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Old July 9th, 2007, 08:31 AM
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Quick Question: Icons in VISTA!!
Hi everyone

In my Vista Home Premium 32 bit, my icons for text documents (.txt) appear as the same icon for printer! Could anybody please tell me how to reset these icons? I think that once I tried to open a printing configuration file of some sort, with notepad.

What I have done:

Set the association in Default Programs

ANY help would be appreciated...
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Old July 9th, 2007, 11:36 PM
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Please please think about it!
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Old July 10th, 2007, 12:20 AM
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It may just be a matter of rebuilding the iconcache.

Instructions on how to do that in Vista are on this page.
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Old July 10th, 2007, 06:19 AM
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Ok, I did rebuild my icon cache and it doesn't seem to solve the problem.

Please help me, and thanks for actually replying
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Old July 10th, 2007, 06:43 AM
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Here is a screenshot. (remember that the actual icons on the desktop also appear as a printer)

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Old July 10th, 2007, 08:08 AM
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Have you tried System Restore Peddy?
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Old July 11th, 2007, 05:49 AM
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The system is quite new, so I only made a restore point recently (after the icons appeared). I've also tried it, doesn't work. Any other ways?
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Old July 11th, 2007, 01:15 PM
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I have created a new user account, the problem seems to stay there. Also, I just realised the icons for *.BAT files, they also appear as a different printer-related icon.
HELP!
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Old July 11th, 2007, 02:22 PM
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Try this...to make sure the changes you did in File Types actually stuck:
1. Right click on any txt file
2. Go to Open With
3. Left click on "Choose default program"
4. Click once on Notepad to select it
5. Make sure the box at the bottom for "Always use the selected program for this type of file" is checked
6. Click OK

That does essentially the same thing as changing the "Open" options in File Types (associates all txt files with Notepad) only I think it's an easier way.
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Old July 12th, 2007, 05:46 AM
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Ok, tried that, doesn't seem to work. When I open notepad though, the icon (when it is maximized) at the top left corner, is correct, its only the icon for saved .txt files that aren't correct.

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Old July 24th, 2007, 05:42 AM
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Please?
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Old July 24th, 2007, 07:07 AM
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have you tried this..

create a .txt file.
right click/ open with/set default program
browse for or if it so happens to already be at top of list
notepad.exe
set as default program for this file.
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Old July 24th, 2007, 04:40 PM
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Try running the System File Checker. Go to Start and type "cmd" without the quotes, then right-click cmd.exe and choose "Run as Administrator". Once at the Command Prompt, type "sfc /scannow" without the quotes. You may need your Vista disc handy.
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Old July 25th, 2007, 01:07 AM
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sorry miz i didnt notice you typed the same thing you were typing.
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Old July 27th, 2007, 12:05 AM
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Thanks a lot, I'll try that
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