something wrong in movie maker that makes all my desktop icons have the image of a film strip - HELP!

all I did was one of my movies watch and do not know how it changed all my icons of film strips images?

Hello

Thanks for posting in the Microsoft Community Forum. Rest assured that we would do our best to help you.

Answering the question that helps us understand the issue:

What are the exact changes in Movie maker?

Try these steps and see if it helps:

Step 1:

Run the fixit from following link and if it helps:

Difficulty of broken desktop shortcuts and common system maintenance tasks

http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/system_maintenance_for_windows/en-us

Step 2:

Has) enable thumbnail preview
a. click on the file-Type options start-> open Folder Options.
b. click on the view tab
c. to turn ON folder and file preview - thumbnails
Uncheck the box always show icons, never thumbnails.
d. click OK.

(B) rebuild the icon Cache
a. click on the file-Type options start-> open Folder Options. Click the view tab, select Show hidden folders and files. Click Ok.
b. open a Windows Explorer window.
c. go to C:\Users\(User Name) \AppData\Local
d. right-click on IconCache.db and click on delete.
e. click Yes to confirm the deletion.

NOTE: this deletes the file to the trash. It is safe to empty the trash when you are done.

f. close the window.
g emptying the trash.
h. restart the computer.
i. When you come back, you will notice the size of the file IconCache.db is reduced, and the update is now the current date.

NOTE: If for some reason any IconCache.db isn't there or the size has not changed much, then just restart the computer again. You may need to restart a few times in some cases.

j. the icon cache has been rebuilt.
k. Open Folder Options to select (round) do not show the hidden files and folders. Click ok, and then check if the problem persists.

Hope this information helps. If you have any questions do not hesitate to answer, we would be happy to help.

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