Problem with my C:drive Icon

Any help is appreciated...you folks know everything!

Saturday, March 31, 2007 by charms55 | Discussion: Icons

I have run into an interesting but probably not unheard of problem. I is not serious, but is one of those things that causes a continual annoyance every time I look at My Computer.

I installed a Vista Simulation program (Vista trans formation?) don't even remember now. But after uninstalling, it removed my icon for my C: drive. Now all I get is the Windows icon for an unknown files, etc. I thought when I did a restore it would come back, but no chance. Then I upgraded memory in preparation of Vista and now run V. Ultimate. I thought that extensive install would correct my problem, but no.

How can I get the Icon correct for the main drive? (the D: partition is unaffected by this)

Thanks!
Charms55
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adamtheclown
Reply #1 Saturday, March 31, 2007 5:05 PM
You should be able to right click on it, go to properties, and there should be an option somewhere in there to change the icon. There is an icon tab in XP but I don't know a thing about Vista.

charms55
Reply #2 Sunday, April 1, 2007 9:30 AM
Thanks, but no go. No such tab to select an Icon. I had already looked as I thought there should be as well.

Corky_O
Reply #3 Sunday, April 1, 2007 1:01 PM

Charms55,

Did you do a clean install (boot from CD) with Vista Ultimate, or upgrade (run CD from in Windows) your XP installation?

If you did an upgrade, then I suspect the 'Vista simulation' made a registry key somewhere in the registry. If this is the case, is there a 'Drive' key (folder) in the left pane of the registry editor in the following location?

'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer'

Note - you can safely look at the registry by going to "Start > Run > type: regedit > press enter" - as long as you only look for now.


charms55
Reply #4 Tuesday, April 3, 2007 3:34 AM
Hi Corky, glad you chimed in.

There is a folder called "DriveIcon" in that is a folder "C" and the default is set:

C:\WINDOWS\System32\VITrans\osdrive.ico,0

I take it the VITrans refers to a setting from the installation of the Vista Transition is not correct.

Now...what do I do?

Thanks!
Charms

Corky_O
Reply #5 Tuesday, April 3, 2007 10:19 AM

Hi Charms55,

That is the problem.

Write (or copy from below) the information of that key:

Key in left-side pane = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcon

Subkey inside key indicated above = C

Default string value of subkey C = C:\WINDOWS\System32\VITrans\osdrive.ico,0

You will be able to recreate this key if needed, although you won't need it because it is pointing to something that is not there (specifically the 'VITrans\osdrive.ico, 0'). If you want to recreate it for some reason, I will walk you through it.

Now go back into registry editor and delete the 'DriveIcon' key (folder) from the left-side pane and reboot (this will remove the over-riding registry entry and Windows should use it's default icon for the 'C' drive). Note - do this procedure with Windows Vista in the default theme (uncustomized).

That should do it, let me know how it goes.


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