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hypersonic hijacked my icons!

post #1 of 15
12/22/05 at 2:47pm
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just got my CX7- it rocks. no time for a review now, but I wonder if somebody can help.

Hypersonic's custom XP theme has apparently hijacked all the standard XP icons. I can't even change them by switching themes or choosing custom icons. No matter what I do, the brushed-steel looking folder icons from Hypersonic override everything.

Anyone else encountered & fixed this?

thanks
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post #2 of 15
12/22/05 at 3:07pm
Congrats on the system and looking forward to seeing your review.

As for the icons, there is a way to reset them. I will have to look at it again because I had done this on mine, but then I put it back because I didn't like the blah look.

I do know that StyleXP will do it, but I am sure there is another way that is easier without going that route.
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post #3 of 15
12/22/05 at 11:11pm
ratmyr, Is it a windowblinds theme?
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post #4 of 15
12/23/05 at 9:59am
Actually, I believe it is a home grown theme. There are two executables that 1) clears the icon cache and 2) installs the appropriate files in a themes directory. It doesn't seem to use Windowblinds or any other external tool that I am aware of.

I meant to check this out when I got home last night, but I ended up doing something with the wife and kids and never touched my system. So will have to check this evening. 14-16hr days suck.
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post #5 of 15
12/23/05 at 4:43pm
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Originally Posted by ratmyr
Actually, I believe it is a home grown theme. There are two executables that 1) clears the icon cache and 2) installs the appropriate files in a themes directory. It doesn't seem to use Windowblinds or any other external tool that I am aware of.

I meant to check this out when I got home last night, but I ended up doing something with the wife and kids and never touched my system. So will have to check this evening. 14-16hr days suck.
yeah i dumped the hypersonic icons, but i realized they were a lot cooler than the stock garbage so i put them back. only thing that really bugged me was the icons overlapping at 1920xwhatever, so i had to go in properties to change the icon spacing
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post #6 of 15
12/23/05 at 5:23pm
Yeah. Same thing on this side. The icon size (first item) and the spacing makes a big difference. Else, you have humungous icons.
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post #7 of 15
12/23/05 at 7:19pm
hopefully i dont have to do it again as i sent it in for repairs and it just arrived today.
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post #8 of 15
12/23/05 at 8:19pm
Can someone post a screenshot of the Hyper icons. sounds pretty cool that they altered Windows to have a Hypersonic Edition.
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post #9 of 15
12/23/05 at 9:13pm
I will take a look at doing that later, however, all they really are is a dark grey set of icons. The file folders are grey and so are the desktop items. But they are much nicer than the default yellow.

Will try to post a screen shot later - unless someone beats me to it.
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post #10 of 15
12/23/05 at 9:32pm
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beatya hehe. srry about size. 1920xwhatever.(u know how it is )
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post #11 of 15
12/24/05 at 10:51am
Yeah, but you left out the ever important file folders.

Here you go. Thanks chode.
LL
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post #12 of 15
12/24/05 at 5:35pm
lol i figured the my documents older was sufficient. ive been breaking my baby in w/ some 24/7 BF2 and FEAR. i still need to get my own copy of HL2. i beat it at my friends place, but id like m own. im still chugging along with 1.6.
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post #13 of 15
12/24/05 at 9:54pm
The EX7 is definitely an awesome beast. I miss mine greatly. The FX7 is definitely going to give it a run for its money and either one with a 7800 must be awesome.

Enjoy Christmas!
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post #14 of 15
12/25/05 at 4:07pm
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okay, I figured it out. There's a "\themes\hypersonic" folder somewhere. I just deleted the hypersonic folder and re-applied default XP theme.
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post #15 of 15
1/5/06 at 2:26pm
I know that squeezebox fixed his problem, but there is a possible other issue that I think everyone needs to be aware of just in case it happens to you.

One of the things that kept happening after I received my CX7 was some sort of registry error. It would complain about a bad image for the mydocuments.ico icon in the themes directory. I don't have the exact error message handy. This would pop up whenever I was installing certain software and was becoming annoying. I could not get rid of it, and since I could not install StyleXP (see a thread I started in the Sager forum), I couldn't replace the icons with another set.

Once I reloaded my system and had everything set up, I tried to install the theme pack and the same problem came right back. This time, I went into System Restore and restored to the point right before I installed the them pack. This removed the registry entries (there are a lot) from my system. Presto. Not only was it fixed, but the icons stayed the same.

Something you may want to keep in mind. System Restore Points can be a life saver at times.

Good luck!
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