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[metalhead]

Hi.

I downloaded the Crysis Warhead theme and installed it onto my XP PC. After it had finished installing, I restarted my PC and after it had finished booting up many of my desktop icons had been rearranged, likewise with my quick launch icons. In fact, the icons in the quick launch toolbar had completely the wrong icons (some I’d never seen before). This was before I activated the theme.

I then closed and reopened the quick launch toolbar, and also deleted the %HOMEPATH%\Local Settings\Application Data\IconCache.db file to get all my icons back, and rearranged back into the correct place. However, every time I reboot they all screw up again.

Again, this happens without me activating the theme. As a test, I uninstalled the theme and rebooted my PC several times, and every time they display correctly – so somehow the installation of the Crysis theme is upsetting something? Any ideas?


Thanks.

[metalhead]

I just tried something else this morning which might be of interest... I set the Hyperdesk Theme Enabler service to start up manually, repositioned my icons and then rebooted my PC. It booted up without rearranging the icons, which I half expected. I then manually started the Hyperdesk Theme Enabler and the desktop icons rearranged themselves. I then repeatedly rearranged my icons and manually restarted the Hyperdesk Them Enabler, and every time this caused the desktop icons to rearrange themselves. So that service (perhaps unsurprisingly) and my video driver are having the problems.

BTW, I tried the above with and without 'Auto Arrange' and 'Align to Grid' checked, but got the same results each time.

[Jesh - The Skins...]

I just tried something else this morning which might be of interest... I set the Hyperdesk Theme Enabler service to start up manually, repositioned my icons and then rebooted my PC. It booted up without rearranging the icons, which I half expected. I then manually started the Hyperdesk Theme Enabler and the desktop icons rearranged themselves. I then repeatedly rearranged my icons and manually restarted the Hyperdesk Them Enabler, and every time this caused the desktop icons to rearrange themselves. So that service (perhaps unsurprisingly) and my video driver are having the problems.

BTW, I tried the above with and without 'Auto Arrange' and 'Align to Grid' checked, but got the same results each time.

Well the theme enabler is designed to remember where your icons are placed so that when it shuffles them around during the change, it knows where to put them back. So no surprise that it moves things around.