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    Disappearing Icon Text?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by pixelot, Mar 3, 2008.

  1. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Has anyone seen this? If so, what do I do about it? If I hit F2 (rename) the name appears, but otherwise it is invisible. Thanks.

    blank_icons.jpg
     
    pixelot, Mar 3, 2008
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    *bump bump*
     
    pixelot, Mar 25, 2008
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    Lawrence Notebook Evangelist

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    Wow...First time I saw this.

    Is this a trick or a problem?

    mmm... this is awesome if this is a secret trick.
     
    Lawrence, Mar 25, 2008
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    It's not a trick. And it's still there. I'm mad. :mad:
     
    pixelot, Mar 25, 2008
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    What do you get when you right click on the icon(s)? Does this happen for all icons, or just the ones in the Program Files directory?
     
    kegobeer, Mar 25, 2008
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    Also, have you done any Vista tweaking? Do you remember what you installed/removed/tweaked immediately before the filenames disappeared?

    Have you tried opening a command prompt as the administrator and running a SCANNOW?

    SFC /SCANNOW

    Have you also tried repairing the system (boot from the Vista DVD, System Repair, etc, etc)?
     
    kegobeer, Mar 25, 2008
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    Forget everything I posted. Do this:

    Hold down the shift key, right click on the folder, select open. Make sure to keep holding down the shift key. That will toggle between file names and no files names. It's an old XP trick!
     
    kegobeer, Mar 25, 2008
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    Dude, thanks SO much!

    That must have been it.

    I had just installed Winbubble to try it out, and set it to remove the shortcut arrows from icons, but FxVisor was already installed, so I thought they may have been conflicting, so I uninstalled Winbubble, and then my icon text disappeared (only in Program Files), so I thought something in the registry was messed up, but I must have just hit shift while I opened that folder! :eek:

    Thanks again!
     
    pixelot, Mar 26, 2008
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    No problem. Glad it fixed your text problem.
     
    kegobeer, Mar 26, 2008
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    Lawrence, Mar 27, 2008
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