Try changing desktop icons to Classic view. To do this, right click on desktop, select "View" & click on "Classic Icons".
i also have this problem and no its not a virus,as it happens also when i put a fresh install of win7 on.after a few days the icons change back to what they were and not the globe.not sure what causes it,its really annoying,maybe something to do with renaming the shortcuts as i do.would be nice to have a fix.there is no classic view option in win7 only icon size.i have noticed it also does it when some progs are installed.
it also happens on fresh install.heres how it goes create a desktop shortcut of a webpage.rename the shortcut all is fine reboot the pc and it has a globe icon.after a few days/weeks the icon magically returns??? maybe something to do with using ccleaner?
You could try windows 7 manager and restore icons to default settings, i had weird thing happen when i booted up machine this morning some of my desktop icons for programs had changed to some of the windows 7 games icons. I don't play games but my wife does she may have done somthing last night when playing some games but any way windows 7 manager retored the to default.
Thanks, but I don't have this option in win7. I already check online and offline. And did I fresh install. I also did a fresh install allready. Only win7, the drivers, antivirus and flashplayer are installed. The strange thing is it does not happen in win7 32, only in win7 64. (normally I use 64, 32 was only to test)
Could you tell me were the option to restore icons to default settings is in windows 7 manager? I have looked but can't not find it.
The problem is back. I noticed something else, perhaps that can help? It only happens to weblinks that have custom icons of there own. For example google has a icon with a "G" in it, yahoo with a "Y",...
Could it be that you have a re-route set for this icon? Check if you have this key, and if you do, make a screenshot: Code: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons
No, I don't have this key. I only have HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers .
@ellen, Reset your iconcache.db once so that your desired icons are restored. Then set iconcache.db to read-only in properties.
Thanks, I will try it. But won't that give a problem with new icons which aren't yet in the iconcache.db?
i reset the iconcache.db with windows 7 manager a few times to get my ie desktop shortcuts back right.all is well for me again for over 1 week now no more world icons.i dont know what causes it though it seems every new vista/windows install i do it happens,i think it something to do with using ccleaner thats all i use and all i can think of or maybe because i rename the shotcuts?