Problems with a Matrox G450MMS

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July 30th, 2004, 08:39 AM
Spork

Problems with a Matrox G450MMS

Alright, so I'm running a Matrox G450MMS with an IBM 19" LCD and a ViewSonic 17" CRT connected to it. Both are running via analog. Now the problem I'm having is with the majority of the icons in my Start menu. It seems like a lot of them are being displayed using only 16 or 256 colors. But if I go into the Properties of the icon and go into Change Icon and reselect the original icon, then it changes it back to what it should normally be. But after I reboot the computer, the icons change back and look like crap again.

I've downloaded the latest video drivers and that didn't help at all. Any ideas? :confused:
July 30th, 2004, 09:20 AM
hudsonsmith

Do you have TweakUI? There's a function to repair the icon cache.
July 30th, 2004, 11:12 AM
Spork

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Originally Posted by hudsonsmith

Do you have TweakUI? There's a function to repair the icon cache.

No TweakUI installed on this computer. This is my work computer and the icons have been screwed up ever since I installed dual-monitors on it.
July 30th, 2004, 12:39 PM
hudsonsmith

Try these:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...roduct=win2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default...roduct=win2000

I believe that deleting the ShellIconCache file is the one that fixes it, although you might want to look at the registry setting as well.