Comments on: How to Fix Corrupt Drive Icons in My Computer?

By: glen

glen — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 07:32:23 +0000

thanks a lot !!!!!

By: VG

VG — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:47:16 +0000

^^ Did you follow the above mentioned steps? If it doesnt help, enable "Show Hidden Files" option in Folder Options and then open your drives which are showing unknown icons. If you find a file with the name "autorun.inf" or "Desktop.ini", delete it.

By: Gulfam

Gulfam — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:42:22 +0000

I Have Two Hard Disks
Primary Hard Disk Have Two Partitions C & D
Secondary Hard Disk Have Four Partitions E,F,G,H
C,D Icons Are Fine But E,F,G,H Are Showing Unknown Icons
Me Using Windows 7
Please Help

By: Arun Karthik

Arun Karthik — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:23:52 +0000

Thank you bro
My drive icons were restored back
it is totally u who helped me out,thank u ,thank u.......

I do have another doubt, how to get rid of vista themes, if u have the answer just mail to me at arunkarthiksinboxes@gmail.com

By: james

james — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:52:31 +0000

hi...

but i cant find the "DriveIcons" in that key... all of my software program changed, but they run very well.. how can i change it to original icon?

By: james

james — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:49:13 +0000

hi..

By: Rajiv

Rajiv — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:55:44 +0000

Dear vg I didnt find any DriveIcons there regedit(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer) root please help
XP

By: Big J

Big J — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:58:49 +0000

If some or all of your drive icons are missing from your MyComputer window then check this out! Always check your motherboard's BIOS 1st !!! If you can see your CD/DVD drive(s) in the BIOS then you know that it is connected properly and should be seen after booting into Windows etc... I have built many computers over the years and i have 20yrs+ PC building/repair experience. I have had a lot of people bring their PC's to me and they tell me that when they are booted into Windows their CD/DVD drive icons are missing from MyComputer directory window. If their hardware is hooked up correctly and working properly and still no icons are showing then i just run TweakUi and click on +MyComputer --->Drives and make sure that there is a checkmark next to the drive letters (ex. A, C, D, E, F, G, etc...) I know that a trojan/malware etc... can intentionally hide the icons for Drive C: and D: etc... because i had to fix my girlfriends PC just recently. She couldn't see any of her drive icons. at all and i found a few trojans lurking on her hard drive. Then after cleaning them out i ran TweakUI and sure enough the drive icons for MyComputer were un-checked (Hidden). After you change these settings you will see your drive icons again immediately! You don't even need to reboot windows for them to show up in MyComputer again like they are supposed to. Check this out on your PC. Just run TweakUI and see if your drives are unchecked. I hope this will help you and anyone else that has this problem. P.S. If any of your icons are not showing the correct icon for certain programs etc... then TweakUI can fix this. Just run TweakUI and click "Repair" then make sure "Rebuild Icons" is selected in the drop down box and then click "Repair Now" button. Good Luck! ;)

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:54:53 +0000

Oh, just worked it out! Sorry

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:51:47 +0000

How do you get to regedit??
Thanks in advance.