Desktop Icons mysterious changing? Here is a cureI call them "Chameleon" Icons because they keep changing their appearance. What happens is that down at the area some call ‘Quick Launch’ others call Taskbar, icons randomly changing their appearance and masquerade as a different application. Note: This changing icon problem does not seem to affect XP or Windows Server 2003. First Objective Find:-HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer Second Objective: create a String Value called Max Cached IconsEdit (Menu), New, String Value called: Max Cached Icons Please note: Include spaces as shown, MaxCachedIcons is wrong Third Objective set the valueSet the value of Max Cached Icons to 4096 (Range 100 to 4096 default = 500) DELETE the ShellIconCache file in the \winnt folder. N.B. This is a hidden file and it is a file not a folder Log off and Log on again.
 If the MMC still misbehaves reset the Icon, right-click, properties, Change Icon, Browse MMC.exe
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If the MMC still misbehaves reset the Icon, right-click, properties, Change Icon, Browse MMC.exe
START (Button), RUN, REGEDIT (Type), Click on the OK (Button).
