This isn''t about programming, but I thought that maybe someone would have some ideas. One of my relatives has been having a problems with the icons on the desktop. They seem to be corrupted somehow; they have "holes" in them where the desktop or the mask shows through. The only things I can think of are the video drivers or one of the Windows system files. Any ideas? And another thing: Is there a way to restore all of the basic Windows system files without re-installing Windows? More than once, I''ve had lost clusters turn out to be something important to Windows, and I''ve always wanted a way to restore the files without breaking Windows!

Anybody?

this is what i think:
your relative''s computer has a cutterpillar in it
no need to reinstall windows, a bug killer spray would do it


- pouya
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Eat right, excercise daily, live clean, die anyway.

Does this show up all the time? You might try getting TweakOS (it''s hidden on the Win98 CD). There is a "rebuild icons" option in the repair tab that you might try.

--TheGoop

It happens all the time. Resetting the icons doesn''t help.

Yeah, Win98 does some screwy things to my icons too -- it sometimes switches the icons that represent different formats. (I''ve had a folder icon represent text files before!!) I make sure Explorer shows the extensions of filenames so I can recognize everything.

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