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    C: icon go poof

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by gusto5, Jun 4, 2006.

  1. gusto5

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    My C: local drive icon went missing in "My Computer". It appears on all my other partitions. Instead its showing the generic/unknown extension icon. What to do?
     
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  2. NissanSupraGTR

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    You can type C: in the address bar to get into your hard drive; if you want the icon back I don't know how...
     
    NissanSupraGTR, Jun 4, 2006
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    get the power toys for winxp (tweak UI) there is a repair icons option. I am not sure if that includes such cases, but might be worth a try.

    Otherwise you have to go do a registry edit to get back the original icon. Something simillar happens to me every once in a while. The labels of my optical drives get screwed and I have to fix them thru the registry.
     
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    tweak UI didnt do anything to solve the problem. How do i registry edit it?
     
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    I usually rely on google to refind the solution each time :p

    Here's what I found:

     
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    ok! so far so good. thanks
     
    gusto5, Jun 4, 2006
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