Re: [H] Odd Windows 7 problem

2016-09-07 Thread Thane Sherrington

On 07/09/2016 3:00 PM, Robert Martin Jr. wrote:

I had that happen frequently on one computer and eventually found a fix script 
that I would run then reboot and would all be fixed. I think it was related to 
corruption of the icon cache or something similar.
Well, I tried the rebuild iconcache script, which basically deletes 
iconcache.db from the %localcappdata%, but the iconcache.db doesn't 
regenerate and the problem persists.  I also tried installing the latest 
Intel video driver, but no change.


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Re: [H] Odd Windows 7 problem

2016-09-07 Thread Robert Martin Jr.
I had that happen frequently on one computer and eventually found a fix script 
that I would run then reboot and would all be fixed. I think it was related to 
corruption of the icon cache or something similar. 
lopaka

  From: Thane Sherrington 
 To: "hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com"  
 Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 10:36 AM
 Subject: [H] Odd Windows 7 problem
   
I've run into this a few times, and each time I've been forced to do a 
repair install to fix it.  This time, repair install isn't working, so 
I'm digging deeper.

Here's the problem.  On Windows 7 Home and Pro systems, occasionally 
they will boot up to a desktop with no icons, but the icon labels are 
visible.

When I click the start button, it depresses, but the Start Menu doesn't 
appear.  I can open Task Manager by right clicking the Start Menu or by 
using Ctrl-Shift-Esc and then I can open a command prompt.  I can open 
Control Panel from the command prompt, but all the icons are missing 
(although the labels are visible) and I can use the search box to open 
Control Panel applets.

Here's what I've tried so far:

1)Repair install/Inplace Upgrade from the DVD.  This works for the first 
reboot, but after a few reboots, the problem returns.

2)System Restore - I've gone back to a known good restore point, but the 
problem remains (so no icons when System Restore reboots).

3)SFC /scannow - says it has made changes, but no icons on reboot.

4)Created a new user profile - no change in that profile.

5)Boot to safe mode - no change.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.  Out of interest, I think the 
problem may be related to Visual C++ 2013 redistributable, since on this 
computer, it installed just before the problem started.  I tried 
repairing it, but there was no change.  I'm running another SFC before I 
remove Visual C++ 2013 redistributable.

T