Vista shortcut icons keep reverting back to default exploer icon.

im running vista home premium and i have added a few new shortcuts to the
desktop.

i have also changed the icons to vista icons i found on the net,

when i first put them on the desktop and assign a vista icon, everything
looks fine,
they show at the medium size, as soon as i turn off and then turn on the
computer
90% of all the new shortcut icons have reverted back to the std explorer
icon with the shortcut small arrow in the left hand cnr
(they are still at the medium size though)

the view i am using is "medium icons".

now,
when i right click the desktop icon and select "classic icons" the correct
icon i assigned does reappear but very small as you would expect.

as soon as i change the view back to medium icons, the icon changes to the
std explorer icon shortcut.

to get them back manually i have to go back and reassign each original icon
back to that shorcut, thats fine until i reboot or turn off and turn back on
in the morning.

i have put all my icons into a seperate file called "icons" and the path to
them is correct.

Also they are not in my temp internet files folder, so that solution does
not work.

Can You Help with a solution to this??

running a toshiba P200, 2ghz core2duo, 2gig ram,
and running vista home premium.

i cannot find a solution anwhere on the net
please try and help me

thanks kevin

Hi,
Try setting the shortcut to "read only" after assigning your custom icon.

Or, if these are internet shortcuts, IE7 may be changing the icons when
checking for a Favicon. Creating a shortcut to iexplore.exe which includes
the URL will make the shortcut a LNK file and E7 should leave it alone. A
side effect is that each shortcut will open in a new window.

Find "IExplore.exe" (probably in Program Files\Internet Explorer)
Right-click and drag IExplore.exe to the desktop and choose "Create
shortcut." Right-click that shortcut> Properties> Target, modify the Target
to include the URL.
Example:
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE"
becomes
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" www.yahoo.com
Note a space between EXE" and ww
Rename the shortcut if desired.
Apply the custom icon.
Since it's no longer an Internet Shortcut, it's an .lnk (.LNK) file, IE7
should leave the icon alone.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"KiwiKev" <> wrote in message
news:11071A44-79D1-403F-B520-...
> im running vista home premium and i have added a few new shortcuts to the
> desktop.
>
> i have also changed the icons to vista icons i found on the net,
>
> when i first put them on the desktop and assign a vista icon, everything
> looks fine,
> they show at the medium size, as soon as i turn off and then turn on the
> computer
> 90% of all the new shortcut icons have reverted back to the std explorer
> icon with the shortcut small arrow in the left hand cnr
> (they are still at the medium size though)
>
> the view i am using is "medium icons".
>
> now,
> when i right click the desktop icon and select "classic icons" the correct
> icon i assigned does reappear but very small as you would expect.
>
> as soon as i change the view back to medium icons, the icon changes to the
> std explorer icon shortcut.
>
> to get them back manually i have to go back and reassign each original
icon
> back to that shorcut, thats fine until i reboot or turn off and turn back
on
> in the morning.
>
> i have put all my icons into a seperate file called "icons" and the path
to
> them is correct.
>
> Also they are not in my temp internet files folder, so that solution does
> not work.
>
> Can You Help with a solution to this??
>
> running a toshiba P200, 2ghz core2duo, 2gig ram,
> and running vista home premium.
>
> i cannot find a solution anwhere on the net
> please try and help me
>
> thanks kevin

This is bogus -- none of these suggestions work.

"Don Varnau" wrote:

> Hi,
> Try setting the shortcut to "read only" after assigning your custom icon.
>
> Or, if these are internet shortcuts, IE7 may be changing the icons when
> checking for a Favicon. Creating a shortcut to iexplore.exe which includes
> the URL will make the shortcut a LNK file and E7 should leave it alone. A
> side effect is that each shortcut will open in a new window.
>
> Find "IExplore.exe" (probably in Program Files\Internet Explorer)
> Right-click and drag IExplore.exe to the desktop and choose "Create
> shortcut." Right-click that shortcut> Properties> Target, modify the Target
> to include the URL.
> Example:
> "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE"
> becomes
> "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" www.yahoo.com
> Note a space between EXE" and ww
> Rename the shortcut if desired.
> Apply the custom icon.
> Since it's no longer an Internet Shortcut, it's an .lnk (.LNK) file, IE7
> should leave the icon alone.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "KiwiKev" <> wrote in message
> news:11071A44-79D1-403F-B520-...
> > im running vista home premium and i have added a few new shortcuts to the
> > desktop.
> >
> > i have also changed the icons to vista icons i found on the net,
> >
> > when i first put them on the desktop and assign a vista icon, everything
> > looks fine,
> > they show at the medium size, as soon as i turn off and then turn on the
> > computer
> > 90% of all the new shortcut icons have reverted back to the std explorer
> > icon with the shortcut small arrow in the left hand cnr
> > (they are still at the medium size though)
> >
> > the view i am using is "medium icons".
> >
> > now,
> > when i right click the desktop icon and select "classic icons" the correct
> > icon i assigned does reappear but very small as you would expect.
> >
> > as soon as i change the view back to medium icons, the icon changes to the
> > std explorer icon shortcut.
> >
> > to get them back manually i have to go back and reassign each original
> icon
> > back to that shorcut, thats fine until i reboot or turn off and turn back
> on
> > in the morning.
> >
> > i have put all my icons into a seperate file called "icons" and the path
> to
> > them is correct.
> >
> > Also they are not in my temp internet files folder, so that solution does
> > not work.
> >
> > Can You Help with a solution to this??
> >
> > running a toshiba P200, 2ghz core2duo, 2gig ram,
> > and running vista home premium.
> >
> > i cannot find a solution anwhere on the net
> > please try and help me
> >
> > thanks kevin
>
>