Windows 7 64 Application Logo Issues

[Jmarcelo]

Over the past week Icons for various games and applications have gone missing, giving me the basic "this is a file of some kind logo" Any tips? I haven't used google yet as I am sure most of them have me delete vital files or some crap like that. Thank you.

[Jmarcelo]

Whoops, should have spent more time looking at it! I just used the change Icon to the original ones. Still a mystery of how the got changed.

[jdeb]

You probably installed some software that made a change (registry) and unchecked "show desktop icons" in the desktop properties. Certain CD\DVD recording software can do this from my experience.

[Jmarcelo]

Hmm, I did do a clean up of my desktop by sorting things into folders. Do you think that would have some effect on it?

[jdeb]

Originally Posted by Jmarcelo Hmm, I did do a clean up of my desktop by sorting things into folders. Do you think that would have some effect on it?

I do not know, maybe. I do not use my desktop as a folder per say, I just use it for temporary projects so I never really have to clean it up or organize. The majority of the PC's I work on have the desktop filled with shortcuts.

The behavior you describe is most common with poorly written software applications. The one's that comes to mind are DVD recording software.

[Jmarcelo]

Thanks, I will look. The closest thing I have to that is Fraps. But I managed to resolve it, so thanks a ton for your help.

[rwest]

Same here. I use my desktop more like a scratch pad. All my shortcuts are on the task bar or start menu. If I'm woking on a project I'll save the newly amended project to the desktop before I save it back to the original file. That way I don't lose any previous work, and I have a backup in case I make a change that's irreversable. Been there, done that.

BTW, the desktop cleanup probably saved all your shortcuts to a folder in its app location.

The desktop cleanup wizard built into windows, deletes the files and sends them to the recycle bin.(I think).