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argghhhh ugly icons

DiscoStu · 2002-04-10 00:48:43

for some unknown reason windows xp has decided that if my desktop colour depth is set at 16bpp it will only display those horrible 256 colour icons only. using repair icons in tweakui hasnt done anything. i remember hearing that there is a file that windows uses to cache all its icons in but i cant remember what its…

10-04-2002 1:48am

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DiscoStu

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for some unknown reason windows xp has decided that if my desktop colour depth is set at 16bpp it will only display those horrible 256 colour icons only. using repair icons in tweakui hasnt done anything. i remember hearing that there is a file that windows uses to cache all its icons in but i cant remember what its called(not shell32.dll before anyone says anything). im going to sent it to the firey depths of the recycle bin to rot with the rest of its vga chums hahahhahahhhaaaaa. help they are so ugly.

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#2 13-04-2002 12:48pm

WD40

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The file is "shelliconcache"

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#3 13-04-2002 1:19pm

saik

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and if that doesn't work:

my computer/contol panel/display/

effects tab

make sure display icons using all available colours is checked

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#4 16-04-2002 3:33pm

DiscoStu

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none of those things are in xp. had to delete the user account and create a new one to fix it

thanks anyway

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