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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: WMCoolmon on April 19, 2003, 02:11:56 pm

Title: Argh! My icons!
Post by: WMCoolmon on April 19, 2003, 02:11:56 pm
Very recently, after exiting a game, nearly all my shortcut icons on my desktop and quicklaunch bars have disappeared/appear corrupted. (See screenshot) They can't be fixed by changing the icon back, or so it seems. Any clues on what caused the problem or how to fix it?

Screenshot (http://fs2source.warpcore.org/wmctemp/badicons.gif)
Title: Argh! My icons!
Post by: IceFire on April 19, 2003, 02:16:54 pm
Reset/power down do the trick?

Maybe the files that archive your icons have been corrupted.  Very strange.  Perhaps remove all those icons and make them new after a reset.

I've seen icons replaced for short periods of time but not over a long period of time.
Title: Argh! My icons!
Post by: WMCoolmon on April 19, 2003, 02:32:20 pm
It's been like this since I turned off my computer last night... :(

Removing and remaking the shortcuts does seem to work, but non-shortut files are also affected. (such as documents and My Computer). Oddly enough, the icons on the desktop appear properly in details view. The ones on the quick launch bar don't appear properly in any view style. Here's another screenshot which is a bit more revealing than the last: Another screenshot (http://fs2source.warpcore.org/wmctemp/badicons2.gif)
Title: Argh! My icons!
Post by: Stryke 9 on April 19, 2003, 02:39:49 pm
Do a virus scan. Lots of the nasty ones make the desktop go funky as a symptom. At least two I've had...
Title: Argh! My icons!
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on April 19, 2003, 02:57:27 pm
What about a simple "Rebuild Icons" in TweakUI?
Title: Argh! My icons!
Post by: ZylonBane on April 19, 2003, 04:01:26 pm
Yup, your ShellIconCache has become corrupted.

What, you don't have TweakUI installed? :eek2:
Title: Argh! My icons!
Post by: Sandwich on April 19, 2003, 04:44:13 pm
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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
What about a simple "Rebuild Icons" in TweakUI?


:nod:

http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTTweakUI.asp


And pray tell me more about this Jazz Jackrabbit 2 I see on your contact list. :D
Title: Argh! My icons!
Post by: Stryke 9 on April 19, 2003, 04:46:22 pm
Do I wanna know why 2/3 of his desktop is text files and ****?
Title: Argh! My icons!
Post by: Sandwich on April 19, 2003, 04:56:50 pm
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Originally posted by Stryke 9
Do I wanna know why 2/3 of his desktop is text files and ****?


:wtf: Who taught you math? It's barely 1/3rd. :rolleyes:

:D
Title: Argh! My icons!
Post by: WMCoolmon on April 19, 2003, 05:34:30 pm
TweakUI's rebuild icons did the trick. Thanks, all. :nod:

About the Jazz Jackrabbit 2 on my contact list, it's from about 1998-1999 when Jazz 2 was one of the few games with Internet play. In typical newbie fashion, I managed to get the ICQ #s of about 1/10 of the JJ2 community. :D I haven't played it for awhile, though, because of the lack of players and large number of battle servers. (I like CTF much better)

About the text files, notepad tends to get quite a bit of use as a post-it note substitute.
Title: Argh! My icons!
Post by: J.F.K. on April 19, 2003, 09:46:55 pm
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Originally posted by WMCoolmon
About the Jazz Jackrabbit 2 on my contact list, it's from about 1998-1999 when Jazz 2 was one of the few games with Internet play. In typical newbie fashion, I managed to get the ICQ #s of about 1/10 of the JJ2 community. :D I haven't played it for awhile, though, because of the lack of players and large number of battle servers. (I like CTF much better)


JJ2 had a net play option? Whoa, I completely missed that...
Title: Argh! My icons!
Post by: WMCoolmon on April 19, 2003, 10:02:16 pm
:nod:
Start Game->Party mode->Internet play (TCP/IP)->Client

You'll probably need a few patches to get the listserver working properly, though.
Title: Argh! My icons!
Post by: CP5670 on April 19, 2003, 10:05:52 pm
I used to play that game a bit when it was released but the problem was that many of the people in the games were not playing at all; they were simply using it as a chat room, which made obviously made things somewhat boring. :p :D
Title: Argh! My icons!
Post by: Grey Wolf on April 19, 2003, 10:13:08 pm
I remember the original Jazz Jackrabbit :)

That was a fun game.
Title: Argh! My icons!
Post by: Stealth on April 19, 2003, 10:47:34 pm
the screenshots aren't working :(
Title: Argh! My icons!
Post by: Sandwich on April 20, 2003, 01:08:53 am
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Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009
I remember the original Jazz Jackrabbit :)

That was a fun game.


Exactly - I never knew #2 was out! :p
Title: Argh! My icons!
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on April 20, 2003, 09:33:08 am
I've never heard of it at all, what is it?

It's not, it's not like... Vib Ribbon is it?
Title: Argh! My icons!
Post by: Razor on April 20, 2003, 10:20:22 am
System restore is A1 Supar. :p
Title: Argh! My icons!
Post by: ZylonBane on April 20, 2003, 03:00:09 pm
System Restore is a sledgehammer for people who don't know what they're doing.
Title: Argh! My icons!
Post by: J.F.K. on April 21, 2003, 04:42:49 am
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Originally posted by Sandwich
Exactly - I never knew #2 was out! :p


Man, you're missing out! Grab it off Amazon or something if you can't find it locally. :)

Demo: ftp://ftp.epicgames.com/games/Jazz2swf.exe
Title: Argh! My icons!
Post by: 01010 on April 21, 2003, 06:13:39 am
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Originally posted by ZylonBane
System Restore is a sledgehammer for people who don't know what they're doing.


:lol:  :yes:
Title: Argh! My icons!
Post by: Sandwich on April 21, 2003, 01:25:00 pm
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Originally posted by J.F.K.


Man, you're missing out! Grab it off Amazon or something if you can't find it locally. :)

Demo: ftp://ftp.epicgames.com/games/Jazz2swf.exe


Full game: http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=4359