My Custom Desktop Icons Keep Reverting to Windows Default Icons

This isn't a serious problem, but it is annoying since it has never happened before and I'm used to having a Win XP custom desktop.

Anyway, I can't think of anything new that I've done to my computer as of late but now, whenever I restart or turn off my computer, my custom icons revert to default windows icons.

By this I mean:

My Computer
My Documents
My Network Places
Recycle Bin (full)
Recycle Bin (empty)

I can normally customize these by clicking right clicking on the desktop > Properties > Desktop > Customize Desktop > Change Icon

But, just as of this week, they have begun to revert back to the boring default windows icons.

I'm sure this is a simple problem but I can't for the love of God figure out how to fix it.

I have already increased the cached icon .db file size and even deleated the file and let windows rebuild it.

Any suggestions would be incredibly appreciated.

 

Do users of WinXP still have a Shelliconcache file? If so, delete it and reboot. Also I know there is a TweakUI program for WinXP. Perhaps it still has a Repair tab|Rebuild Icons button like TweakUI for older versions of Windows.
P.S. Again based on Win98, Shelliconcache often is a hidden file. So if WinXP has that setting you have to change it to "Show all Files ".

 

XP's file is called iconcache.bd and I have already deleated that also. I haven't tried the TweekUi angle yet. I'll give it a try.

John