Icon Distortion

Question

I recently upgraded to Windows 7 (64bit). Shortly thereafter I began to have an issue with my desktop icons and icons in (on) my toolbars being distorted. They look like they are being "pulled" side to side, sometimes they are somewhat legible. If I roll my mouse over the distorted Icon it will go back to normal.

Any ideas? I run mostly windows apps, with skype and AVG 9.0.791.

Any thoughts would be appreciated

Mark_ms

Answer 1

Hi Mark,

This might be an issue with the corruption of IconCache.db. Let’s try rebuilding it and check if that helps.

1. Click Start >> type in “control folders “and hit the Enter button.
2. Under “Folder Options” click View Tab and then select “Show hidden files and folders” Apply the settings.
3. Open a Windows Explorer window.
4. Go to C:\Users\ (User Name)\AppData\Local
5. Right click on IconCache.db and click on Delete.
6. Click on Yes to confirm the deletion.

NOTE: This deletes the file to the Recycle Bin. It is safe to empty the Recycle Bin when finished.

7. Close the window.
8. Empty the Recycle Bin.
9. Restart the computer.
10. When you go back, you will notice the Size of the IconCache.db file is smaller, and the Date Modified is now the current date.

NOTE: If for some reason IconCache.db is not there or the size has not changed much, just restart the computer again. You may need to restart a couple of times in some cases.

11. The icon cache has been rebuilt.
12. Open Folder Options to select “Do not show hidden files and folders”.

Regards,

Chethan Kumar.

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Answer 2

What was the Bois setting.  I updated my Dell from Vista to Win 7...and occassionally my desktop Icons become distorted......

Answer 3

Chetham,

Thanks for the response.

I was eligible for a Windows 7  from Dell, 30 days after installation I was getting an error message saying to the effect "windows version is not valid.

After going round robin with Dell it seems that there was a setting (BIOS?) that would not recognise W7, my computer would only recognise my previous OS Vista.

After the setting was changed everything has gotten back to normal. No error message, no distortion.

Once again Thank you for your response.

Mark_ms