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Mosaic1
03-06-2003, 01:05 PM
Hi,
This is sort of a repair Tweak. This happened to me a while back. Someone else posted the same problem at another Board. I thought it might be a good idea to post it here.

When TWEAKUI for XP repairs icons or removes the shortcut arrow, it changes a registry key and doesn't put it back. This results in a change of icons from the Win XP theme to a lower quality icon.
If you select 32 bit, you'll get the XP icons back. They will no longer show at 16 bit.

To remedy that navigate to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics
Look for this String value in the right pane:
Shell Icon BPP
Double click on Shell Icon BPP

Modify the value to 16
Restart Explorer.exe or log off and back on to see the change.

DanK
03-07-2003, 12:07 PM
Thanks for the post Mo, much appreciated.

Regards,
Dan