who knows? I certainly don't understand it. But, I guess I
>>> better not look a gift horse in the mouth. At any rate, thank all of you
>>> for your help and suggestions. Grins. :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> Lang Murphy wrote:
>>>> "pcbrat" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:41d32$46883ac3$4a3365ce$...
>>>>> I am running Vista Home Premium and suddenly the icons on the right
>>>>> click
>>>>> context menu in explorer and on desktop are white. Does anyone have
>>>>> any
>>>>> suggestions? Have done no recent installs nor do am I infected. I have
>>>>> rebooted and tested memory and that is fine. Any ideas on this one?
>>>>> Thank you
>>>>> in advance. Haven't played with the registry today either.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> see screenshot at neospyce.com/iconsmissing.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Looks like the icons are not only white, but they don't look like
>>>> they're the correct icons, white or not. Do you have a system restore
>>>> point to which you can roll back your system?
>>>>
>>>> Lang
>>