Desktop Icon Names Changed

All my Desktop icon names changed to "(-X)". Where the X is, appears a
number. The number is different for each icon. I have scanned the PC for
viruses, spyware, adware and found no problems. I installed Service Pack 3,
with hopes it had a fix, but the names did not revert back.

Any ideas to the cause? And what would be the resolution, beside renaming
each icon back to the original name?

Thanks.

A system restore would have been my recommendation but not now that you
installed SP3. Either rename the shortcuts or make new ones and delete the
bad ones.

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Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP Shell User


"Todman" <Todman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:226B3143-49F6-4D7E-A5B5-CD4B4325FC86@microsoft.com...
> All my Desktop icon names changed to "(-X)". Where the X is, appears a
> number. The number is different for each icon. I have scanned the PC for
> viruses, spyware, adware and found no problems. I installed Service Pack
> 3,
> with hopes it had a fix, but the names did not revert back.
>
> Any ideas to the cause? And what would be the resolution, beside renaming
> each icon back to the original name?
>
> Thanks.

"Todman" wrote:

> All my Desktop icon names changed to "(-X)". Where the X is, appears a
> number. The number is different for each icon. I have scanned the PC for
> viruses, spyware, adware and found no problems. I installed Service Pack 3,
> with hopes it had a fix, but the names did not revert back.
>
> Any ideas to the cause? And what would be the resolution, beside renaming
> each icon back to the original name?
>
> Thanks.

Try this fix from here:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
Reboot your machine after applying the file.

Did you checked for malware using an Anti-malware app or just the AV scan?
Make sure all clean by scanning from other vendors like those for ex:
SuperAntispyware - Free
http://www.superantispyware.com/supe...freevspro.html

Run a scan from here on-line:
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/d...d=ie&venid=sym
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Download Avast Cleaner (offline scanner) from here:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html
HTH.
nass
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