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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Setup / January 2006What's missing from this setup?
What's missing when the system loses its desktop icon layout between boots. Jim L via the eCS 1.15 version of OS/2  SignatureAll Americans have the right to free speech. A few should even use it. Is that the only thing missing (i.e., does the computer otherwise work properly)? Does this happen on occasion and then the next boot, all is well? Or, are the desktop items missing and the computer does not work properly? Or, (after reading your post again) is it the layout of the icons that is messed up? SignatureRegards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo > What's missing when the system loses its desktop icon layout between > boots. > > Jim L via the eCS 1.15 version of OS/2 "Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> said: >Is that the only thing missing (i.e., does the computer otherwise work >properly)? Does this happen on occasion and then the next boot, all is > well? Or, are the desktop items missing and the computer does not >work properly? Or, (after reading your post again) is it the layout >of the icons that is messed up? Whew! It came on suddenly. Apparently after I did a software remove (off of the Control Panel) of the Intel Pro/100 software for my PCMCIA combo card, hopefully in preparation for starting the Intel Pro/100 installation over from scratch. Since then - or since about then - the desktop comes up with all the icons jammed in the upper left. I have the utility to put them back where they were before shut down, but it still doesn't stick between boots. It looks as if the software remove operation removed something besides the Intel software. Also several attempts to re-install the Intel software (drivers, etc.) have been totally with any results I can see. Neither "Device Manager" nor "Network" show anything comming up. "Modem" gives mixed messages, but certainly doesn't function. Since then I have tried Windows Setup - first comm, then in its entirety. No change. Jim L SignatureAll Americans have the right to free speech. A few should even use it. >"Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> said: > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >Since then I have tried Windows Setup - first comm, then in its >entirety. No change. The cache may be corrupt. Delete the ShellIconCache file in the Windows folder and reboot from Start > Shutdown, not a shortcut. The cache will be rebuilt. If no help your icon cache may be too small, try this: You can expand the Cache this way. You can expand it in the Registry. The Max Cached Icons value data range is between 100 and 4096. The default value is 500. I use 4096 and it works well. Copy the lines between the lines starting with REGEDIT4 and include the one blank line at the end. Paste into a Notepad maximized window and save as Maxicons.reg. Double click it to merge it into the Registry. Reboot. You can edit it and change 4096 and run it anytime if you wish. Some use 8000. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer] "Max Cached Icons"="4096" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If needed and if you have TweakUI look under the Repair tab and repair icons. Let us know. Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ Bill Watt <nobwatt@ptd.net> said: >>Since then I have tried Windows Setup - first comm, then in its >>entirety. No change. >The cache may be corrupt. Delete the ShellIconCache file in the Windows >folder and reboot from Start > Shutdown, not a shortcut. The cache will >be rebuilt. I think you are speaking to the desktop icons problem. Last night I ran Registry First Aid about 17 dozen times. (On the first run it said there were 93 invalid paths? In only one day since the last run?) Eventually the icons started showing up where they belong. Still no progress on the Intel hardware stuff, but I'd hate to put anyone into a paroxism so I'll not talk about that, because there's a possibility it may not be related to what I've already said. I remember now why I had disabled this newsgroup for months and will do it again immediately. Nice people you have here. Jim L SignatureAll Americans have the right to free speech. A few should even use it. Hi Jim, You do not provide enough details about your problems. We have to figure out what's wrong based on your description and saying that something is not right does not provide adequate info. Also, it is better to list your different problems in different posts unless you believe the problems to be related. Tips on posting are located here: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/post.html SignatureRegards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo > "Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> said: > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Jim L "Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> said: >You do not provide enough details about your problems. We have to >figure out what's wrong based on your description and saying that >something is not right does not provide adequate info. 1. I said considerably more than that. 2. I said all I know to say without specific questions to answer. >Also, it is better to list your different problems in different posts >unless you believe the problems to be related. I believe the problems to be related. Jim L via the eCS 1.15 version of OS/2 SignatureAll Americans have the right to free speech. A few should even use it. |
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