Minor problem with Win2K icons

[DMC2]

They appear like they're displayed with 256 colours or something. Current Display settings are:

True Color (32 bit)
800x600 res.

Also under 'Effects' in the Display Properties:

'Show icons using all possible colors' is ENABLED

Tried deleting IconCache file in Windows directory and I've also tried re-installing the video driver over the current one.

Any ideas? Thanks for you time.

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Hi. Thanks for the reply.

Yeah, I've tried that. It's set to True Color (32 bit).

...and yes. I recently installed the ATI AiW Radeon. I didn't have the problem for wile but something must have happened. Not sure when though.

Monitor driver...never ever had to download one fo those. Just used the generic ones ...so I'll try that now.

Edit: no good.

I'm guessing it's something to with my display drivers. Should I remove tem first then re-install them?

edit again: removed and reinstalled ATI display driver to no avail.

Any ideas?

 

[Tushman]

DMC, i don't know if you have already tried this or not.

Go to your Control Panel, click on Display. Then click on the Settings Tab. You should see a drop down menu option that says 32-Bit or similar. Select that and see if your problem goes away.

Also, try to update your monitor driver.

Did this problem occur after you upgraded a hardware or software?

 

[JohnWill]

You could cruise over to Microsoft and download TweakUI, try the "Repair Icons" entry. You can also check here ActiveIcons, it claims to clear the icon cache and rebuild the icons.

 

[DMC2]

hi, thanks for the reply

How do I install this Tweak UI? MS say that there's a Readme file but there isn't so now I don't know how to install it.

I got it from here:

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

I've extracted the files:

tweakui.cnt
tweakui.cpl
tweakui.hlp
tweakui.inf
tweakui.GID (hidden file)

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Active icon's quite nify. Unfortunately, it didn't solve the problem.

 

[JohnWill]

Right click on the .INF file and select install.

 

[DMC2]

Hi

errr...I fixed it by restoring from a Ghost image...it was just too annoying seeing the icons like that.

Thanks for the replies though. I have a feeling Tweak UI wouldn't have done anything but I'll play about with it. Least I learnt of the other icon tool

 

[baoling]

I'm facing this problem too. I'm using the latest display card driver, using Win 2k server, and I have tried tweak ui, but the icons still showing dull color. Below is my desktop icons.

By the way, what is ghost image? How to restore?