i posted this on the old forum, but i got nowhere, i'll try again.

i have changed the icons for my computer, my documents, my network places, and recycle bin with other icons using customize desktop under display properties. i also renamed those icons. for some reason, all the icons AND titles go back to default. this happens constantly, i dont have to be doing anything, i can be playing a game, come back, and theyve changed, i can go take a "wee wee", come back and theyve changed. this is even after a fresh install of windows. (actually probably the last 6 or 7 installs) someone was telling me that it is an icon caching problem. this is NOT the case because they would not be renamed back to default as well.

wtf does this keep happening?????

[QUOTE=Ghost]place all your custom icons in a folder and put that folder in,say, system32. then get icon phile from http://www.virtualplastic.org/scrow/iphile.html  change your icons/apply. then search HDD for iconcache.db and delete all instances of it. reboot. done[/QUOTE]

dude, it has nothing to do with that, if so, they wouldent be renamed back to thier default names again would they?

i guess not. can't understand it. i have installed many hundreds of custom icons on my own PCs and lots of others and never had the trouble you described. so, i was thinking perhaps it was a location-being-corrupted issue...but who knows...?

i guess not. can't understand it. i have installed many hundreds of custom icons on my own PCs and lots of others and never had the trouble you described. so, i was thinking perhaps it was a location-being-corrupted issue...but who knows...?

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new ati drivers are out so its time to format. im going to install xp, and just the drivers for a few days and see if it happens. its hard to troubleshoot because i can fo for a week without it happening, or just a couple of hours

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i have changed the icons for my computer, my documents, my network places, and recycle bin with other icons using customize desktop under display properties. i also renamed those icons. for some reason, all the icons AND titles go back to default. this happens constantly, ...

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I have the same problem.  Did you ever get a solution?

By the way, in the past when I unhid the protected system files, there was a db file on the desktop, and there isn't one now. - AE