black icons

[Urge]

When I am online and have 2 or more windows open from the same site
occasionally/eventually the icon on the button in the system tray will turn
completely black and shortly after that windows will inform me that it has
to close. What's up with this behavior and how can I fix it?

Urge

 

[glee]

What "icon on the button in the system tray" are you referring to?

Exactly how does Windows inform you that it has to close? What message do you
receive, in its entirety? Does it say you are low on resources or some other error?

Do any other icons turn black at this time? If you are having a problem with icons
turning black in general, or the wrong icon displaying, try this:

Delete the shelliconcache file from Safe Mode, per the instructions here:

Icons Displayed Incorrectly in Control Panel:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=133733

OR,
Click Start>Settings> Control Panel> Display> Appearance tab:
Click the "Item:" drop-down list and select "Icon"
Note the current icon size in the "Size:" box next to that.
Change the size, click Apply.
Change the size back to what it was, click OK.
And,
Find the file named shelliconcache (it has no file extension), in the Windows
folder, and delete it or rename it to shelliconcache.bak, then re-boot.

OR,
If you have TweakUI installed, click Start> Settings> Control Panel> TweakUI>
"Repair" tab, select "Rebuild Icons" and click Repair Now.

Download and install TweakUI1.33:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/Install/1.0/WinMe/EN-US/Tweakui.exe


Following that, set the Max Icon Cache setting in the Registry to 2048:
http://www.aumha.org/regfiles.htm
Scroll to 'IconCache Fix', download, unzip, then right-click the enclosed .reg file,
click Merge on the menu that appears, and OK to the confirmation message.

--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Urge" <thumper_21@verizon.net> wrote in message news:r99Li.969$1d2.226@trndny05...
> When I am online and have 2 or more windows open from the same site
> occasionally/eventually the icon on the button in the system tray will turn
> completely black and shortly after that windows will inform me that it has
> to close. What's up with this behavior and how can I fix it?
>
> Urge
>
>

 

[Urge]

"glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message > What "icon on the
button in the system tray" are you referring to?
the ie logo to the left of the site name on the button in the sys tray.
> Exactly how does Windows inform you that it has to close? What message do
you
> receive, in its entirety?
"this program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down."
"explore caused an invalid page fault in module flash9d.ocx"
"an error has occured in I.E. I.E. will now close."

Does it say you are low on resources or some other error?
No
>
> Do any other icons turn black at this time?
It starts with the site that has multiple windows open but eventually all
the icons turn black.
If you are having a problem with icons
> turning black in general, or the wrong icon displaying, try this:
I tried a few of the options below but it didn't help.(Tweakui and
MaxIconCache to 2048)
>
> Delete the shelliconcache file from Safe Mode, per the instructions here:
>
> Icons Displayed Incorrectly in Control Panel:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=133733
>
> OR,
> Click Start>Settings> Control Panel> Display> Appearance tab:
> Click the "Item:" drop-down list and select "Icon"
> Note the current icon size in the "Size:" box next to that.
> Change the size, click Apply.
> Change the size back to what it was, click OK.
> And,
> Find the file named shelliconcache (it has no file extension), in the
Windows
> folder, and delete it or rename it to shelliconcache.bak, then re-boot.
>
> OR,
> If you have TweakUI installed, click Start> Settings> Control Panel>
TweakUI>
> "Repair" tab, select "Rebuild Icons" and click Repair Now.
>
> Download and install TweakUI1.33:
>
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/Install/1.0/WinMe/EN-US/Tweakui.exe
>
>
> Following that, set the Max Icon Cache setting in the Registry to 2048:
> http://www.aumha.org/regfiles.htm
> Scroll to 'IconCache Fix', download, unzip, then right-click the enclosed
..reg file,
> click Merge on the menu that appears, and OK to the confirmation message.
>
> --
> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
> http://dts-l.org/
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
> "Urge" <thumper_21@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:r99Li.969$1d2.226@trndny05...
> > When I am online and have 2 or more windows open from the same site
> > occasionally/eventually the icon on the button in the system tray will
turn
> > completely black and shortly after that windows will inform me that it
has
> > to close. What's up with this behavior and how can I fix it?
> >
> > Urge
> >
> >
>

 

[Jeff Richards]

This is the advice that has been posted elsewhere. It involves removing the
latest version of the Adobe Flash player, and installing an older version.

FWIW, I do not allow any version of Flash layer to be installed on any of my
machines. I'm told I am missing some animations in certain web sites, but I
can live with that.

Quote
To install Flash Player 8, follow the instructions on these pages:

Uninstalling:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157
Installation of Flash Player 8:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14266

Read the readme.txt in the latter to find the right version for your browser
and OS.
Endquote
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Urge" <thumper_21@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:XItNi.278$ai2.154@trndny05...
>
"glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message > What "icon on the
> button in the system tray" are you referring to?
> the ie logo to the left of the site name on the button in the sys tray.
>> Exactly how does Windows inform you that it has to close? What message
>> do
> you
>> receive, in its entirety?
> "this program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down."
> "explore caused an invalid page fault in module flash9d.ocx"
> "an error has occured in I.E. I.E. will now close."
>

 

[Urge]

"Jeff Richards" <JRichards@msn.com.au> wrote in message
news:u4oO1%235BIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> This is the advice that has been posted elsewhere.
Where was this posted? The Flash Player site says that FP#9 supports my
system. Do the FP folks not understand their own software?
System requirements
Hardware
Adobe has tested Adobe® Flash® Player 9 extensively on the following minimum
hardware configurations:
Windows
Intel® Pentium® II 450MHz or faster processor (or equivalent)
128MB of RAM
Operating systems and browsers
Flash Player 9 is supported on the following minimum operating systems and
browsers:
Windows Platform Browser
Windows 98 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later

I uninstalled ver.9 and installed ver.8.something. It seems to be working
so far under very limited testing.

It involves removing
the
> latest version of the Adobe Flash player, and installing an older version.
>
> FWIW, I do not allow any version of Flash layer to be installed on any of
my
> machines.
What do you have against Flash Player? I follow sports and the score
updates FP provides arehelpful.
I'm told I am missing some animations in certain web sites, but
I
> can live with that.
>
> Quote
> To install Flash Player 8, follow the instructions on these pages:
>
> Uninstalling:
> http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157
> Installation of Flash Player 8:
> http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14266
>
> Read the readme.txt in the latter to find the right version for your
browser
> and OS.
You actually have to download the Flash Player package to find out this
info. Not an insignificant download or downloads to find the appropriate
one, especially if you have dialup(I don't).

Bill in Mass.
> Endquote
> --
> Jeff Richards
> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
> "Urge" <thumper_21@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:XItNi.278$ai2.154@trndny05...
> >
> "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message > What "icon on the
> > button in the system tray" are you referring to?
> > the ie logo to the left of the site name on the button in the sys tray.
> >> Exactly how does Windows inform you that it has to close? What message
> >> do
> > you
> >> receive, in its entirety?
> > "this program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down."
> > "explore caused an invalid page fault in module flash9d.ocx"
> > "an error has occured in I.E. I.E. will now close."
> >
>
>

 

[Jeff Richards]

It's one thing for the manufacturer to state that the new release is
supported in your version of the OS - it's another for it to actually work
correctly. Often, testing with older versions of the operating system is
very brief.

Hope that was the solution.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Urge" <thumper_21@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:OYpOi.3128$ai2.1594@trndny05...
> "Jeff Richards" <JRichards@msn.com.au> wrote in message
> news:u4oO1%235BIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> This is the advice that has been posted elsewhere.
> Where was this posted? The Flash Player site says that FP#9 supports my
> system. Do the FP folks not understand their own software?
> System requirements
> Hardware
> Adobe has tested Adobe® Flash® Player 9 extensively on the following
> minimum
> hardware configurations:
> Windows
> Intel® Pentium® II 450MHz or faster processor (or equivalent)
> 128MB of RAM
> Operating systems and browsers
> Flash Player 9 is supported on the following minimum operating systems and
> browsers:
> Windows Platform Browser
> Windows 98 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
>
> I uninstalled ver.9 and installed ver.8.something. It seems to be working
> so far under very limited testing.
>
> It involves removing
> the
>> latest version of the Adobe Flash player, and installing an older
>> version.
>>
>> FWIW, I do not allow any version of Flash layer to be installed on any of
> my
>> machines.
> What do you have against Flash Player? I follow sports and the score
> updates FP provides arehelpful.
> I'm told I am missing some animations in certain web sites, but
> I
>> can live with that.
>>
>> Quote
>> To install Flash Player 8, follow the instructions on these pages:
>>
>> Uninstalling:
>> http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157
>> Installation of Flash Player 8:
>> http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14266
>>
>> Read the readme.txt in the latter to find the right version for your
> browser
>> and OS.
> You actually have to download the Flash Player package to find out this
> info. Not an insignificant download or downloads to find the appropriate
> one, especially if you have dialup(I don't).
>
> Bill in Mass.
>> Endquote
>> --
>> Jeff Richards
>> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
>> "Urge" <thumper_21@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:XItNi.278$ai2.154@trndny05...
>> >
>> "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message > What "icon on the
>> > button in the system tray" are you referring to?
>> > the ie logo to the left of the site name on the button in the sys tray.
>> >> Exactly how does Windows inform you that it has to close? What
>> >> message
>> >> do
>> > you
>> >> receive, in its entirety?
>> > "this program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut
>> > down."
>> > "explore caused an invalid page fault in module flash9d.ocx"
>> > "an error has occured in I.E. I.E. will now close."
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
>

 

[Urge]

Thanks for your help

Bill in Mass.

"Jeff Richards" <JRichards@msn.com.au> wrote in message
news:u0LUK3eCIHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> It's one thing for the manufacturer to state that the new release is
> supported in your version of the OS - it's another for it to actually work
> correctly. Often, testing with older versions of the operating system is
> very brief.
>
> Hope that was the solution.
> --
> Jeff Richards
> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
> "Urge" <thumper_21@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:OYpOi.3128$ai2.1594@trndny05...
> > "Jeff Richards" <JRichards@msn.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:u4oO1%235BIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >> This is the advice that has been posted elsewhere.
> > Where was this posted? The Flash Player site says that FP#9 supports my
> > system. Do the FP folks not understand their own software?
> > System requirements
> > Hardware
> > Adobe has tested Adobe® Flash® Player 9 extensively on the following
> > minimum
> > hardware configurations:
> > Windows
> > Intel® Pentium® II 450MHz or faster processor (or equivalent)
> > 128MB of RAM
> > Operating systems and browsers
> > Flash Player 9 is supported on the following minimum operating systems
and
> > browsers:
> > Windows Platform Browser
> > Windows 98 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
> >
> > I uninstalled ver.9 and installed ver.8.something. It seems to be
working
> > so far under very limited testing.
> >
> > It involves removing
> > the
> >> latest version of the Adobe Flash player, and installing an older
> >> version.
> >>
> >> FWIW, I do not allow any version of Flash layer to be installed on any
of
> > my
> >> machines.
> > What do you have against Flash Player? I follow sports and the score
> > updates FP provides arehelpful.
> > I'm told I am missing some animations in certain web sites, but
> > I
> >> can live with that.
> >>
> >> Quote
> >> To install Flash Player 8, follow the instructions on these pages:
> >>
> >> Uninstalling:
> >> http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157
> >> Installation of Flash Player 8:
> >> http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14266
> >>
> >> Read the readme.txt in the latter to find the right version for your
> > browser
> >> and OS.
> > You actually have to download the Flash Player package to find out this
> > info. Not an insignificant download or downloads to find the
appropriate
> > one, especially if you have dialup(I don't).
> >
> > Bill in Mass.
> >> Endquote
> >> --
> >> Jeff Richards
> >> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
> >> "Urge" <thumper_21@verizon.net> wrote in message
> >> news:XItNi.278$ai2.154@trndny05...
> >> >
> >> "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message > What "icon on the
> >> > button in the system tray" are you referring to?
> >> > the ie logo to the left of the site name on the button in the sys
tray.
> >> >> Exactly how does Windows inform you that it has to close? What
> >> >> message
> >> >> do
> >> > you
> >> >> receive, in its entirety?
> >> > "this program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut
> >> > down."
> >> > "explore caused an invalid page fault in module flash9d.ocx"
> >> > "an error has occured in I.E. I.E. will now close."
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
>