distorted icons

hi,using windows xp. icons in system tray and quick launch bar are distorted and fuzzy looking. desktop icons are ok. it happened after i tried to change screen resolution from 800x600 to 1024x768. i went back to the 800x600 resolution but icons still distorted.also settingsare always changing.even locked toolsbar will change .also folder views always change even though i click apply to all folders.any help would be greatly appreaciated. thanks paul

 

Have you tried doing a system restore to a point prior to having changed the resolution to see if that would fix the fuzziness you are seeing.

Also if you have a flat screen monitor, or are using a laptop, you should run Clear Type to see if this helps. You can read about what clear type is and how to turn it on at the following link;

Clear Type

To address your folder views always changing, for some reason XP occasionally gets confused as to what you set. To fix this you will need to edit the registry;

Open Regedit

Navigate to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU and delete the key.

Then navigate to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bag and delete the key.

Close regedit and reboot. When you reboot these keys will be recreated. Now when you set your folder settings they should stay the way you set them.

HTH

 

hi, rod, thanks for the reply. the icon thing was something i downloaded from windows update. i used system restore and it worked. as far as the folder view when i get to the key bag mru do i just click on it and then delete it from the leftside window. i dont expand it or delete anything from the right side window do i. i'm not to familar with working with registry. but this promblem is so annoying i am willing to try anything.

 

Nope. Just locate the key on the left, highlight it, and delete.

There are times when you only want to get rid of specific values (on the right) but in this case, you want the whole thing gone.

As a precaution, make sure you have system restore turned on and a restore point from right before you do the deed. Then if something goes wrong (shouldn't but hey, these are computers ) you can easily get back to where you are now.

 

thanks, i,ll try it and let you know what happens. it may take a couple of days before i find out if it works. by the way could it be something i,m deleteing with mru blaster. i seem to notice the folder settings change after i use mru blaster. i think