Reload this Page Most of my icons have disappeared!

While I was playing game and I hit alt+tab to get back to the previous browser and all of a sudden all my icons vanished. So I restarted the computer and got some back. Below is a picture of my desktop. Please let me know what I need to do to get all the icons back to normal. Thanks

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/822/untitledku7.jpg

Edit: Where did "reload this page" came from?

 

if they're my computer, my documents, etc. icons, try customize desktop under (right click) -> properties -> desktop, and you can restore the icons to default

Edit:

 

No, it's not those icons that came with windows but icons like firefox, nero, etc...

 

Try right clicking your desktop. Then go into the "arrange icons by" and make sure "show desktop icons" is checked.

Good luck
Tim

 

Yup, it is checked. Man this sucks.

 

in that case you can try right click on the icons and go to properties, and you should see "change icon", or you can delete all those icons and create new ones.
both ways can get pretty annoying though

 

Well, I after I scan for spywares and rebooted my computer some icons are back to normal. I also did some manual work but coudln't get the icon for cd rom and limewire to show.

 

LOL, all my icons are back to neutral after I have played cs 1.6. Thanks for those who replied.

 

Tweak UI has an option to repair icons.

 

Next time it happens, right click on the desktop and select "refresh". Always works for me when my icons copy each other or have that generic icon.

 

yeah, i've tried that but it didn't work. Well, I got it all back by playing cs again... I don't know why???

 

I had this exact same issue happen to me yesterday. I still havnt figured out how to fix it though... My initial reaction was to refresh the desktop, change the icons manually, or customize the desktop as you all had said. None of these work though. Hmm I'm thinking it has something to do with online gaming and the change in desktop resolutions. Any OTHER ideas? lol

EDIT :: Ok... if anybody else gets this problem from a game that changes your resolution. What you need to do is

1) exit from the game.

2) restart the game

3) exit again from the game and restart your computer

These 3 steps worked for me and it seems to work now.

 

I second the usage of Tweak UI. Likely your icon cache got corrupted, Tweak UI can wipe it so the icons are all re-loaded. (under the 'repair' section)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
^ Download link in the blue column at the right side of the page.