Hi Pookie,

You haven't mentioned yet the version of Windows you're using, but if the Display properties are not working at all it could be a
corrupted or outdated graphics card driver, a problem with Windows registry for file associations or it could be that the iconcache
(that stores all of the icons) may have been corrupted.

There are a number of utilities that can repair the icon cache by rebuilding it or by resetting the registtry key, or you can do it
manually
http://windowsnetworking.com/kbase/W...eIconCache.htm

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<<"hellopookie" <hellopookie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:198AE701-95DD-484A-BA8F-932EF906893B@microsoft.com...
Sorry, that option is not available for me and I tried to go to Control Panel
and the options under the Display properties for my desktop don't work,
though this problem is not limited to files located on my desktop. >>
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Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

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