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Non Life Sciences => Geek Speak => Topic started by: Carolyn on 26/08/2008 03:12:48

Title: Why won't my icons work?
Post by: Carolyn on 26/08/2008 03:12:48

Earlier today, I logged out of my email, and logged out of TNS, but didn't "X" out of the internet before closing my laptop.  An hour or so later when I opened my laptop, IE stopped responding, so I then "X'd" out.  When I clicked on the IE icon, it didn't work, in fact, none of my icons work now. 

Does anyone have any idea why and how I can repair them?  Any help will be greatly appreciated and to show it, I'll send you a box of cookies. [:)]

Title: Why won't my icons work?
Post by: Karen W. on 26/08/2008 08:56:55

Sometime last week that happened to me and somehow I had managed unwittingly, to have turned off and disabled my icons... By accident this week I found a place on my tool bar to enable and show my icons! So it is working fine now.. I use Firefox web browser, so it wasn't explorer. I imagine you could look in preferences to find the tab to click enabling them again.

go here for IT:

http://delphi.about.com/cs/adptips2000/a/bltip1000_5.htm

If that doesn't work You may try this page:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Title: Why won't my icons work?
Post by: rosalind dna on 26/08/2008 12:03:30

Carolyn do you mean the desktop icons?

If so right-click on the desktop then go to "arrange icons by"
then either left-click on "Show Icons" to make a tick appear.

Or do the opposite left-click again to remove the tick and then the
icons will appear/disappear.

Which ever you want to happen also it's the same lot of commands for properties for desktop, screensaver stuff.

Title: Why won't my icons work?
Post by: Carolyn on 27/08/2008 02:08:48

Thanks Karen and Rosalind.  I have no idea why it happened in the first place, but Nic fixed it when he rebooted.

Title: Why won't my icons work?
Post by: neilep on 27/08/2008 02:26:15

I wish I could help but Icont !!  [;D]

Title: Why won't my icons work?
Post by: Carolyn on 27/08/2008 02:36:02

Quote from: neilep on 27/08/2008 02:26:15

I wish I could help but Icont !!  [;D]

What....no poem? [;)]

Title: Why won't my icons work?
Post by: neilep on 27/08/2008 02:43:57

Quote from: Carolyn on 27/08/2008 02:36:02

Quote from: neilep on 27/08/2008 02:26:15

I wish I could help but Icont !!  [;D]

What....no poem? [;)]

My icons don't work. my pc's a mess
My data's corrupt and my life is so stressed
Computer is down and I feel rather sick
Thank gawwd for a boy, my son whose called Nic

Title: Why won't my icons work?
Post by: Carolyn on 27/08/2008 02:52:39

Quote from: neilep on 27/08/2008 02:43:57

Quote from: Carolyn on 27/08/2008 02:36:02

Quote from: neilep on 27/08/2008 02:26:15

I wish I could help but Icont !!  [;D]

What....no poem? [;)]

My icons don't work. my pc's a mess
My data's corrupt and my life is so stressed
Computer is down and I feel rather sick
Thank gawwd for a boy, my son whose called Nic

Quality! 

Thank you. [:)]

Title: Why won't my icons work?
Post by: neilep on 27/08/2008 13:46:22

Quote from: Carolyn on 27/08/2008 02:52:39

Quote from: neilep on 27/08/2008 02:43:57

Quote from: Carolyn on 27/08/2008 02:36:02

Quote from: neilep on 27/08/2008 02:26:15

I wish I could help but Icont !!  [;D]

What....no poem? [;)]

My icons don't work. my pc's a mess
My data's corrupt and my life is so stressed
Computer is down and I feel rather sick
Thank gawwd for a boy, my son whose called Nic

Quality! 

Thank you. [:)]

 [;D]...lol....my (lack of) talent is just not appreciated here ! [;D]

Thanks Carolyn, glad ewe like it ! [:)]

Title: Why won't my icons work?
Post by: Gabe2k2 on 11/09/2008 22:01:23

Do you any form of registry cleaning programs If so re import an older copy or simply do a system restore. There are a number of reasons for this to happen from the NTOS.EXE file running as a process which can disassociate shortcuts and exe file from being executed to simple registry problems !