Icons Displayed Incorrectly in Control Panel

Windows 95 Only

1. Restart Windows 95 in Safe mode.
2. Use Windows Explorer to remove the ShellIconCache file from the Windows folder.
   
   NOTE: You need to be able to view hidden files to see the ShellIconCache file. To view hidden files, click Options on the View menu in Windows Explorer, click Show All Files, and then click OK.
3. Restart Windows 95 normally.

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Windows NT or Windows 95

1. In Control Panel, double-click Display.
2. Click the Appearance tab.
3. In the Item box, click Icon.
4. Increase the icon size by one unit.
5. Click Apply.
6. Decrease the icon size by one unit, and then click OK.
7. Restart your computer.

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Windows 98

1. Restart Windows in Safe mode. To do so, restart your computer, press and hold down the CTRL key after your computer completes the Power On Self Test (POST), and then choose Safe Mode from the Startup menu. For more information about Windows 98 startup, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
   ARTICLE-ID: 178548  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/178548/EN-US/ )
   TITLE : No "Starting Windows 98" Message at Startup
2. Use Windows Explorer to remove the ShellIconCache file from the Windows folder.
   
   NOTE: You need to be able to view hidden files to see the ShellIconCache file. To view hidden files in Windows 98, click Folder Options on the View menu in Windows Explorer, click the View tab, click Show All Files, and then click OK.
3. Restart your computer

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