distorted icons
- Thread starter BVV
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had a similar problem myself the icon cache is corrupt there are two fixes one is to
do as follows ...
alternative is to right click desktop and choose properties and appearance you need to adjust the icon size to just a couple of pixels larger ..apply and then reboot this will force the icons to be redrawn altho slightly bigger this can sometimes fix the corrupt icons
another fix would be ...
making sure you take care here as this is a registery hack
Change the Icon Cache Size (All Windows)
If you desktop icons are redrawing too frequently or are corrupt, it could be because the icon cache is full. Try increasing the size by changing this setting.
Open your registry and find the key below.
(see picture)
Create a new string value, or modify the existing value, called "Max Cached Icons" and set it to "2000". This will increase the maximum icon cache to 2MB.
Restart Windows for the change to take effect.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion...
Registry Settings
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
Value Name: Max Cached Icons
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value Data: 100 - 4096 (default = 500)
if you are inexperienced in the registery settings then its advisable to only change the values marked here and nothing else
do as follows ...
i suggest makin a backup of any files to be deleted just in case this does not fix it !?
alternative is to right click desktop and choose properties and appearance you need to adjust the icon size to just a couple of pixels larger ..apply and then reboot this will force the icons to be redrawn altho slightly bigger this can sometimes fix the corrupt icons
another fix would be ...
making sure you take care here as this is a registery hack
Change the Icon Cache Size (All Windows)
If you desktop icons are redrawing too frequently or are corrupt, it could be because the icon cache is full. Try increasing the size by changing this setting.
Open your registry and find the key below.
(see picture)
Create a new string value, or modify the existing value, called "Max Cached Icons" and set it to "2000". This will increase the maximum icon cache to 2MB.
Restart Windows for the change to take effect.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion...
Registry Settings
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
Value Name: Max Cached Icons
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value Data: 100 - 4096 (default = 500)
if you are inexperienced in the registery settings then its advisable to only change the values marked here and nothing else
