My drive icons are messed up! - Honda-Tech

2005 TSX · 06-17-2006, 11:01 AM

My drive icons are messed up!

The drive icons and descriptions are incorrect when I click on the "My Computer" icon in the start menu, and I have no idea how to fix it.

My drives are incorrectly labeled as follows...

C: Local Disk (Correct label and icon).
D: Recovery (Incorrect icon)
E: SD (SD is short for SansDisk? Should be my DVD Drive and show the CD/DVD drive icon)
F: Smartmedia (Incorrect label and icon)
G: MS/MS Pro (Incorrect label and icon)
H: Removable Disk (Generically labeled, incorrect icon)
I: Removable Disk (I know this one should be MS/MS Pro because it takes my sony memory sticks, incorrect icon)

I tried to change the drive description and icon to what they should be by using regedit...but everytime I restart the computer, the icons change right back to what they originally were. Is there a save feature that I am missing in the regedit menu?

Also, in regedit, it does not show my H and I drives when looking in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\explorer\DriveIcons". Would these icons be located elsewhere?

Someone suggested making an Autorun.inf file for the DVD drive, but I tried that and it didn't change anything. Everything remained the same. Plus, I can not create an autorun.inf file for my removeable media drives.

I am using Windows XP Media Center, on a eMachines T6522.

Can anyone help me?

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tonyxcom · 06-17-2006, 11:44 AM

goto start, run then type in services.msc

find and disable the Shell Hardware Detection service and reboot.

Did they get fixed? If so, then re-enable the service.

If not, Google it.

2005 TSX · 06-17-2006, 12:31 PM

Well, I restarted the service...and everything went back to the incorrect icon and labels.

I noticed that if I left the service disabled, the icons stayed generic, but the labels would not stay the same. Should this service be enabled, or will I have problems leaving the service disabled?

A fresh install would solve everything...sigh...I hate doing that.

Modified by 2005 TSX at 1:50 PM 6/17/2006

FifthGearOnline · 06-17-2006, 04:43 PM

a fresh install is not always the best anwser, google it for a while. as long as everything works its just annoying

2005 TSX · 06-24-2006, 03:03 PM

Well, here are some suggestions that I have tried so far...

http://www.hardwareanalysis.co...59453/

and

http://forum.tweaks.com/forum/....aspx
No more updates in this forum...still waiting.

I also tried using a program called "Icon Packager - Public Version". This program allowed me to set the icons to their default settings, and then I could cutomize them as I wanted. The labels were still incorrect, but I was able to change them in the registry. Everything looked fine, but once I rebooted the computer, everything went right back to incorrect settings.

What can I do? Please help!

2005 TSX · 06-24-2006, 03:03 PM

Also, I was able to figure out what the certain drives are.

06-17-2006, 11:44 AM	#2
tonyxcom Thread Edit Notification Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Vallejo, CA Posts: 11,534	Re: My drive icons are messed up! (2005 TSX) goto start, run then type in services.msc find and disable the Shell Hardware Detection service and reboot. Did they get fixed? If so, then re-enable the service. If not, Google it. __________________ http://www.tleone.com http://www.msgads.com - Post FREE classified ads using SMS text messaging from your cell phone!

06-17-2006, 12:31 PM	#3
2005 TSX Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 983	Re: My drive icons are messed up! (tonyxcom) Well, I restarted the service...and everything went back to the incorrect icon and labels. I noticed that if I left the service disabled, the icons stayed generic, but the labels would not stay the same. Should this service be enabled, or will I have problems leaving the service disabled? A fresh install would solve everything...sigh...I hate doing that. Modified by 2005 TSX at 1:50 PM 6/17/2006 __________________ 2005 Acura TSX Sedan June 18th, 2005 "To Be Content Is The Key"

06-17-2006, 04:43 PM	#4
FifthGearOnline Member 2002 BMW 3-Series Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,906	Re: My drive icons are messed up! (2005 TSX) a fresh install is not always the best anwser, google it for a while. as long as everything works its just annoying __________________ - James http://www.fifthgearonline.com

06-24-2006, 03:03 PM	#5
2005 TSX Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 983	So? Well, here are some suggestions that I have tried so far... http://www.hardwareanalysis.co...59453/ and http://forum.tweaks.com/forum/....aspx No more updates in this forum...still waiting. I also tried using a program called "Icon Packager - Public Version". This program allowed me to set the icons to their default settings, and then I could cutomize them as I wanted. The labels were still incorrect, but I was able to change them in the registry. Everything looked fine, but once I rebooted the computer, everything went right back to incorrect settings. What can I do? Please help! __________________ 2005 Acura TSX Sedan June 18th, 2005 "To Be Content Is The Key"

06-24-2006, 03:03 PM	#6
2005 TSX Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 983	Re: So? (2005 TSX) Also, I was able to figure out what the certain drives are. __________________ 2005 Acura TSX Sedan June 18th, 2005 "To Be Content Is The Key"

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