Winxp system local disk icon has changed five solutions

A netizen asks for help, his computer local disk icon, some are normal, some have become unknown icons, how to solve this problem. There are several reasons for this problem. One is caused by a chaotic error. The second is that the icon cache is out of order. The third is that the registry is modified. The fourth is caused by a virus. The fifth is that the disk system file directory is faulty. Introduced him several methods, and finally solved the disk icon problem.

One of the methods: reset the drive letter

1, because the drive letter is disordered, the icon is the most abnormal, and the easiest solution is to reset the drive letter. , the specific method: right click on the "My computer", select & rdquo; management & ldquo;.

2, after entering the management window, select "Disk Management" on the left side, go to the right side, select the disk with abnormal icon, such as data disk D, right click, select “change Drive name and path & rdquo; this one.

3, enter the modification window, directly select this D disk, first delete the D disk & ldquo; delete, there will be a prompt when deleting, if there is a file running on the deleted disk, Stop it first. Then delete the D drive letter.

4, after deleting, re-select this “data disk”->right->“change drive name and path”. This time select the “Add” button.

5, enter the add window, first select “ assign the following drive letter & rdquo;, then open the drop-down box on the right side, select a symbol from it (note that this symbol can not be duplicated with other disks) , such as & ldquo; L & rdquo; symbol, ok. After restarting the computer after modification, the drive letter of this data disk will be changed back. If you feel that you have disrupted your disk order, you can reset the L drive letter back to the D drive letter.

If other disks are also unknown icons, modify them one by one as above.

Method 2: Delete the icon cache

1, if the above method is invalid, it may be a problem with the icon cache. The method of resetting the icon cache is to delete it first. The icon cache, the system will then automatically rebuild the icon cache, thus fixing the disk icon, this method is very effective. The specific method, because the icon cache file is hidden, so first to remove the system's hidden properties, first in the Explorer window, "Tools" menu, select "ldquo; folder options".

2, after entering the "Folder Options" window, select “display the contents of the system folder ” and “ display all files and folders & rdquo; these two, then remove <;Hide the protected operating system files (recommended)” in front of the tick, press “ application & rdquo; and & ldquo; determine & rdquo;, the system hidden properties are removed.

3, then open the “run” program in the start menu, if it is XP system, enter %USERPROFILE%\\Local Settings\\Application Data this code, OK. If it is a Win7 system, enter %USERPROFILE%\\AppData\\Local this code, OK, then expand “Organize>, select “Folder and Search Options”.

4, after entering the icon cache folder, find the file "IconCache.db", which is the icon cache file, and delete it. Restart the computer and the system will automatically rebuild a new icon cache file, which will fix the disk icon.

Method three: modify the registry

1, if the above two can not repair the disk icon, it may be that the registry has been modified, this requires access to the registry for repair Line, operation method, first open “ run & rdquo; from the start menu, enter the regedit command to open the registry.

2, after entering the registry, press [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer] to find the DriveIcons item under it, right click and delete it. Then restart your computer.

Method 4: Delete the Autorun.inf file

1, and the icon exception may also be caused by a virus. The virus will build an Autorum.inf file under the abnormal disk. This is an autorun file that needs to go to "My Computer" and select the icon for the abnormal disk, such as the D drive below.

2, after entering the D drive, find the Autorum.inf file, then delete it directly, restart the computer, the disk icon problem should be solved, if other disk icons are also abnormal, follow the same method solve.

Hint: Such a file is generally hidden, you must first remove the hidden attributes of the system, the method mentioned above, no longer talk about here.

Method 5: Disk Troubleshooting

1, the disk icon is abnormal, sometimes after installing some software or drivers, they are not unknown icons. Instead, install a software icon, such as the wireless network card driver installed, the wireless network card icon will appear, as shown below.

2, because some software is installed, the file system of the disk is out of order. The solution to this problem is to check the disk. The specific operation method is to right click on the disk with the icon error. Select the "Tools" in the window, under the tool, click the "Start Error Checking" button, in the pop-up check disk window, check the two items, press “ start & rdquo;, after the error check , restart the computer, the exception icon will be restored.

Note:

1, if you want to modify the registry, it is best to back up the registry in advance, in order to modify the error, used to restore.

2, in addition to the above methods, you can also use the software recovery icon, some security anti-virus software with icon repair function, with it can also solve the problem.