desktop icons

[magic]

for some unknown reason a small square has appeared on top of my desktop icons how do i get rid of them im using win7 ta magic

[andy211081]

get a print screen of your desktop and post here buddy

[magic]

hi andy how do i go about getting a screen print sorry for my ignorance , magic

[rg66]

Press the print screen button on your keyboard. Open a program such as MS paint and paste it in. Save it as a jpeg.

[Reapers]

try this

it should sort everything for you
its a exe just download and run

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9740818

[magic]

thanks but dident work
magic

[andy211081]

when you say squares are they like the shortcut squares?

[magic]

ive managed to get a screenshot how do i paste it and send it to you ta magic

[Jaffa]

ive managed to get a screenshot how do i paste it and send it to you ta magic

Click post reply, page down until you see manage attachments, click that then click browse and go to where you have the image, after upload click close window and submit reply.

[magic]

screenshot

hope it works magic

[Reapers]

from what it looks like the icons have lost the association with their programs or registry

have you used registry cleaner software recently

have you tried resetting your icon cache?
if not

heres the fix it link

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9726337

download
run it as admin
then when you download your package
and you get options make sure you tick
icons and customization
other or i dont know
select next
and then let it do the work.

also if you are using registry cleaning software some are too intensive in their scans and can remove the wrong thing.

use ccleaner
its the number 1 at the moment
and proberly the most safe one around.
CCleaner - Optimization and Cleaning - Free Download

hope it helps

[johnsayre]

Have you tried changing your background?

[magic]

ive tried all your recomendations inclulding crapcleaner ive changed the background and run microsoft fix still the same icon promblem thanks for your help folks, i think ill have to do a re install what do you think

[rg66]

Do the shortcuts still open the programs? If not, right click one and click properties and check that the "target" path is correct (see my attached screen shot).

If they do open then again right click one and click properties. Click on "change icon", the path to the icon should be the same as the target path and it should show one or more icons to choose from. If not just change to the right path and choose an icon.

[magic]

i tryed that rg66 but still no diffrence ta magic