Dodgy icons with recycle bins?

something dodgy has happend. all my icons on desktop have the recycle bin on top!.

so for example u see something like adobe reader with its original icon but the recycle bin icon is also there covering the top of it!!! its happend to 35 of the icons on my desktop... thats over half!!!

help....

also all my folders such as my documents arent folders but rather as files that are represented with that white box which normally is select a program to open...

HELP!PLEASE!

EDIT: i've also ran ad aware and nothing was found.

 

Try rebuilding your shelliconcache?

Click on Start>Settings>ControlPanel>FolderOptions>View.

Select "Show Hidden Files and Folders ". Un tick "Hide Protected Operating System Files and Folders. Click on Apply.



Click on Start>Find>Files, type: Shelliconcache and press enter. When it's found, right click on it and select Delete. Restart Windows.

*edit*
TweakUI should be able to fix it as well.

 

thanks very much...

u have any idea where i cudda got it from?

 

Coulda got it from?
You mean, how your shelliconcache got corrupted?
It just happens once in a while.

 

so its nothing to do with something wrong with my comp?

 

Nope. It just gets muddled from time to time.
Did you fix your icons then?

 

ye ye thanks loads. i deleted the shellconcache thing and it worked after restart.


btw do u know any reason why some of my files keep corrupting and go missing like media player files and files that run quicktime?


sometimes norton does that too and its kinda scary.

 

Have you done a recent and update virus scan lately?
Try using a free online virus checker, such as Housecall