[lil_cat_luver]

were you using IconPackager and ActiveIcons just to try and fix the problem or were these the cause of the problem?

I don't recall these were ever acceptable for windows 2k

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Right click a blank area on the DESKTOP, choose PROPERTIES, choose the DESKTOP tab, choose CUSTOMIZE DESKTOP button, then choose the MY DESKTOP ICON in the sliding window (is it correct?)

Choose CHANGE ICON, then click the BROWSE button and navigate to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\mydocs.dll, and choose the proper icon.

[gerryf]

Right click a blank area on the DESKTOP, choose PROPERTIES, choose the DESKTOP tab, choose CUSTOMIZE DESKTOP button, then choose the MY DESKTOP ICON in the sliding window (is it correct?)

Choose CHANGE ICON, then click the BROWSE button and navigate to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\mydocs.dll, and choose the proper icon.

[lil_cat_luver]

I don't have a desktop tab in the properties window. I think maybe you're thinking of windows xp?? I have windows 2000. Anyways, the problem is not with my desktop. The my documents icon on the desktop is fine, just the 16x16 one's are missing. Weird huh?

[gerryf]

sorry, you're correct.....please look in

c:\documents and settings\{profile name}\SendTo
what do you see?

Then, look in
c:\documents and settings\Default User\SendTo
what do you see?

[lil_cat_luver]

C:\documents and settings\{profile name}\SendTo has four files:

3 1/2 Floppy
Desktop (create a shortcut)
Mail Receipient
My Documents - has the default icon

C:\documents and settings\Default User\SendTo doesn't exist. I have this folder C:\documents and settings\All Users\ but there is no "SendTo" folder. The things in that folder are:

Desktop - folder
Documents - folder
Favorites - folder
Start Menu - folder
ntuser.dat

[gerryf]

C:\documents and settings\Default User\SendTo must exist, but it is a hidden file....in explorer, choose TOOLS > FOLDER OPTIONS and....hmmm, my memory is failing what the tab is, but you need to check the boxes to show hidden files and folders

[lil_cat_luver]

OK, I opened folder options and selected "Show hidden files and folders - ON" and found the folder The contents are same as C:\documents and settings\{profile name}\SendTo

[gerryf]

were you using IconPackager and ActiveIcons just to try and fix the problem or were these the cause of the problem?

I don't recall these were ever acceptable for windows 2k


(sorry, I accidentally deleted your original post.....long day.....)

[lil_cat_luver]

I'm not sure if they caused the icon to disappear. I think the missing icon problem first started when I changed back to the windows default package in IconPackager. Then I used the rebuild icon cache function to try to fix the problem.

ActiveIcons was recommended to me by someone a while ago, when I had a differnet icon problem . I'm pretty sure it's compatible with windows 2000. I just checked the IconPackager website, and there it said it's compatible with XP, ME, 2000, and 98. I could uninstall them, would that help?

Maybe TweakUI could've been the problem? In the description for "repair icons" it said that it'll delete all unused icons.

[gerryf]

I find these icon altering programs often have unexpected consequences....I really try to dissuade people from using them for these reasons, epecially when we're talking special icons like MY COMPUTER, MY DOCUMENTS, etc, which are not just icons, but Shell objects.

These involve tons of little registry hacks....

[gerryf]

start > run
regedit
<enter>

Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\DefaultIcon

Right click, export and name it icon1.reg

then find
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\DefaultIcon

Right click, export and name it icon2.reg

Zip them up and attach the zip to your next post.....I will take a look and see if I can see anything wrong.

[lil_cat_luver]

Um...before I do that, I have some new info that are maybe useful. I'm not familiar with registries so I'd like to avoid that if possible.

I have recorded the filepaths of all the possible icons (that I can find). On this computer, the icon for my document is at C:\WINDOWS\system32\mydocs.dll,0. Also, the missing my documents icons are actually only the send to icons. All the other 16x16 or 32x32 icons are fine.

OK, I hope that was of some help? If it's absolutely useless, I'll start the regedit.

[gerryf]

It's not useless, but doesn't solve the problem....it is a registry setting that points to the icon....I am not asking you to edit the registry, just export the keys....

Here is another possibility....go to control panel and create a new user....log in as the new user. Does the problem recur in the new account

[gerryf]

shwehh, getting very late here...I am going to knock off, but will bookmark this one for tomorrow, so after you post check back then....

[lil_cat_luver]

The same thing happens in the new account. I suppose I need to do that export now