Wrong Icons for DVD drives

[greggsy]

Can anyone shed any light on my problem please. When I go into My Computer
the icon for the hard drives and DVDs are all generic so that I am unable to
see at a glance which is the DVD drives. I have been into Device Manager and
the DVD drives (2) are correctly identified. I have checked as suggested by
some in the registry for Drive Icons but this does not exist.
I am running XP Pro with all the updates. My video card is Nvidia but I do
not thinkl that has any bearing on the problem
--
greggsy

 

[nass]

RE: Wrong Icons for DVD drives



"greggsy" wrote:

> Can anyone shed any light on my problem please. When I go into My Computer
> the icon for the hard drives and DVDs are all generic so that I am unable to
> see at a glance which is the DVD drives. I have been into Device Manager and
> the DVD drives (2) are correctly identified. I have checked as suggested by
> some in the registry for Drive Icons but this does not exist.
> I am running XP Pro with all the updates. My video card is Nvidia but I do
> not thinkl that has any bearing on the problem
> --
> greggsy


Try this fix from kelly-korner.
Line 121- Increase Icon Cache:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Line 4 - Correct/Repair the Icon View:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
HTH,
nass
---
http://www.nasstec.co.uk

 

[greggsy]

RE: Wrong Icons for DVD drives

Hi Nass.Thanks for your reply I tried that but without success. I think this
is going to be a stinker.
--
greggsy


"nass" wrote:

>
>
> "greggsy" wrote:
>
> > Can anyone shed any light on my problem please. When I go into My Computer
> > the icon for the hard drives and DVDs are all generic so that I am unable to
> > see at a glance which is the DVD drives. I have been into Device Manager and
> > the DVD drives (2) are correctly identified. I have checked as suggested by
> > some in the registry for Drive Icons but this does not exist.
> > I am running XP Pro with all the updates. My video card is Nvidia but I do
> > not thinkl that has any bearing on the problem
> > --
> > greggsy
>
>
> Try this fix from kelly-korner.
> Line 121- Increase Icon Cache:
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
> Line 4 - Correct/Repair the Icon View:
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
> HTH,
> nass
> ---
> http://www.nasstec.co.uk
>
>

 

[Ronaldo]

Re: Wrong Icons for DVD drives

There is a way to restore the drive Incons which I found how to time ago but
failed to make notes and forgot how to, but you can achieve the same results
by replacing the icons. check the links.

How to change Drive icons and labels (Windows XP,2000)
http://www.astahost.com/info.php/how-change-drive-icons-labels_t7859.html

Change a Hard Drive's Icon
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1847172,00.asp



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"greggsy" <fred@brianwaylett.plus.com> escribió en el mensaje
newsEF1EA44-B30D-4605-94DB-68173C9DEF58@microsoft.com...
> Can anyone shed any light on my problem please. When I go into My Computer
> the icon for the hard drives and DVDs are all generic so that I am unable
> to
> see at a glance which is the DVD drives. I have been into Device Manager
> and
> the DVD drives (2) are correctly identified. I have checked as suggested
> by
> some in the registry for Drive Icons but this does not exist.
> I am running XP Pro with all the updates. My video card is Nvidia but I do
> not thinkl that has any bearing on the problem
> --
> greggsy

 

[HeyBub]

Re: Wrong Icons for DVD drives

greggsy wrote:
> Can anyone shed any light on my problem please. When I go into My
> Computer the icon for the hard drives and DVDs are all generic so
> that I am unable to see at a glance which is the DVD drives. I have
> been into Device Manager and the DVD drives (2) are correctly
> identified. I have checked as suggested by some in the registry for
> Drive Icons but this does not exist.
> I am running XP Pro with all the updates. My video card is Nvidia but
> I do not thinkl that has any bearing on the problem

I used a Magic Marker to write the drive letter on the face of the drive.

 

[Ronaldo]

Re: Wrong Icons for DVD drives

Also check this link... it seems that you can "restore" the default drive
Icon. By default no "DriveIcons" key is supposed to be under Explorer, so
delete it if you find it... that should restore de default CD-Rom icon in My
Computer/Explorer

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ explorer

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-fix-corrupt-drive-icons-in-my-computer/


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"Ronaldo" <private_email5@hotmail.com> escribió en el mensaje
news:%236JnoX2IJHA.4996@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> There is a way to restore the drive Incons which I found how to time ago
> but
> failed to make notes and forgot how to, but you can achieve the same
> results
> by replacing the icons. check the links.
>
> How to change Drive icons and labels (Windows XP,2000)
> http://www.astahost.com/info.php/how-change-drive-icons-labels_t7859.html
>
> Change a Hard Drive's Icon
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1847172,00.asp
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
> "greggsy" <fred@brianwaylett.plus.com> escribió en el mensaje
> newsEF1EA44-B30D-4605-94DB-68173C9DEF58@microsoft.com...
>> Can anyone shed any light on my problem please. When I go into My
>> Computer
>> the icon for the hard drives and DVDs are all generic so that I am unable
>> to
>> see at a glance which is the DVD drives. I have been into Device Manager
>> and
>> the DVD drives (2) are correctly identified. I have checked as suggested
>> by
>> some in the registry for Drive Icons but this does not exist.
>> I am running XP Pro with all the updates. My video card is Nvidia but I
>> do
>> not thinkl that has any bearing on the problem
>> --
>> greggsy
>
>
>
>

 

[greggsy]

Re: Wrong Icons for DVD drives

Hi Ronaldo.
Thank you for your reply. I tried the first suggestion but there is no
Driveicons in the registry, the second suggestion looks promising but I will
wait until my son comes in before I tackle adding keys to the registry.
Whilst I am 80% on the electronics/mechanical side i am only about 40% on the
software side. One of the suggestions by nass has resulted in one of the two
DVD icons having returned although some times it reverts to generic icon. In
one of the documents it refers to this problem after a malaware or virus
attack. This recenlty happened to me but was sorted out by the technical
people at Kaspersky. I will let you know the result of the registry
alteration when my son has done the alteration.
--
greggsy


"Ronaldo" wrote:

> Also check this link... it seems that you can "restore" the default drive
> Icon. By default no "DriveIcons" key is supposed to be under Explorer, so
> delete it if you find it... that should restore de default CD-Rom icon in My
> Computer/Explorer
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ explorer
>
> http://www.askvg.com/how-to-fix-corrupt-drive-icons-in-my-computer/
>
>
> ------------------------------------
> "Ronaldo" <private_email5@hotmail.com> escribió en el mensaje
> news:%236JnoX2IJHA.4996@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> > There is a way to restore the drive Incons which I found how to time ago
> > but
> > failed to make notes and forgot how to, but you can achieve the same
> > results
> > by replacing the icons. check the links.
> >
> > How to change Drive icons and labels (Windows XP,2000)
> > http://www.astahost.com/info.php/how-change-drive-icons-labels_t7859.html
> >
> > Change a Hard Drive's Icon
> > http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1847172,00.asp
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> > "greggsy" <fred@brianwaylett.plus.com> escribió en el mensaje
> > newsEF1EA44-B30D-4605-94DB-68173C9DEF58@microsoft.com...
> >> Can anyone shed any light on my problem please. When I go into My
> >> Computer
> >> the icon for the hard drives and DVDs are all generic so that I am unable
> >> to
> >> see at a glance which is the DVD drives. I have been into Device Manager
> >> and
> >> the DVD drives (2) are correctly identified. I have checked as suggested
> >> by
> >> some in the registry for Drive Icons but this does not exist.
> >> I am running XP Pro with all the updates. My video card is Nvidia but I
> >> do
> >> not thinkl that has any bearing on the problem
> >> --
> >> greggsy
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>

 

[Stephen O'Connell]

Re: Wrong Icons for DVD drives

HeyBub wrote:
> greggsy wrote:
>> Can anyone shed any light on my problem please. When I go into My
>> Computer the icon for the hard drives and DVDs are all generic so
>> that I am unable to see at a glance which is the DVD drives. I have
>> been into Device Manager and the DVD drives (2) are correctly
>> identified. I have checked as suggested by some in the registry for
>> Drive Icons but this does not exist.
>> I am running XP Pro with all the updates. My video card is Nvidia but
>> I do not thinkl that has any bearing on the problem
>
> I used a Magic Marker to write the drive letter on the face of the
> drive.

LOL!

Still, if it works for you...

 

[nass]

Re: Wrong Icons for DVD drives



Try this command:
sfc /scannow click [OK] you will need the XP CD installation media for
this process.
nass

"greggsy" wrote:

> Hi Ronaldo.
> Thank you for your reply. I tried the first suggestion but there is no
> Driveicons in the registry, the second suggestion looks promising but I will
> wait until my son comes in before I tackle adding keys to the registry.
> Whilst I am 80% on the electronics/mechanical side i am only about 40% on the
> software side. One of the suggestions by nass has resulted in one of the two
> DVD icons having returned although some times it reverts to generic icon. In
> one of the documents it refers to this problem after a malaware or virus
> attack. This recenlty happened to me but was sorted out by the technical
> people at Kaspersky. I will let you know the result of the registry
> alteration when my son has done the alteration.
> --
> greggsy
>
>
> "Ronaldo" wrote:
>
> > Also check this link... it seems that you can "restore" the default drive
> > Icon. By default no "DriveIcons" key is supposed to be under Explorer, so
> > delete it if you find it... that should restore de default CD-Rom icon in My
> > Computer/Explorer
> >
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ explorer
> >
> > http://www.askvg.com/how-to-fix-corrupt-drive-icons-in-my-computer/
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> > "Ronaldo" <private_email5@hotmail.com> escribió en el mensaje
> > news:%236JnoX2IJHA.4996@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> > > There is a way to restore the drive Incons which I found how to time ago
> > > but
> > > failed to make notes and forgot how to, but you can achieve the same
> > > results
> > > by replacing the icons. check the links.
> > >
> > > How to change Drive icons and labels (Windows XP,2000)
> > > http://www.astahost.com/info.php/how-change-drive-icons-labels_t7859.html
> > >
> > > Change a Hard Drive's Icon
> > > http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1847172,00.asp
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------
> > > "greggsy" <fred@brianwaylett.plus.com> escribió en el mensaje
> > > newsEF1EA44-B30D-4605-94DB-68173C9DEF58@microsoft.com...
> > >> Can anyone shed any light on my problem please. When I go into My
> > >> Computer
> > >> the icon for the hard drives and DVDs are all generic so that I am unable
> > >> to
> > >> see at a glance which is the DVD drives. I have been into Device Manager
> > >> and
> > >> the DVD drives (2) are correctly identified. I have checked as suggested
> > >> by
> > >> some in the registry for Drive Icons but this does not exist.
> > >> I am running XP Pro with all the updates. My video card is Nvidia but I
> > >> do
> > >> not thinkl that has any bearing on the problem
> > >> --
> > >> greggsy
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >

 

[Kelly]

Re: Wrong Icons for DVD drives

Hi,

Go to Start/Run and type in: regsvr32 /i shell32

If that doesn't correct the issue (and it should) use this automated edit on
line 119:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

SupportSpace
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"greggsy" <fred@brianwaylett.plus.com> wrote in message
newsEF1EA44-B30D-4605-94DB-68173C9DEF58@microsoft.com...
> Can anyone shed any light on my problem please. When I go into My Computer
> the icon for the hard drives and DVDs are all generic so that I am unable
> to
> see at a glance which is the DVD drives. I have been into Device Manager
> and
> the DVD drives (2) are correctly identified. I have checked as suggested
> by
> some in the registry for Drive Icons but this does not exist.
> I am running XP Pro with all the updates. My video card is Nvidia but I do
> not thinkl that has any bearing on the problem
> --
> greggsy

 

[Kelly]

Re: Wrong Icons for DVD drives

Great idea and first for me. )

--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

SupportSpace
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"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:OrLAnZ2IJHA.4996@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> greggsy wrote:
>> Can anyone shed any light on my problem please. When I go into My
>> Computer the icon for the hard drives and DVDs are all generic so
>> that I am unable to see at a glance which is the DVD drives. I have
>> been into Device Manager and the DVD drives (2) are correctly
>> identified. I have checked as suggested by some in the registry for
>> Drive Icons but this does not exist.
>> I am running XP Pro with all the updates. My video card is Nvidia but
>> I do not thinkl that has any bearing on the problem
>
> I used a Magic Marker to write the drive letter on the face of the drive.
>

 

[greggsy]

Re: Wrong Icons for DVD drives

Hi Kelly.
Sorry for the delay in answering but I was rushed into hospital and have
only now resumed normal life.
Basically I tried all your suggestions but stll no joy!!. It's proving a
tough one i am now thinking that a reinstall is the only answer.
Brian
--
greggsy


"Kelly" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Go to Start/Run and type in: regsvr32 /i shell32
>
> If that doesn't correct the issue (and it should) use this automated edit on
> line 119:
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
> --
>
> All the Best,
> Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)
>
> Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
>
> SupportSpace
> www.supportspace.com/pages?aiu=kellyskorner
>
> "greggsy" <fred@brianwaylett.plus.com> wrote in message
> newsEF1EA44-B30D-4605-94DB-68173C9DEF58@microsoft.com...
> > Can anyone shed any light on my problem please. When I go into My Computer
> > the icon for the hard drives and DVDs are all generic so that I am unable
> > to
> > see at a glance which is the DVD drives. I have been into Device Manager
> > and
> > the DVD drives (2) are correctly identified. I have checked as suggested
> > by
> > some in the registry for Drive Icons but this does not exist.
> > I am running XP Pro with all the updates. My video card is Nvidia but I do
> > not thinkl that has any bearing on the problem
> > --
> > greggsy
>
>