Can't change my desktop icons

[guybrushgurl]

I downloaded a set of icons about a year or two ago and have been using them as 'my computer', 'my documents', etc. They've worked fine, with no problems.

But I recently bought a new video card and installed it, and since then, the icons won't stay. I'll have the icon set and then when I turn off my computer and turn it back on, they'll return to the default.

What's more, whenever I try to change the icon for 'my documents', an error will pop up saying that it's not a windows icon and I should check it against the install disk.

Is this happening because of my new video card? And if so, why? And how do I fix it so it'll stop happening?

[EINSTEIN_007]

See suggestions given in similar type of threads:
http://forums.techarena.in/customize-xp/938771.htm
Vista Desktop Icons Randomly Change
Vista Desktop Icons Randomly Change

[Expertz]

To resolve this behavior, use one or more of the following methods:

• Press the F5 key to refresh the icons in the current folder.
• Close and then reopen a window that contains incorrect icons.
• Restart your computer.
• Re-create the ShellIconCache file. This file is re-created automatically when you change your display's color depth. Follow these steps to change your display's color depth to a new setting and then change it back to the original setting:

1. Right-click the desktop and then click Properties.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. Change the color depth from the current setting to a new setting. For example, change from Highest (32 bit) to Lowest (16 bit).
4. Click Apply, and then click Yes to accept the changes.
5. Change the color depth back to its original setting.
6. Click Apply, and then click Yes to accept the changes.

• Using Registry Editor, add the Max Cached Icons string value with a value data of 2000 to the following registry key, and then restart your computer:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
If the icons are still incorrect, delete the ShellIconCache file. The Max Cached Icons value data range is between 100 and 4096. The default value is 500.

[Gusgr8]

It would be a good idea to run Error Checking/Chkdsk and Defrag in order clean up things a little. First, clean out the "junk" files on the machine.

[guybrushgurl]

Thank you so much! I followed the advice from this thread:

"See suggestions given in similar type of threads:
Desktop icons won't change and can't remove file"

And changed the size like someone in that post suggested and now it works fine... I don't know why changing the size of the icons made it so they could be changed again, but I'm certainly not complaining. Thanks again!!

[need Tos]

Do you have any theme changers installed, or any system hacks? and it also comes with some uninstalls. they sometimes share system DLL's. you may have inadvertently deleted one or more with Netscape.