Just a quick icon question

[EpsiIon]

I'm sorry. I know this should be in the Tech Support forum, but nobody visits that forum and posting it there got 0 responses. Please just a take a second to give me some help.

I just noticed that my computer is using the standard "Windows 98 doesn't know what this file is" icon for HTML documents. Unfortunately, when I went into view->folder options -> file types, I couldn't change the icon for HTML documents (the "change icon" button was completely grayed-out). I have a rough understanding of how Windows refers files to icons in the registry, but I don't know where to find the entry for HTML documents.

If you could either tell me where the entry is or how to change the icon back to the standard IE 6 icon, I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks a lot!
Epsilon

BTW, I've already tried restarting.

 

[bmacd]

if you don't have TweakUI, download it. If you do have it, under the "general annoyances" or whatever it's called, find "refresh/rebuild icons" and click it. That might fix your problem.

-=bmacd=-

 

[EpsiIon]

Hmmm, excellent program, but it didn't fix my problem...

Thanks for the program, though. Got any other ideas?

Thanks,
Epsilon

 

[EpsiIon]

Bump for me.

 

[NARtheWang]

I'm sorry I can't help you... I have XP and i get saved loads of trouble...
But it is however better then Physics isn't it? I at first talked to another Epsilon
But I was informed by HotChic that you are then Ukiah Epsilon(i think)

-Ben

 

[AreaCode707]

Ukiah nef fest!

<---- hijacks thread

 

[KC5AV]

You didn't really specify whether or not IE is still functional... you might just try reinstalling it.

 

[linuxboy]

Hey,

Shouldn't it be in Hkey_Classes_Root? Don't remember 98 offhand...

maybe .\\ShellEx?

Find the file extension (try a search for it), then add in a DefaultIcon entry and point to the icon. (contained in the ie executable, unless that's been corrupted)

Or try to first remove the file association completely (since the button is grayed out), and add it in using the GUI.


Cheers !