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rastjp
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      07-30-2008

I have recently moved to Vista from XP Pro, and find that several UR
shortcuts on my desktop no longer have individual icons, like this foru
page, but the generic "blue E". Any idea how I can retrieve the ol
icons

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Chris Geerlings
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      07-30-2008
Rastjp,

Using TweakVI you have the option to 'repair icons'.

http://www.totalidea.com/content/twe...akvi-index.php

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      07-30-2008
Also you can just use the old TweakUI from the Microsoft website (XP
Version).

Then set compatability mode to XP after installing it to Vista, works like
a charm aswell.

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rastjp
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      07-30-2008

Thanks, Chris - couldnt find icon repair in the Basic TweakVI -
presumably i need the purchased version.

Also, I could not get TweakUI to run, even with compatibility settings
- it still claimed it needed XP SP1 or Windows 2003.

Any ideas?

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      07-31-2008
1: Get the tweakui.exe file.
a. You might already have it if you upgraded from XP and used Tweak UI in
the good old days. If so, just move the file to anywhere but the
C:\Windows\System32 directory ... Vista really doesn't like tweakui there. I
put it in C:\Program Files\Microsoft.
b. If you don't have the tweakui.exe file already, you have two options:
i. Get it from a computer that has it. Simply copy the file (i.e. to a thumb
drive or over a network) and slap it anywhere on your Vista machine (except
the C:\Windows\System32 directory).
ii. There's a rumor that you can extract tweakui.exe from the installation
file available at the XP PowerToys site using WinRAR or some other such
archiving program. I haven't tried this, though, but it might be worth
trying?

2: Set the tweakui.exe file to run with XP compatability.
a. Right-click the file -> Properties -> Compatability tab -> check the
CheckBox next to "Run this program in compatability mode for:" [Windows XP
(Service Pack 2) -> Click OK.

3: Run tweakui.exe as an Administrator
a. Right-click the file -> Run as administrator -> Continue -> Run program
b. TweakUI might popup behind other windows (it always does for me!)
b. If you don't run as administrator, UAC will thwart your every change!
c. If you have UAC turned off, you don't need to run as administrator. You
also won't have to click "Continue" in step (a) above.

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      08-01-2008

Thanks, Chris, the icons were OK, I just needed to recreate the
shortcuts via the Favorites folder, and the correct icons re-appeared.
I ran tweakui successfully, too.

Many thanks for your help.

Roy


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