Windows 7 problem: all the icons on my desktop a safari icon image!

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• I use windows 7 and all the icons are the same. What is going on?

  I tried to restore the default values to the icons thanks to 'customize '. If I change an icon of what it should be, all other change with him.

  There are separate Forums for different operating systems

  For any question on Windows 7:

  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/category/Windows7

  Link above is Windows 7 Forum for questions on Windows 7.

  Windows 7 questions should be directed to the it.

  You are in the Vista Forums.

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• File extension on Windows & almost all programs of all the icons of evil - evil

  When Windows came, he invited me and I accidentally applied the wrong program to all file extensions. Now nothing opens in Windows. Almost all the icons of file types are OpenOffice - which is the type of file, I chose in this prompt. Help!

  Hello

  I suggest that you follow the steps in these articles to correct the problem.

  How to change or choose the program that starts when you double-click a file in Windows XP

  How to change your default programs and enable or remove access to Microsoft Windows programs and non-Microsoft

• All the icons and screen menus desapeared start-up; Windows XP.

  After that I had "repaired" my PC with "AntiVir" asked me if I want all the files to repair damaged. I clicked 'Yes', the PC has restarted and I was amazed to see all the icons and the menu start disappeared from the screen. So, now I could open only programs from the Windows Task Manager. Please, help me find the way out of this situation. Thank you in advance.

  Ivan

  You see only your background image and the wallpaper?
  Miss all your desktop icons and you don't see the taskbar at the bottom of the screen or are simply missing icons and you can see the taskbar at the bottom?
  Check the simple things first.  Right-click on an open space on your desktop, choose Arrange icons by and make sure the option show desktop icons has a check mark next to it.  This will work if you don't miss you that the desktop icons, but still see the Start button and the taskbar.
  If only you can see your wallpaper background picture and don't see the desktop icons and no start button or taskbar, this means that the explorer.exe program does not run (and it must be running) or the explorer.exe program are usually afflicted.  A good way to think about at the moment, it is that the process explorer.exe "is" your desktop.
  If this is the case, the malicious software in general is preparing.
  What is your system brand and model?
  What is your version of XP and the Service Pack?
  You have a true bootable XP installation CD (it is not the same as any recovery CD provided with your system)?
  Describe your current antivirus and software anti malware situation: McAfee, Norton, Spybot, AVG, Avira!, Defender, ZoneAlarm, PC Tools, MSE, Comodo, etc..
  Sometimes your anti malware program to quarantine (and indeed remove) your file explorer.exe (or other critical files on the XP system) if it finds that the file is infected.  The file may really be infected, but you can know for sure and then reconsider your anti malware options.
  First, you need to get your work desk, then you can solve your problem of potential malware.
  Of your background image, press CTRL-ALT-DEL and open Task Manager.
  Look at the processes tab and if the process explorer.exe is not running, start it as follows:
  In Task Manager, click file, new task, and in the Open box, enter:
  %windir%\explorer.exe
  Click OK and see if get you your office.
  If explorer.exe is already running in the processes tab, it is likely that the object of the affection and will need to be replaced (which is not difficult).
  If you notice that the explorer.exe process is already running in the Task Manager, highlight the explorer.exe process, and then click end process to stop and start a new explorer.exe process as described above.
  If things look right now, your system is still not fixed, but it should be enough usable so now you can fix it.
  I would start with these scans:
  Perform scans for malware first, then these scans by operating clean, difficulty of problems:
  Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware detection programs:
  Malwarebytes (MMFA): http://malwarebytes.org/
  SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/
  They can be uninstalled later if you wish.
  Please report back with information about your system and your results if you need additional assistance.

  Do, or do not. There is no test.

  I need YOUR voice and the points for helpful answers and propose responses. I'm saving for a pony!

• My computer when it is turned on will not past the blue screen of Windows Vista, not able to see the start with all the icons page

  Had to restart the computer and turned on will not go beyond Windows Vista of the screen blue, not able to see the start with all the icons page

   

  Restore point:

  Try typing F8 at startup and in the list of Boot selections, select Mode safe using ARROW top to go there > and then press ENTER.

  Try a restore of the system once, to choose a Restore Point prior to your problem...

  Click Start > programs > Accessories > system tools > system restore > choose another time > next > etc.

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  If restore work not and you do not have a Vista DVD from Microsoft, do a repair disc to do a Startup Repair:

  Download the ISO on the link provided and make a record of repair time it starts.

  Go to your Bios/Setup, or the Boot Menu at startup and change the Boot order to make the DVD/CD drive 1st in the boot order, then reboot with the disk in the drive.

  At the startup/power on you should see at the bottom of the screen either F2 or DELETE, go to Setup/Bios or F12 for the Boot Menu.

  When you have changed that, insert the Bootable disk you did in the drive and reboot.

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial148.html

  Link above shows what the process looks like and a manual, it load the repair options.

  NeoSmart containing the content of the Windows Vista DVD 'Recovery Centre', as we refer to him. It cannot be used to install or reinstall Windows Vista, and is just a Windows PE interface to recovering your PC. Technically, we could re-create this installation with downloadable media media freely from Microsoft (namely the Microsoft WAIK, several gigabyte download); but it is pretty darn decent of Microsoft to present Windows users who might not be able to create such a thing on their own.

  Read all the info on the website on how to create and use:

  http://NeoSmart.net/blog/2008/Windows-Vista-recovery-disc-download/

  ISO Burner: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/active-isoburner.html

  It's a very good Vista startup repair disk.

  You can do a system restart tool, system, etc it restore.

  It is NOT a disc of resettlement.

  And the 32-bit is what normally comes on a computer, unless 64-bit.

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• All the icons disappeared spontaneously (charging, home, folders, files exe in tabs, favicons)

  I use the latest version of Firefox (as of 3 October 2014 impossible to verify what version because I don't know which button to press - see question) on Windows 8.1. I did not close the browser, but all of a sudden all THE icons disappeared. If I click on the blank spaces, functions will continue to operate (for example I can always close a tab), but I don't see what follows: Reload, Home, buttons etc. Bookmark folder icons; No icons on the settings tab; Exe in the upper right corner of the tabs; Favicons.

  Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/tools > Modules > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is the cause of the problem.

  • Put yourself in the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/tools > Modules > appearance
  • Do NOT click on the reset button on the startup window Mode safe
  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/safe+mode
  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

• Problems of the icon

  When I tried to download a portable manual asked me to use Adobe, which I did and then almost all the icons on the PC showed like Adobe. I managed to change this in internet explorer, but it means that everything I try to access ends on e lnk which is useless. How to restore icons to their original state? (I managed to get some of them on the taskbar as a deficiency in the judgment)

  The files "program" on your desktop and menu items are actually of shortcuts (for example, . LNK) files that point to the programs or documents. The fact that they are all 'look' like Adobe is because they have become inadvertently associated with the Adobe program.

  I've seen this happen when opening a program via a shortcut (for example. LNK file), you are asked what type of program to open it with. After selecting Adobe (or another program) via the Select a program from a list of programs installedand check always use the selected program to open this type of file (circled in red below), the program referenced by the shortcut of origin or document opens in Adobe as it should.

  

  The problem is that now all shortcuts (for example. LNK files) on the desktop or in the Explorer will want to be opened by Adobe and use the Adobe icon to display the shortcut no matter what shortcut was initially intended to open. This is known as a file association and the default icon. The same condition can occur if you have performed these actions 'Open with' on one. JPG or even a. EXE, but the. LNK explanation is much more likely for the items on the desktop or menu.

  The good news is that a small free utility was written to cancel the. LNK file association was created. There is also a registry hack to achieve, but I recommend the utility unLNK for its ease of use.

  I would suggest using the UnAssoc utility to remove the stray file association. I used to send people on another site to download this utility, but this site has become confused with all the ads and fake download links. I put a copy on my SkyDrive here.

  

  Just download, then use the utility to unassociate the. LNK files for the user or globally delete the file type and let windows rebuild a new to the default values.

• Why all the icons in the notification area are identical

  Why all the icons in the notification area are identical

  Hello

  ·         What operating system is installed on your computer?

  ·         You will remember to do recent changes on the computer before this problem?

  I suggest you follow the steps mentioned below:

  Method 1:

  Follow the steps described in the following link and check if he issue persists:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/change-how-icons-appear-in-the-notification-area

  Method 2:

  If the previous step fails, perform a system restore to a time where everything worked well. Follow the steps from the following link to complete the restore of the system:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/system-restore-frequently-asked-questions

  Also take screenshot of the show and sending the steps us in the link below:

  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7itproui/thread/4fc10639-02dB-4665-993a-08d865088d65/

• Played music through media player, and now all the icons on my background have a photo of a music note and will not play

  Recently, I played music through media player and all of a sudden, all the icons on my bottom to have an image of a musical note.  Now, when I click on one of them, it says that windows media player is unable to play in this.  I don't know how, try now to go through the media player.  Help!

  Hi KimberlySubrod,

  Here are some links that should help you with your problems of Windows Media Player. Looks like the file types might have been changed:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/316992

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/change-the-file-types-that-play-in-Windows-Media-Player

  hope this helps

  Eddie B.

• When I refresh my desktop or restart my computer, all the icons on my desktop are moving to the left.

  The desktop icon question

  When I refresh my desktop or restart my computer, all the icons on my desktop are moving to the left.  I drag them back where I want to, and the next time that I reboot, they are to the left.  Running MS XP on this computer.

  How can I fix them in place?

  Hello
   
  I suggest you to change the Auto settings fix the registry.
   
  Important: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
   
  322756 how to back up and restore the registry in Windows
   
  a. click on Start and then run.
   
  b. type regedit and press to enter.
   
  c. navigate to the following key.
   
  HKEY_USERS\. DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Program Manager\Settings
   
  d. change the REG_DWORD value 0.

• Taskbar, Start Menu and all the icons on missing monitor

  Taskbar and all the icons disappeared.  Only the wallpaper is displayed.  Start menu, etc.

  Hello

  See if that helps you.

  Do a Safe Mode system restore to before the problem started.

  http://bertk.MVPs.org/html/restoresysv.html

  How to access Safe Mode

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/how-to-start-Windows-in-safe-mode/#Vista

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  If it doesn't, try a startup repair and / or a system restore using a DVD of Vista from Microsoft

  Manufacturers recovery disks normally do not have Service Options; they are normally a relocation to the factory only settings option.

  Here is the guide to repair Options using a Vista DVD from Microsoft.

  If a friend or a work acquantance of yours has one, you can borrow and use it for repairs.

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/repair-Windows-with-Windows-Startup-Repair/

  Table of contents

  1. Overview of Windows Vista repair options
  2. How to perform an automatic repair of Windows Vista using Startup Repair
  3. Advanced Tools Overview
  4. Conclusion

  If you do not or can not borrow a Microsoft DVD there is a download of a file ISO of Vista Startup Repair available that you can put on a Bootable floppy to make the above startup repair and that the method is recommended by a large number of posters in these Forums.

  Unfortunately, you have to buy it.

  Here is a link to it:

  http://NeoSmart.net/blog/2011/Windows-Recovery-discs-updated-reinstated/

  See you soon.

• All the icons have become icons of word doc and try to open explorer.exe in Word 2010

  All the icons on my new Compaq Presario desktop PC now resemble a page with the logo of the word. When you click on them, they try to open via explorer.exe as a word 2010 document. Any ideas how to undo this?

  All the icons on my new Compaq Presario desktop PC now resemble a page with the logo of the word. When you click on them, they try to open via explorer.exe as a word 2010 document. Any ideas how to undo this?

  Suggestions:

  1 do a system restore. Choice of date where you did NOT have this problem as your restore point.
  Start button > Search box, type system restore > press the Enter key > uac prompt > click on choose a different restore point > next > select dates as your restore point, until the click > next > finish
  To sit and wait. The machine restarts when it's done.

  2 use this tutorial and rebuild your cache of icons: use Option. Easier.
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/117229-icon-cache-rebuild.html

  3. restore the .exe file association:
  http://www.Winhelponline.com/articles/165/1/restore-the-exe-file-association-in-Windows-Vista-after-incorrectly-associating-it-with-another-application.html . for the benefits of others looking for answers, please mark as answer suggestion if it solves your problem.

• "wallpaper" and all the icons disapper every time I use the computer.

  the desktop "wallpaper" and all the icons - disappear immediately after the mouse click on anything and does not return... I turn on 'star' whenever I want to change a program.

  See if that fixes the problem:

  Restore point:

  http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/Windows-Vista/using-Windows-Vista-system-restore/

  Do Safe Mode system restore, if it is impossible to do in Normal Mode.

  Try typing F8 at startup and in the list of Boot selections, select Mode safe using ARROW top to go there > and then press ENTER.

  Try a restore of the system once, to choose a Restore Point prior to your problem...

  Click Start > programs > Accessories > system tools > system restore > choose another time > next > etc.

  http://www.windowsvistauserguide.com/system_restore.htm

  Read the above for a very good graph shows how backward more than 5 days in the System Restore Points by checking the correct box.

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• all the icons to word pad icons

  Hello

  I tried to open a document, and I wasn't sure of the program open with, so I opened it in Word pad, and no doubt I had clicked the reference box - open all the same files with the choice... instanltly all THE ICONS ARE CHANGED to WORD PAD ICONS... and each program opens in Word Pad... Please help me...

  Ashwini

  Hi ashwini_mahadev, I see that this is your first post here. Welcome to our community!

  There are several ways to solve this problem.  Here's what I recommend to try:

  1. Try to repair the association by downloading and running these files:
     Fix LNK (shortcut) file Associations
     and
     Fix EXE file associations

     After you download and run these two links, try using your files again.

  2. If the problem persists, I would recommend you to restore your system to before that was the problem by going back to just before the problem started.  Windows converts this easy and safe. Here's how:
     1. Press + R to display the race.
     2. Type RSTRUI and then press OK.
     3. Choose the date and time you want to restore (it will also tell you the names of all the programs that have been installed at this time).
     4. Click next to restore your system at that time here.

  The best part about this, is that it is completely safe. If you don't like the food, you can cancel it.  Or you can try again with a different date.  It will not affect one of your personal files/images, it restores only the system return settings to their operational status.  If that's really the way the faster, safer and easier to get "back in the market".

• When I connect to Skype it locks all the icons on my desktop and task bar.

  Original title: Skype locks my taskbar!

  Hello

  I hope someone can help me.
  When I connect to Skype it locks all the icons on my desktop and task bar.
  I tried to do a full uninstall and reinstall of Skype in accordance with their instructions. It did not help.
  Support Skype say there must be something to do with windows.
  Can someone tell me how to solve this problem.
  Rick

  Hi Rick,

  1. is the issue limited to the Skype connection?

  2. you remember bringing all recent software or hardware changes on the system before the show?

  This seems to be a bug related to the latest update of Skype.

  For more information see the Skype support link:

  Skype v.6.2.0.106 freezes Explorer on Windows 7 when signing in

  You can also check out the link to support Skype and check if it helps.

  http://community.Skype.com/T5/Windows-desktop-client/Skype-is-freezing-my-taskbar/TD-p/1524369

  You can also get in touch with Skype support to check the same.

  http://community.Skype.com/

  Hope the helps of information.