Quick launch icons changing

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larryq22

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I have Vista SP1. A couple of the icons in my quicklaunch toolbar have changed to generic-looking icons - specifically, Excel 2007 and Firefox. How can I get them back? Thanks,
Larry
 
larryq22 said:
I have Vista SP1. A couple of the icons in my quicklaunch toolbar have changed to generic-looking icons - specifically, Excel 2007 and Firefox. How can I get them back? Thanks,
Larry
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right click on the icons and delete them. Find the shortcut icons for firefox, excell, etc and drag them into the quick launch bar. (make sure to unlock the bar--right click on it and uncheck lock the taskbar)
 
Thanks but it didn't work - I created shortcut icons by right-clicking on the main icons, but as soon as I dragged them to the quicklaunch area they turned into those funky icons. Is there another place I can look for excel, firefox, etc icons?
 
larryq22 said:
Thanks but it didn't work - I created shortcut icons by right-clicking on the main icons, but as soon as I dragged them to the quicklaunch area they turned into those funky icons. Is there another place I can look for excel, firefox, etc icons?
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What exactly do the icons look like?

Also, try right clicking on the quick launch area and hitting 'open folder'. Try adding the shortcuts into there.
 
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The "open folder" technique didn't work either :-(

The icons: Firefox has what looks like a closed spiral binder/book/somethins with a yellow square and a red x on the cover. Excel has a spreadsheet with a toolbox sitting in front of it.

The odd thing is they work fine and the rest of the icons are ok. Grrrr!
 
Anybody there - quick launch icons

Hello - I haven't heard from anyone in a couple days so I'm wondering if I posted this correctly? The original thread should be attached to this note. Please help! Thanks, Larry
 
larryq22 said:
I'd post a screenshot but I can't seem to figure out how. Old dog new tricks I guess.
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Press/hold ctrl and then hit print screen button. Then open up paint, paste it into there, save, upload to a hosting site (photobucket), and post the URL here so we can see it.
 
i think he's talking about his icons changing from the 32 or 64 bit color icons to the 16 bit ones. i know theres an option around somewhere that has to do with what type of icons u want to use. try looking around the control panel or quicklaunch properties. good luck
 
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