Icons won't open - Club CDFreaks

Hitech · 30-04-2008

I use XP with SP2...when I click on my IE or Hotmail icon they don't always open. I usually have to click on them a few times, but it locks up my pc occassionally. When I reboot, I get an eror saying IE is still running. I have checked for viruses, spyware, malware, etc. and the programs say nothing is wrong. I use AVG, SpyBot Search&Destroy, Ad-Aware Pro, CCleaner and all is fine.

I'd appreciate any help. Thanks.

Also when I close a folder or a program and go back to my desktoip, is it normal for my icon to refresh themselves? Could this be a result of the above problem?

*Sexy_Southerner* · 30-04-2008

first part of your question.....
I dont' know

last question ... This is perfectly normal windows behaviour. All that is happening is that
the desktop environment is refreshing itself. Sometimes this happens while
windows is busy (like closing the processes from your application) and it
does take a couple of seconds to refresh the icons. There are ways to stop
it from happening, but it is inadviseable to do so, because the inability to
refresh can cause the windows explorer itself to stop working. You can tell
when this happens because you will be staring at the background image and
nothing else. there is a fix..if you want to disable it....although i really don't think you want to do that.. ([HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"NoNetCrawling"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"Max Cached Icons"="12000" )

bean55 · 01-05-2008

Quote:

I use XP with SP2...when I click on my IE or Hotmail icon they don't always open. I usually have to click on them a few times, but it locks up my pc occassionally. When I reboot, I get an eror saying IE is still running.

IE6 or IE7 ?
Have you done all updates for IE ?
Some toolbars try to take over IE and IE does not always like it.

bean55

bean55 · 01-05-2008

Quote:

When I reboot, I get an eror saying IE is still running.

Shutdown will usually clear up more than a reboot does.

bean55

Hitech · 02-05-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by bean55

IE6 or IE7 ?
Have you done all updates for IE ?
Some toolbars try to take over IE and IE does not always like it.

bean55

IE 6 and all the updates.

bean55 · 02-05-2008

And toolbar ?
May need to uninstall the toolbar ( if you have one ) and reload it.

Is it happening all the time? or just when you first start on the computer after not doing anything for awhile?

Some icons/programs come out of hibernation mode very slowly.Clicking on it more than once also slows it down even more because it thinks you want it to start more than once.

bean55

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30-04-2008	#2 (permalink)
Sexy_Southerner Chocolate Aficionado Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5,382	Re: Icons won't open first part of your question..... I dont' know last question ... This is perfectly normal windows behaviour. All that is happening is that the desktop environment is refreshing itself. Sometimes this happens while windows is busy (like closing the processes from your application) and it does take a couple of seconds to refresh the icons. There are ways to stop it from happening, but it is inadviseable to do so, because the inability to refresh can cause the windows explorer itself to stop working. You can tell when this happens because you will be staring at the background image and nothing else. there is a fix..if you want to disable it....although i really don't think you want to do that.. ([HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "NoNetCrawling"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "Max Cached Icons"="12000" ) __________________ wobble " I like to play "dress up" now and then!" source

02-05-2008	#6 (permalink)
bean55 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chicago Land Area Posts: 352	Re: Icons won't open And toolbar ? May need to uninstall the toolbar ( if you have one ) and reload it. Is it happening all the time? or just when you first start on the computer after not doing anything for awhile? Some icons/programs come out of hibernation mode very slowly.Clicking on it more than once also slows it down even more because it thinks you want it to start more than once. bean55 __________________ New Cruncher : Core 2 Quad Q6600,Intel DG35EC MOBO,PNY 2048 Dual Ram ( 2 x 1048 ) x 2 = 4096,ThermalTake 500 PSU Fold for team 13505 http://folding.stanford.edu/ Help us save some lives by joining the Distributed Computing Teams : F@H or WGC My CRUNCH Force : 12 On F@H with 7 running WGC also ( Soon to be 1 More ) At work : 5 units running 24/7 , 2 units running Mon To Thur 12 hr nights , then Fri 6 pm to Mon 6 am 24 hrs At Home : 3 units running 24/6 2 units running 24/5 On good weeks

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