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Recent content by Mordecai Walfish

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    Solved Desktop icons turning to black boxes in Windows 7 x64

    After testing for a couple days here, I can safely say this problem is resolved. The issue was indeed the removal of the shortcut arrows. The registry editing method is what caused it. I removed the registry entries I made before to remove the shortcut arrows, and then rebooted my computer, and...
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    Solved Desktop icons turning to black boxes in Windows 7 x64

    I actually think I found the solution, just need to test it. I asked for help on another forum and was asked if I ever tried removing the shortcut arrow from my icons, which I had done, but forgot about. Turns out removing the shortcut arrow can cause this problem, depending on how you do it...
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    Solved Desktop icons turning to black boxes in Windows 7 x64

    Hello. Been having some issues with Windows 7 recently deciding to turn my desktop icons into black boxes. When it initially happened, I found a solution on a windows help forum, that advised to change a registry key. This fixed the issue, but it eventually came back. When it happens now, I can...