Icon has changed without any action by me
Posted by admin on Jan 13th, 2007
I had created a link for my dialup (DSL) onto the desktop. It appeared a nice icon with 2 blue screens and a little device (a modem?).After a couple of system starts, that icon changed to a different one, seems like the notepad icon or so.I have searched several sources (system files) for the original icon couldn't find it.Okay, it's not so important, which icon. But I put the question here: why has this change occured?Thanks in advance Hedy Keller
Jan 19th, 2007 at 11:57 am
No ideas about why the icon changed, unless the icon that was being used was either deleted or moved, somehow.Youn can get that icon, or something similar back by right clicking that shorcut and selecting the Shortcut Tab. Click the Change Icon button and select one from that group. Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "Hedy Keller"
Jan 25th, 2007 at 06:03 am
Sure, that's what I did already, and not only in the there offered source, but also in some more systemrelated icon sources. Nowhere the original icon was found. But that's not the reason for my response: meanwhile I have deleted the dialup and the icon, have created everything new and then I had my original icon back.What a pleasure!But not for long: meanwhile the icon has changed again. There must be a systemrelevant reason.Hedy Keller
Jan 27th, 2007 at 12:35 am
Try this. Go through the pain of recreating the icon again (deleting, etc), and when the new icon appears as it should, rightclick on it and choose change Icon, if its a normal shortcut (with an arrow overlay), and take note of where the icon is. (You don't need to actually change it, of course, so click on Cancel after writing down or memorizing the icon's file and path it should automatically be highlighted, showing the path name and file). If it should change again over time, at least you can change it back to the original icon, now that you know where the file is at, using the "change icon" method.I have had this problem also with one icon, but haven't figured out yet what caused it to change. I just kept resetting it, and, for a long time now, it hasn't changed. "Hedy Keller"
Jan 31st, 2007 at 10:28 pm
"deandean" schrieb im Newsbeitrag The idea sounds good but unfortunately I can't try it. In spite of deleting and creating new I don't get the original icon any more. Well, I'm sure the next reinstallation of Vista will be due soon, and then I'll try your way. Thank you anyway Hedy Keller