desktop icons superimposed with magnifying glass

[greg gallager]

A couple of weeks ago suddenly (most of) my desktop icons now have a
magnifying glass (with a piece of 'paper') superimposed on them. Windows
Apps (media player), other apps e.g. Winfax, notepad docs etc. Everything
seems to be working normally. When I create a new shortcut the mag glass
appears over the normal icon. I fear that I'm heading toward a Windows
meltdown.
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greg gallager
gallid assoc inc

 

[Jeff Johnson]

"greg gallager" <greggallager@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>A couple of weeks ago suddenly (most of) my desktop icons now have a
> magnifying glass (with a piece of 'paper') superimposed on them. Windows
> Apps (media player), other apps e.g. Winfax, notepad docs etc. Everything
> seems to be working normally. When I create a new shortcut the mag glass
> appears over the normal icon. I fear that I'm heading toward a Windows
> meltdown.

I haven't used TweakUI in quite a while but older versions (at least) had
the ability to change the look of the shortcut overlay. Maybe if you use
TweakUI and turn the overlay off (or change it to something else) and then
set it back to the default it'll kick Windows in the butt.

 

[Terry R.]

On 10/30/2007 10:46 AM On a whim, Jeff Johnson pounded out on the keyboard

> "greg gallager" <greggallager@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:28E10A9B-952B-4206-9E4C-88604BE5F39F@microsoft.com...
>
>> A couple of weeks ago suddenly (most of) my desktop icons now have a
>> magnifying glass (with a piece of 'paper') superimposed on them. Windows
>> Apps (media player), other apps e.g. Winfax, notepad docs etc. Everything
>> seems to be working normally. When I create a new shortcut the mag glass
>> appears over the normal icon. I fear that I'm heading toward a Windows
>> meltdown.
>
> I haven't used TweakUI in quite a while but older versions (at least) had
> the ability to change the look of the shortcut overlay. Maybe if you use
> TweakUI and turn the overlay off (or change it to something else) and then
> set it back to the default it'll kick Windows in the butt.
>
>

Or (also in TweakUI) click on Repair on the left pane and select Rebuild
Icons.

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Terry R.

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[greg gallager]

Thanks Terry, the rebuild icons option appears to be the fix.
--
greg gallager
gallid assoc inc


"Terry R." wrote:

> On 10/30/2007 10:46 AM On a whim, Jeff Johnson pounded out on the keyboard
>
> > "greg gallager" <greggallager@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:28E10A9B-952B-4206-9E4C-88604BE5F39F@microsoft.com...
> >
> >> A couple of weeks ago suddenly (most of) my desktop icons now have a
> >> magnifying glass (with a piece of 'paper') superimposed on them. Windows
> >> Apps (media player), other apps e.g. Winfax, notepad docs etc. Everything
> >> seems to be working normally. When I create a new shortcut the mag glass
> >> appears over the normal icon. I fear that I'm heading toward a Windows
> >> meltdown.
> >
> > I haven't used TweakUI in quite a while but older versions (at least) had
> > the ability to change the look of the shortcut overlay. Maybe if you use
> > TweakUI and turn the overlay off (or change it to something else) and then
> > set it back to the default it'll kick Windows in the butt.
> >
> >
>
> Or (also in TweakUI) click on Repair on the left pane and select Rebuild
> Icons.
>
> --
> Terry R.
>
> ***Reply Note***
> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
>

 

[mheffler]

I just found the same behavior with magnifying glasses superimposed on
almost all of my desktop icons. I am running Vista and tried the
compatibility trick to run TweakUI one time. I did not see if they all
went away but they cam back. Now I am no longer able to run TweakUI in
compatibility mode. Any idea what app causes this antisocial behavior or
how to resolve it in Vista?

 

[mheffler]

I just noticed the magnifying glasses no longer appear on the desktop
icons like they did last night. No idea where they came from or why the
went away.