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Old 05-11-2007, 01:20 PM   #1
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I closed DOSBox 0.71 and found all the icons on my desktop as well as on the Start menu have been changed to those you get when they're "unknown file type". I emptied my trashcan and some, but not all, icons got restored. I have plenty of free space on the hdd (fairly new).

What is going on and how can I fix it? Thanks a ton to whoever have an answer.
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Old 05-11-2007, 02:03 PM   #2
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Hmmm, strange...

Maybe You've got some nasty little bug?
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Old 05-11-2007, 02:05 PM   #3
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Doing an AVG scan now, and it found a delf.ckk trojan in one exe. Still scanning.

I have had this exe for a while now, but when I d/l it and scanned it, AVG found nothing. Now it does. :wallbash:

EDIT: Scan finished. Only the delf.ckk found and fixed, according to AVG at least. Still the icons are messed up.
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Old 05-11-2007, 03:55 PM   #4
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I remember that happened to me back awhile ago from either Deus Ex, or Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, when I exited the program after like a resolution change, guessing you must have tried rebooting already, otherwise reenter dosbox again exit again as normal, reboot and see what happens it might just get your icons back.
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Old 05-11-2007, 04:01 PM   #5
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DD, my man I started up DB and the game (just in case I needed to set the resolution to what it was when it happened), exited both, and lo and behold the icons reappeared. Didn't even have to reboot.

Thanks a ton, mate k:
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Old 05-11-2007, 04:32 PM   #6
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No problem. First time that happened to me, I started to manually find the icons and essentially go through a bunch finding the original icon and making sure XP would recognize it again, then fluke luck went back into the game and volia the icons returned, glad to see the same held true. k:
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Old 05-11-2007, 09:38 PM   #7
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Next time it happens, just press F5 or right-click on desktop and select "Refresh" and see if that helps.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Scatty @ Nov 5 2007, 11:38 PM) [snapback]318374[/snapback]</div>
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Next time it happens, just press F5 or right-click on desktop and select "Refresh" and see if that helps.
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One of the first things I tried No luck.
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Old 06-11-2007, 01:59 AM   #9
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muck happens, I guess Windows is not bug-free, it once happened to me and persisted for many days (yes I turned off the computer many times during that time), then came back some day for some unknown reason. :P
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Old 06-11-2007, 10:02 AM   #10
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hah, this bug happens to me more often, after i close some program with high cpu usage and it hangs or something. f5 sometimes helps, sometimes you have to reboot
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