w2000 Icon Mystery.

September 12, 2005 10:14 AM

My W2000 networked system at work has all of the desktop icons covered (not replaced) with another icon. The overlaid icon shows a hammer and screwdriver on a file. What does this mean? This happened when a coworker tried to play a CD on my system through our network. The performance of this system has not changed. Our MIS person does not know what these icons mean.
posted by Raybun to Computers & Internet (2 answers total)

Sometimes Windows gets icons confused. Get hold of TweakUI, which has a "Fix Icons" function and should solve your problem.
posted by benzo8 at 10:29 AM on September 12, 2005

More info here:

Fix Odd-looking Icons (with TweakUI)

Make sure you get the Win2000 version, not the XP version.
posted by chota at 10:50 AM on September 12, 2005