WRONG icons :S

gaveramon · 9th October 2003

A couple of days ago when I start up my computer,
I saw all my icons who were different

for example: there used to be an > arrow after programs (documents, etc.) in the start menu,
but now I see a computermouse-icon instead of the > icon.
I have this with every option that contains a sub-menu.
Other things are: when I check something, I used to have a checkmark, but now I have a strange wave-icon.
All the new icons look like the wingding-icons

plz help me,
GaVeRaMoN

**PeteC** · 10th October 2003

Hi - Welcome to the Board

A couple of ways to go :

Look here under i = icons repair view
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
or alternatively download Tweakui from here
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
and use the Repair function - rebuild icons.

It is possible that you have a virus or spyware which is causing this problem so update your virus definitions and run a full virus check, then run Spybot and AdAware - update their reference files before running - run both and run Spybot before AdAware

gaveramon · 10th October 2003

thnx

I downloaded and tried TweakUI but it didn't help
neither did the other site

I allready tried ad-aware before and didn't help either

here is a pic. with an example of my problem:

http://members.lycos.nl/gaveramon/problem.jpg

Could it be something with my standard language?
How can I change it then?

TIA
and cya

**PeteC** · 10th October 2003

Very strange - have you loaded any new software in the last few days?

Try running System File Checker .........
Start > Run sfc /scannow

If you have a System Restore point before the problem occurred try restoring to that point.

tjazar · 16th December 2003

I'd like to resurrect this thread, as I have recently fallen victim to the exact same problem posted at the top. My screen even looks the same as the shot above, with mouse icons where arrows should be and other oddities. Any help whatsoever would be greatly appreciated. Quite frankly, I'm stumped.

shadowhawk · 16th December 2003

I don't know if this applies in XP, but in Win95 I got problems kinda like this after I deleted the MARLETT.TTF font, which was a system font necessary to display some menu symbles. Did any of you delete any fonts?

Newt · 16th December 2003

Did you try the suggestions PeteC made to the original poster? They may well help even though gaveramon evidently couldn't be bothered to post back with his/her results.

Geordie · 17th December 2003

This sometimes happens to me too, but only when I mess around and change themes, then change them back.

What I do to get all my icons back to normal is install this;

http://www.stardock.com/products/iconpackager/

Its called Icon Packager and basically theres lots of different types of icons to set as all your default ones.

If I set a theme, change it and it mucks my icons all up, I open this program, choose 'set default icons' and everything returns to normal.

The programs compatible with 98, ME, 2000 & XP so give it a go.

Good luck.

tjazar · 17th December 2003

Thanks for all the help. It appears that the Marlett font has indeed gone AWOL, so I'm going to transfer the font from another XP computer. Finally, a resolution!