PROBLEM (OVERLAID Desktop ICons) SOLVED in the Registry was the dastardly doomster.....
Good Idea.. Created a brand new account, and ... Yup.. OVERLAID Icons on that one too! Bob K.
I've deleted that IconCache.db several ways. As above, with my "Take Command" & Delete /Force. As Miz described (which didn't work), and as...
I Was able to delete the IconCache.db file.. But when I restarted, all the overlaid Icons returned. I use "Take Command" A 'super...
Thanks, sounds right to me!.. Using DOS Command line, I can find the Icon file. But as an administrator, it still won't let me delete it....
Had some work done at a computer shop, came home and found that my (many) icons all show the 'missing icon' overlaying them. (the 'missing icon'...
I had XP SP3 on my desktop when it went down. (& would have stayed with it!) The crash wiped out both MBA and the HP installation partition's...
Follow up I held off on replacing this perfectly good Epson Scanner hoping to get VM running my XP which does support it (Epson won't do a 64bit...
I thought I'd noted a NON-Microsoft shareware/freeware/whatever that could be added to Windows Home Premium (64bit if it matters). That can run...
reluctantly running... ... Windows 7 64bit. I was perfectly happy with XP, but the PC died. I didn't realize how Windows 7 now...
My original post was during fustration of not having most of my old XP & DOS utilites work with Windows 7. Leaving my XP HD unreadable, finding...
I've found that all my old DOS ".COM" files won't work. I had a simple 683 Byte (not MB or KB, just B) REDATE.COM program from 1986 that I used...
Thanks guys, I feel better now that you've pointed out how to remove the shackles preventing me from doing what *I* want to do! .. But,...
None of my old DOS commands, utilities, programs work. Windows 7 recovery will wipe out my XP MBR by replacing it with it's own, and remove the...
I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit & according to MS, their VM will NOT work without an upgrade to one of those others. I'll try it but I...
Thanks, I'll give it a try (Free trial, doesn't say how long ). It looks good, supports many scanners. But costs $40. For that or a few...
I've been trying to solve a number of problems unique to Windows 7, and all seem to be related to "Security ". I've heard from a few people...
Did you change the Bootable HD in Bios? Win7 likely slapped it's own MBR onto the "Bootable HD" per Bios. If so, W7 MBR code is finding XP...
Hmmmm... "Program biles "?? I hope that was just a typo on your post.. ;-) CALL the HP support. My experiences with them have been...
Thanks kimsland, it's a bit better. I can't enter a new timestamp, it takes days & hours to reset the file's existing time. A bit of a pain...
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