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Old June 26th 04, 06:59 PM
Warren
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Default Trouble retaining high colour icons

I seem to be having trouble retaining high colour rendition of my icons. My
desktop settings are for 32 bit colour and my desktop wallpaper & program
windows are rendered correctly but my icons are frequently downgraded to 256
colour renditions ( very poor if not 256 colour) which are quite hard to
see.

Does someone understand where this icon colour rendition is controlled from
and how I can stop it from changing to low colour rendition?

Thanks in advance for your attention and help.



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Old June 26th 04, 07:55 PM
Don Phillipson
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Default Trouble retaining high colour icons

"Warren" wrote in message
...

I seem to be having trouble retaining high colour rendition of my icons.

My
desktop settings are for 32 bit colour and my desktop wallpaper & program
windows are rendered correctly but my icons are frequently downgraded to

256
colour renditions ( very poor if not 256 colour) which are quite hard to

see.

Since upgrading your OS, have you also
checked for updated drivers for the video
card and/or monitor?

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)


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Old June 26th 04, 11:14 PM
PCR
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Default Trouble retaining high colour icons

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q133733
Icons Displayed Incorrectly in Control Panel

The icon cache may be corrupt. Delete it, & let it regenerate.
Shelliconcache is a hidden file.

(1) "START, Settings, Folder Options, View tab, bolt 'Show all files'".
Also, UNcheck "Hide file extensions for known file types".
(2) Boot to Safe Mode (hold F5 as you boot).
(3) "START, Find, F/F, Shelliconcache". R-Clk it & select "Delete".
Reboot to Normal Mode.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q132668
Icons Randomly Change to Different Icons

This is how to increase the ShellIconCache size. It may go as high as
4096. (Well, some say 8192.) It has cured, for me, a sluggishness of the
drawing of icons, inside Explorer & My Documents (the small ones to left
of file names).

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\explorer
Max Cached Icons 2048 (String value)

1. START; Run; Type "RegEdit" & Enter
2. Click the plus (+) signs in the left pane starting at
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" & ending at "CurrentVersion".
3. Finally, click the key "explorer" in the left pane (not it's plus
sign).
4. In the right pane, R-Clk an empty area; point to "new"; select
"string value"; type or paste "Max Cached Icons" & Enter.
5. R-Clk "Max Cached Icons"; select "Modify"; enter "2048" & click OK.
6. Close RegEdit & reboot.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Warren" wrote in message
...
| I seem to be having trouble retaining high colour rendition of my
icons. My
| desktop settings are for 32 bit colour and my desktop wallpaper &
program
| windows are rendered correctly but my icons are frequently downgraded
to 256
| colour renditions ( very poor if not 256 colour) which are quite hard
to
| see.
|
| Does someone understand where this icon colour rendition is controlled
from
| and how I can stop it from changing to low colour rendition?
|
| Thanks in advance for your attention and help.
|
|
|


  #4  
Old June 27th 04, 04:55 AM
Warren
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Default Trouble retaining high colour icons

Thank you very much PCR.

I tried the registry edit because it seemed the more likely of the two
options to resolve the problem and it worked perfectly. I also liked your
comment about drawing icons faster, because it gets to be rather annoying
waiting for them to complete showing up sometimes.

Excellent fix, and thank you very much, once again. I'm going to store a
copy of your e-mail away for safe keeping.

"PCR" wrote in message
...
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q133733
Icons Displayed Incorrectly in Control Panel

The icon cache may be corrupt. Delete it, & let it regenerate.
Shelliconcache is a hidden file.

(1) "START, Settings, Folder Options, View tab, bolt 'Show all files'".
Also, UNcheck "Hide file extensions for known file types".
(2) Boot to Safe Mode (hold F5 as you boot).
(3) "START, Find, F/F, Shelliconcache". R-Clk it & select "Delete".
Reboot to Normal Mode.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q132668
Icons Randomly Change to Different Icons

This is how to increase the ShellIconCache size. It may go as high as
4096. (Well, some say 8192.) It has cured, for me, a sluggishness of the
drawing of icons, inside Explorer & My Documents (the small ones to left
of file names).

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\explorer
Max Cached Icons 2048 (String value)

1. START; Run; Type "RegEdit" & Enter
2. Click the plus (+) signs in the left pane starting at
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" & ending at "CurrentVersion".
3. Finally, click the key "explorer" in the left pane (not it's plus
sign).
4. In the right pane, R-Clk an empty area; point to "new"; select
"string value"; type or paste "Max Cached Icons" & Enter.
5. R-Clk "Max Cached Icons"; select "Modify"; enter "2048" & click OK.
6. Close RegEdit & reboot.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Warren" wrote in message
...
| I seem to be having trouble retaining high colour rendition of my
icons. My
| desktop settings are for 32 bit colour and my desktop wallpaper &
program
| windows are rendered correctly but my icons are frequently downgraded
to 256
| colour renditions ( very poor if not 256 colour) which are quite hard
to
| see.
|
| Does someone understand where this icon colour rendition is controlled
from
| and how I can stop it from changing to low colour rendition?
|
| Thanks in advance for your attention and help.
|
|
|




  #5  
Old June 27th 04, 09:37 AM
Warren
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Default Trouble retaining high colour icons

I may have spoken too soon, the problem went away but then came back
eventually. I tried deleting ShellIconCache in safe mode but "F/F" doesn't
find it. I shutdown into DOS and found it listed as SHELLI~1 but the "del"
command won't touch it. I also tried the "Rebuild Icons" command in
Tweakui, but that didn't fix it either. I also tried increasing the
Registry value of Max Cached Icons to 4096, but that did nothing to fix the
situation.

Any other suggestions?

"PCR" wrote in message
...
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q133733
Icons Displayed Incorrectly in Control Panel

The icon cache may be corrupt. Delete it, & let it regenerate.
Shelliconcache is a hidden file.

(1) "START, Settings, Folder Options, View tab, bolt 'Show all files'".
Also, UNcheck "Hide file extensions for known file types".
(2) Boot to Safe Mode (hold F5 as you boot).
(3) "START, Find, F/F, Shelliconcache". R-Clk it & select "Delete".
Reboot to Normal Mode.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q132668
Icons Randomly Change to Different Icons

This is how to increase the ShellIconCache size. It may go as high as
4096. (Well, some say 8192.) It has cured, for me, a sluggishness of the
drawing of icons, inside Explorer & My Documents (the small ones to left
of file names).

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\explorer
Max Cached Icons 2048 (String value)

1. START; Run; Type "RegEdit" & Enter
2. Click the plus (+) signs in the left pane starting at
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" & ending at "CurrentVersion".
3. Finally, click the key "explorer" in the left pane (not it's plus
sign).
4. In the right pane, R-Clk an empty area; point to "new"; select
"string value"; type or paste "Max Cached Icons" & Enter.
5. R-Clk "Max Cached Icons"; select "Modify"; enter "2048" & click OK.
6. Close RegEdit & reboot.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Warren" wrote in message
...
| I seem to be having trouble retaining high colour rendition of my
icons. My
| desktop settings are for 32 bit colour and my desktop wallpaper &
program
| windows are rendered correctly but my icons are frequently downgraded
to 256
| colour renditions ( very poor if not 256 colour) which are quite hard
to
| see.
|
| Does someone understand where this icon colour rendition is controlled
from
| and how I can stop it from changing to low colour rendition?
|
| Thanks in advance for your attention and help.
|
|
|




  #6  
Old June 27th 04, 09:05 PM
PCR
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Default Trouble retaining high colour icons

Try that Safe Mode delete once more. Did you "Show all files" in Folder
Options? There is something weird about that file, that it takes TWO
reboots to do anything with it. (But Safe Mode was suposed to solve
that.)

Also... this doesn't seem to be a perfect fit, but check that
"NoSaveSettings" is not set to 1...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q130234
Save Settings On Exit Option Enabled by Default
....Quote.............
....snip...
Setting the NoSaveSettings field to 1 prevents your settings from being
saved. When you set this value, the following items are not saved when
you exit Windows:

Changed icon positions on the desktop.
Windows that are open when you exit.
The size and position of the taskbar.
....End quote.......


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Warren" wrote in message
...
| I may have spoken too soon, the problem went away but then came back
| eventually. I tried deleting ShellIconCache in safe mode but "F/F"
doesn't
| find it. I shutdown into DOS and found it listed as SHELLI~1 but the
"del"
| command won't touch it. I also tried the "Rebuild Icons" command in
| Tweakui, but that didn't fix it either. I also tried increasing the
| Registry value of Max Cached Icons to 4096, but that did nothing to
fix the
| situation.
|
| Any other suggestions?
|
| "PCR" wrote in message
| ...
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q133733
| Icons Displayed Incorrectly in Control Panel
|
| The icon cache may be corrupt. Delete it, & let it regenerate.
| Shelliconcache is a hidden file.
|
| (1) "START, Settings, Folder Options, View tab, bolt 'Show all
files'".
| Also, UNcheck "Hide file extensions for known file types".
| (2) Boot to Safe Mode (hold F5 as you boot).
| (3) "START, Find, F/F, Shelliconcache". R-Clk it & select "Delete".
| Reboot to Normal Mode.
|
| http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q132668
| Icons Randomly Change to Different Icons
|
| This is how to increase the ShellIconCache size. It may go as high
as
| 4096. (Well, some say 8192.) It has cured, for me, a sluggishness of
the
| drawing of icons, inside Explorer & My Documents (the small ones to
left
| of file names).
|
|
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\explorer
| Max Cached Icons 2048 (String value)
|
| 1. START; Run; Type "RegEdit" & Enter
| 2. Click the plus (+) signs in the left pane starting at
| "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" & ending at "CurrentVersion".
| 3. Finally, click the key "explorer" in the left pane (not it's plus
| sign).
| 4. In the right pane, R-Clk an empty area; point to "new"; select
| "string value"; type or paste "Max Cached Icons" & Enter.
| 5. R-Clk "Max Cached Icons"; select "Modify"; enter "2048" & click
OK.
| 6. Close RegEdit & reboot.
|
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "Warren" wrote in message
| ...
| | I seem to be having trouble retaining high colour rendition of my
| icons. My
| | desktop settings are for 32 bit colour and my desktop wallpaper &
| program
| | windows are rendered correctly but my icons are frequently
downgraded
| to 256
| | colour renditions ( very poor if not 256 colour) which are quite
hard
| to
| | see.
| |
| | Does someone understand where this icon colour rendition is
controlled
| from
| | and how I can stop it from changing to low colour rendition?
| |
| | Thanks in advance for your attention and help.
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|


  #7  
Old June 27th 04, 09:15 PM
PCR
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Default Trouble retaining high colour icons

I see the article doesn't spell it out...
"START button, Run, RegEdit", & navigate to...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Exp
lorer

That is,
(a) Click plus signs, beginning at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" & ending with
"Policies".
(b) Click "Explorer" in the left pane, & look in the right pane.
(c) R-Clk "NoSaveSettings", if there, in the R-pane, & select "Modify".
(d) Change it to zeroes: 00 00 00 00. (Use delete key.)
(e) Exit, & it may be necessary to reboot.

WARNING: Do not get carried away in the Registry. It is very important
to the proper functioning of Windows. Muss it badly, & you must boot to
DOS & "Scanreg /Restore". Then, choose the date of the last successful
boot from the five offered.

The rest of this is just informational...

......Start of Other things that may be done there.......
Right-click the right pane and select New, Binary Value, & name it:

NoClose To disable Shut Down.
NoFavoritesMenu To remove Favorites.
NoFileMenu To remove the File Menu in Explorer.
NoFind To remove Find.
NoLogOff To remove Log Off.
NoRecentDocsHistory To disable the Documents compilation process.
NoRecentDocsMenu To remove Documents.
NoRun To remove Run.
NoSaveSettings To prevent some few settings getting saved to the
Registry.
NoSetFolders To disable Control Panel and Printer folders.
NoTrayContextMenu To disable Taskbar context menu.
NoViewContextMenu To disable (all?) context menus.

Double-click the new entry, select modify, and add this value: 01 00 00
00.
To reverse the action, change the value to: 00 00 00 00
.......End of Other things that may be done there.......


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"PCR" wrote in message
...
| Try that Safe Mode delete once more. Did you "Show all files" in
Folder
| Options? There is something weird about that file, that it takes TWO
| reboots to do anything with it. (But Safe Mode was suposed to solve
| that.)
|
| Also... this doesn't seem to be a perfect fit, but check that
| "NoSaveSettings" is not set to 1...
|
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q130234
| Save Settings On Exit Option Enabled by Default
| ...Quote.............
| ...snip...
| Setting the NoSaveSettings field to 1 prevents your settings from
being
| saved. When you set this value, the following items are not saved when
| you exit Windows:
|
| Changed icon positions on the desktop.
| Windows that are open when you exit.
| The size and position of the taskbar.
| ...End quote.......
|
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "Warren" wrote in message
| ...
| | I may have spoken too soon, the problem went away but then came back
| | eventually. I tried deleting ShellIconCache in safe mode but "F/F"
| doesn't
| | find it. I shutdown into DOS and found it listed as SHELLI~1 but
the
| "del"
| | command won't touch it. I also tried the "Rebuild Icons" command in
| | Tweakui, but that didn't fix it either. I also tried increasing the
| | Registry value of Max Cached Icons to 4096, but that did nothing to
| fix the
| | situation.
| |
| | Any other suggestions?
| |
| | "PCR" wrote in message
| | ...
| |
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q133733
| | Icons Displayed Incorrectly in Control Panel
| |
| | The icon cache may be corrupt. Delete it, & let it regenerate.
| | Shelliconcache is a hidden file.
| |
| | (1) "START, Settings, Folder Options, View tab, bolt 'Show all
| files'".
| | Also, UNcheck "Hide file extensions for known file types".
| | (2) Boot to Safe Mode (hold F5 as you boot).
| | (3) "START, Find, F/F, Shelliconcache". R-Clk it & select
"Delete".
| | Reboot to Normal Mode.
| |
| | http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q132668
| | Icons Randomly Change to Different Icons
| |
| | This is how to increase the ShellIconCache size. It may go as high
| as
| | 4096. (Well, some say 8192.) It has cured, for me, a sluggishness
of
| the
| | drawing of icons, inside Explorer & My Documents (the small ones
to
| left
| | of file names).
| |
| |
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\explorer
| | Max Cached Icons 2048 (String value)
| |
| | 1. START; Run; Type "RegEdit" & Enter
| | 2. Click the plus (+) signs in the left pane starting at
| | "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" & ending at "CurrentVersion".
| | 3. Finally, click the key "explorer" in the left pane (not it's
plus
| | sign).
| | 4. In the right pane, R-Clk an empty area; point to "new"; select
| | "string value"; type or paste "Max Cached Icons" & Enter.
| | 5. R-Clk "Max Cached Icons"; select "Modify"; enter "2048" & click
| OK.
| | 6. Close RegEdit & reboot.
| |
| |
| | --
| | Thanks or Good Luck,
| | There may be humor in this post, and,
| | Naturally, you will not sue,
| | should things get worse after this,
| | PCR
| |
| | "Warren" wrote in message
| | ...
| | | I seem to be having trouble retaining high colour rendition of
my
| | icons. My
| | | desktop settings are for 32 bit colour and my desktop wallpaper
&
| | program
| | | windows are rendered correctly but my icons are frequently
| downgraded
| | to 256
| | | colour renditions ( very poor if not 256 colour) which are quite
| hard
| | to
| | | see.
| | |
| | | Does someone understand where this icon colour rendition is
| controlled
| | from
| | | and how I can stop it from changing to low colour rendition?
| | |
| | | Thanks in advance for your attention and help.
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
|


 




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