Windows Explorer Icon Woes...
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My next step would be to start spelunking the Registry for "video" and forage about from there. The HKLM, HKCU, and HKU would be likely places to search. I won't bother with the usual disclaimer about backing up the Registry first - I don't either, and I'll bet no one at Micro$oft does.
Am doing. I've already spent about thirty minutes looking at every entry matching "icon", but that didn't help. I'll try video, bbp, "256", "8 bit", etc, though. Roger Wright wrote: I won't bother with the usual disclaimer about backing up the Registry first Already did that too. I have task scheduler automatically backup the registry every Friday night, which is when NAV does it's weekly scan too. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
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I only hope this is not the case, considering I have spent the past two years tweaking the environment just how I like it. I fear a simple "repair" probably wont change which the offending settings (and it must be a setting as I have completed rebuilt the icon cache many times). If I have to do a full install, I am upgrading to XP... ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
You mean your current Windows installation is two years old? I wouldn't be able to handle that see. I need a fresh install once a year. Simon ...needs a bath. badly. Sonork ID 100.10024
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You mean your current Windows installation is two years old? I wouldn't be able to handle that see. I need a fresh install once a year. Simon ...needs a bath. badly. Sonork ID 100.10024
Yep. My motto is: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it. If it is broke, add that to the list of things never to attempt again." It's got me through 24 months with only a minor mishap (my motherboard stopped working for some unknown reason - possibly linked to the large black patches that appeared around some of the components...) I'd truely hate to lose it know and lose all my tweaks (that is the only reason I didn't upgrade my home machine to Windows XP). ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
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Why oh why oh why is Windows Explorer suddenly displaying all of the icons in 256 colours? I have checked and double checked that my desktop resolution is set to x * y * 16 million, but they are still 8 bit! I have tried (with no success): - setting the resolution to 256 colours and restarting, then changing back to 16 bit and restarting, then changing to 32 bit and restarting. None have any effect on the icons, though they do with the rest of the system (as expected). - removing the system's icon cache and restarting to rebuild it from scratch. Background info: - I have not installed or changed anything in the past few days. - I have not played any games in the last few days. - I have not slept in the last few days - or at least that's what it seems like. Ahh - deadlines! :( Please someone tell me there is a checkbox is some secret dialog or wizard that reads "Confuse David". ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
You might want to watch this thread at TechRepublic. This guy is having video problems similar to yours but using a different flavor of Windows. And if you want to ask a question there, let me know if you're not a member. It takes "points" to enter a support question, and it takes time to earn them, so I'll share.
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You might want to watch this thread at TechRepublic. This guy is having video problems similar to yours but using a different flavor of Windows. And if you want to ask a question there, let me know if you're not a member. It takes "points" to enter a support question, and it takes time to earn them, so I'll share.
Thanks for the link and the offer, but after reading it a few times it seems we have completely unrelated problems. I'll keep it in my bookmarks for the time being though, to see where it goes. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
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Am doing. I've already spent about thirty minutes looking at every entry matching "icon", but that didn't help. I'll try video, bbp, "256", "8 bit", etc, though. Roger Wright wrote: I won't bother with the usual disclaimer about backing up the Registry first Already did that too. I have task scheduler automatically backup the registry every Friday night, which is when NAV does it's weekly scan too. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
Do you have PowerToys? Nish Nish was here, now Nish has gone; He left his soul, to turn you on; Those who knew Nish, knew him well; Those who didn't, can go to hell. I like to :jig: on the Code Project Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org
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It was already checked, but to be sure I unchecked it - restarted - checked it - restarted, but no change. :(( ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
What's funny is that icons look pretty good in 256 colors. Yet there is something missing. That's why you and I and everyone else want the icons in 24 bit color. For such a small thing as an icon being less beautiful, a lot of people including me would be prepared to reinstall windows Nish Nish was here, now Nish has gone; He left his soul, to turn you on; Those who knew Nish, knew him well; Those who didn't, can go to hell. I like to :jig: on the Code Project Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org
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Alas, this didn't work, although at least now I have the latest video drivers! ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
David Wulff wrote: Alas, this didn't work, although at least now I have the latest video drivers! :-) Something to make you happy I hope. Nish Nish was here, now Nish has gone; He left his soul, to turn you on; Those who knew Nish, knew him well; Those who didn't, can go to hell. I like to :jig: on the Code Project Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org
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Good point. :-O I am using Windows 2000 Professional, SP2 ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
Sorry for vanishing jus like that. I fell asleep virtually Nish Nish was here, now Nish has gone; He left his soul, to turn you on; Those who knew Nish, knew him well; Those who didn't, can go to hell. I like to :jig: on the Code Project Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org
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What's funny is that icons look pretty good in 256 colors. Yet there is something missing. That's why you and I and everyone else want the icons in 24 bit color. For such a small thing as an icon being less beautiful, a lot of people including me would be prepared to reinstall windows Nish Nish was here, now Nish has gone; He left his soul, to turn you on; Those who knew Nish, knew him well; Those who didn't, can go to hell. I like to :jig: on the Code Project Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org
Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: For such a small thing as an icon being less beautiful, a lot of people including me would be prepared to reinstall windows It's not so much that reason (I can live with 256 colour icons), but the fact that something, somewhere must be wrong, and if that is wrong - what else could be? I am beginning to find other things around the system f**king up also, such as DD applications now run at about 10% the original speed. Something has gone seriously wrong. :(( ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
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Do you have PowerToys? Nish Nish was here, now Nish has gone; He left his soul, to turn you on; Those who knew Nish, knew him well; Those who didn't, can go to hell. I like to :jig: on the Code Project Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org
What like *really* big pneumatic drills? Lol – no I don’t, why? ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
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David Wulff wrote: DD applications now run at about 10% the original speed In the settings for your video card do you have hardware acceleration turned all the way up? That would certainly cause DD to slow down; not sure if that would affect icon colors (possible though). James Sonork ID: 100.11138 - Hasaki "My words but a whisper -- your deafness a SHOUT. I may make you feel but I can't make you think." - Thick as a Brick, Jethro Tull 1972
Yes - it's all the way up, as it has always been. Like I said, I honestly haven't changed a thing, nor run any programs or do anything I don't do regularly. This problem just "appeared" litterally overnight (fri/sat). :confused: ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
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Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: For such a small thing as an icon being less beautiful, a lot of people including me would be prepared to reinstall windows It's not so much that reason (I can live with 256 colour icons), but the fact that something, somewhere must be wrong, and if that is wrong - what else could be? I am beginning to find other things around the system f**king up also, such as DD applications now run at about 10% the original speed. Something has gone seriously wrong. :(( ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
David Wulff wrote: DD applications now run at about 10% the original speed In the settings for your video card do you have hardware acceleration turned all the way up? That would certainly cause DD to slow down; not sure if that would affect icon colors (possible though). James Sonork ID: 100.11138 - Hasaki "My words but a whisper -- your deafness a SHOUT. I may make you feel but I can't make you think." - Thick as a Brick, Jethro Tull 1972
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Am doing. I've already spent about thirty minutes looking at every entry matching "icon", but that didn't help. I'll try video, bbp, "256", "8 bit", etc, though. Roger Wright wrote: I won't bother with the usual disclaimer about backing up the Registry first Already did that too. I have task scheduler automatically backup the registry every Friday night, which is when NAV does it's weekly scan too. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
David Wulff wrote: I'll try video, bbp, "256", "8 bit", etc, though. Have you tried this one: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics\Shell Icon BPP should be 16 or higher. Just a thought... Max
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David Wulff wrote: I'll try video, bbp, "256", "8 bit", etc, though. Have you tried this one: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics\Shell Icon BPP should be 16 or higher. Just a thought... Max
I found that key the first time I searched the registry, and it said 16 as I expected it to. I've also (now) been through it with all the other search terms too, and found nothing. Now as a last resort I'll have to spend a few hours trawling through the MS KB. I say "as a last resort" as I've never had any luck there finding anything useful in any short amount of time. Add to that the fact I am 2 days overdue on a status report I owe a client (see the SQL forum), and I have at least four hours work on that tonight, and you have one very tired and very pissed off man. (edit: it is 12:30 AM on a Monday morning here at the moment :() I't alsmost to the stage where I will be disowning all my Microsoft software (and that lovely .NET basket ball set they sent me), and signing up for the slahdot newsletter... ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
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What like *really* big pneumatic drills? Lol – no I don’t, why? ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
Download PowerToys for Win2K from the MS site. I belive it has features to restore broken parts in Windows. Nish p.s. read restore as attempt-to-restore :-) Nish was here, now Nish has gone; He left his soul, to turn you on; Those who knew Nish, knew him well; Those who didn't, can go to hell. I like to :jig: on the Code Project Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org
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I found that key the first time I searched the registry, and it said 16 as I expected it to. I've also (now) been through it with all the other search terms too, and found nothing. Now as a last resort I'll have to spend a few hours trawling through the MS KB. I say "as a last resort" as I've never had any luck there finding anything useful in any short amount of time. Add to that the fact I am 2 days overdue on a status report I owe a client (see the SQL forum), and I have at least four hours work on that tonight, and you have one very tired and very pissed off man. (edit: it is 12:30 AM on a Monday morning here at the moment :() I't alsmost to the stage where I will be disowning all my Microsoft software (and that lovely .NET basket ball set they sent me), and signing up for the slahdot newsletter... ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
Thw worst thing about windows is that it messes up without us doing anything to it. I mean I can understand if it screws up when I install a new game or a new driver. But to go bananas just on a whim is crazy. Its happened to me too. I've had my sound card refusing to give sound all of a sudden and despite everything I tried. That's during my Win 95 days. Crazy! Nish Nish was here, now Nish has gone; He left his soul, to turn you on; Those who knew Nish, knew him well; Those who didn't, can go to hell. I like to :jig: on the Code Project Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org
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Download PowerToys for Win2K from the MS site. I belive it has features to restore broken parts in Windows. Nish p.s. read restore as attempt-to-restore :-) Nish was here, now Nish has gone; He left his soul, to turn you on; Those who knew Nish, knew him well; Those who didn't, can go to hell. I like to :jig: on the Code Project Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org
Thanks, i'll have a look for it. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
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Thanks for the link and the offer, but after reading it a few times it seems we have completely unrelated problems. I'll keep it in my bookmarks for the time being though, to see where it goes. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
Even though the link may not have been useful, it must have helped psycologically to know that other people have troubles too eh? Its happened to me. I have been totally upset with my life and then find other people in deeper shit than I am and then everything kinda looks okay. I am not saying that we should be happy at other people's bad luck, it's just that, it helps to give us a better perspective of the world in general. Its a bit like that saying, "I was sad cause I didnt have a new pair of shoes till I saw a man who didnt have any feet" Nish Nish was here, now Nish has gone; He left his soul, to turn you on; Those who knew Nish, knew him well; Those who didn't, can go to hell. I like to :jig: on the Code Project Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org
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I found that key the first time I searched the registry, and it said 16 as I expected it to. I've also (now) been through it with all the other search terms too, and found nothing. Now as a last resort I'll have to spend a few hours trawling through the MS KB. I say "as a last resort" as I've never had any luck there finding anything useful in any short amount of time. Add to that the fact I am 2 days overdue on a status report I owe a client (see the SQL forum), and I have at least four hours work on that tonight, and you have one very tired and very pissed off man. (edit: it is 12:30 AM on a Monday morning here at the moment :() I't alsmost to the stage where I will be disowning all my Microsoft software (and that lovely .NET basket ball set they sent me), and signing up for the slahdot newsletter... ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
David Wulff wrote: I found that key the first time I searched the registry [...] Hmm, bad... David Wulff wrote: Now as a last resort I'll have to spend a few hours trawling through the MS KB. I say "as a last resort" as I've never had any luck there finding anything useful in any short amount of time. LOL You should try finding something competly different. The chances are much higher then that you will find something you are really looking for :-) David Wulff wrote: I't alsmost to the stage where I will be disowning all my Microsoft software (and that lovely .NET basket ball set they sent me), and signing up for the slahdot newsletter... Should I send you my address? I'm very interested in your .NET box ;P BTW Did you won the .NET box at the Kent Hunting? I ask you because I haven't received anything from Microsoft :(( Keep cool David :cool: Max