I put a shortcut to my DSL connection on my desktop so that I could quickly
launch a connection. I had no problems.

Somehow the default icon has vanished and all I am getting is the 'vanilla'
icon Vista displays then there is no valid association.

The shortcut still works but I would like to get original icon restored.

The attachment is a 'snip' of the icon I have.

Can anyone help?

Thanks

--

HSN
(amhsn@nospam.sympatico.ca)

How was the shortcut created? By you, or a program? You might have to
create it again, and then right-click on the shortcut, choose Properties,
then click on the Change Icon button. Take note of what file has the icon
(and its location), and then Cancel. The next time it changes to a generic
icon, you will know where to find it, using Change Icon...

As to why it changed, sometimes Vista "forgets", and the icon for the
shortcut becomes generic. Too, the source file for the icon may been moved
or deleted, making the icon's path invalid.

"Andrew Aitchison" <amhsn@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:e$v3kjNnHHA.3656@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>I put a shortcut to my DSL connection on my desktop so that I could quickly
> launch a connection. I had no problems.
>
> Somehow the default icon has vanished and all I am getting is the
> 'vanilla'
> icon Vista displays then there is no valid association.
>
> The shortcut still works but I would like to get original icon restored.
>
> The attachment is a 'snip' of the icon I have.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
>
> HSN
> (amhsn@nospam.sympatico.ca)
>[/color]

I initially created the shortcut by dragging it out of Control
Panel|Network Connections and dropping it on the desktop.

I tried the Change Icon route but I got the default Shell32.dll stock of
icons.

I think I need (but can't find) the dll or exe file that holds the icons for
Network connections.

Thanks

"dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ep45RyNnHHA.4120@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> How was the shortcut created? By you, or a program? You might have to
> create it again, and then right-click on the shortcut, choose Properties,
> then click on the Change Icon button. Take note of what file has the icon
> (and its location), and then Cancel. The next time it changes to a
> generic icon, you will know where to find it, using Change Icon...
>
> As to why it changed, sometimes Vista "forgets", and the icon for the
> shortcut becomes generic. Too, the source file for the icon may been
> moved or deleted, making the icon's path invalid.
>
> "Andrew Aitchison" <amhsn@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:e$v3kjNnHHA.3656@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>>I put a shortcut to my DSL connection on my desktop so that I could
>>quickly
>> launch a connection. I had no problems.
>>
>> Somehow the default icon has vanished and all I am getting is the
>> 'vanilla'
>> icon Vista displays then there is no valid association.
>>
>> The shortcut still works but I would like to get original icon restored.
>>
>> The attachment is a 'snip' of the icon I have.
>>
>> Can anyone help?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> --
>>
>> HSN
>> (amhsn@nospam.sympatico.ca)
>>[/color]
>[/color]

Can you right-click on the shortcut, and choose "Open file location"? If
so, in the window that pops up, can you then right-click the file it points
to (selects) and choose "Create Shortcut"? You could then delete the old
Broadband Connection shortcut, and rename the new Broadband Connection(2)
shortcut to Broadband Connection.

"Andrew Aitchison" <amhsn@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:ORldN6SnHHA.4424@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>I initially created the shortcut by dragging it out of Control
>Panel|Network Connections and dropping it on the desktop.
>
> I tried the Change Icon route but I got the default Shell32.dll stock of
> icons.
>
> I think I need (but can't find) the dll or exe file that holds the icons
> for Network connections.
>
> Thanks
>
> "dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:ep45RyNnHHA.4120@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> How was the shortcut created? By you, or a program? You might have to
>> create it again, and then right-click on the shortcut, choose Properties,
>> then click on the Change Icon button. Take note of what file has the
>> icon (and its location), and then Cancel. The next time it changes to a
>> generic icon, you will know where to find it, using Change Icon...
>>
>> As to why it changed, sometimes Vista "forgets", and the icon for the
>> shortcut becomes generic. Too, the source file for the icon may been
>> moved or deleted, making the icon's path invalid.
>>
>> "Andrew Aitchison" <amhsn@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:e$v3kjNnHHA.3656@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>>I put a shortcut to my DSL connection on my desktop so that I could
>>>quickly
>>> launch a connection. I had no problems.
>>>
>>> Somehow the default icon has vanished and all I am getting is the
>>> 'vanilla'
>>> icon Vista displays then there is no valid association.
>>>
>>> The shortcut still works but I would like to get original icon restored.
>>>
>>> The attachment is a 'snip' of the icon I have.
>>>
>>> Can anyone help?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> HSN
>>> (amhsn@nospam.sympatico.ca)
>>>[/color]
>>[/color]
>[/color]

Hi Andrew,

The icon comes from "%windir\%system32\netshell.dll"
Icon Index is 105 (Note: The index is 0 based)

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting [url]http://www.winhelponline.com[/url]


"Andrew Aitchison" <amhsn@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:ORldN6SnHHA.4424@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
I initially created the shortcut by dragging it out of Control
Panel|Network Connections and dropping it on the desktop.

I tried the Change Icon route but I got the default Shell32.dll stock of
icons.

I think I need (but can't find) the dll or exe file that holds the icons for
Network connections.

Thanks

"dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ep45RyNnHHA.4120@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> How was the shortcut created? By you, or a program? You might have to
> create it again, and then right-click on the shortcut, choose Properties,
> then click on the Change Icon button. Take note of what file has the icon
> (and its location), and then Cancel. The next time it changes to a
> generic icon, you will know where to find it, using Change Icon...
>
> As to why it changed, sometimes Vista "forgets", and the icon for the
> shortcut becomes generic. Too, the source file for the icon may been
> moved or deleted, making the icon's path invalid.[/color]

Thank you soooooo much. That's perfect.

It's really great to have folks like you and Dean around to help us out.

Andrew Aitchison


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:u4K8u6UnHHA.4032@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
Hi Andrew,

The icon comes from "%windir\%system32\netshell.dll"
Icon Index is 105 (Note: The index is 0 based)

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting [url]http://www.winhelponline.com[/url]


"Andrew Aitchison" <amhsn@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:ORldN6SnHHA.4424@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
I initially created the shortcut by dragging it out of Control
Panel|Network Connections and dropping it on the desktop.

I tried the Change Icon route but I got the default Shell32.dll stock of
icons.

I think I need (but can't find) the dll or exe file that holds the icons for
Network connections.

Thanks

"dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ep45RyNnHHA.4120@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> How was the shortcut created? By you, or a program? You might have to
> create it again, and then right-click on the shortcut, choose Properties,
> then click on the Change Icon button. Take note of what file has the icon
> (and its location), and then Cancel. The next time it changes to a
> generic icon, you will know where to find it, using Change Icon...
>
> As to why it changed, sometimes Vista "forgets", and the icon for the
> shortcut becomes generic. Too, the source file for the icon may been
> moved or deleted, making the icon's path invalid.[/color]

You're most welcome Andrew.
[color=blue][color=green]
>> The icon comes from "%windir\%system32\netshell.dll"[/color][/color]

Correction: It should be "%windir%\system32\netshell.dll"

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting [url]http://www.winhelponline.com[/url]


"Andrew Aitchison" <amhsn@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:u70wGyVnHHA.4516@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
Thank you soooooo much. That's perfect.

It's really great to have folks like you and Dean around to help us out.

Andrew Aitchison


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:u4K8u6UnHHA.4032@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
Hi Andrew,

The icon comes from "%windir\%system32\netshell.dll"
Icon Index is 105 (Note: The index is 0 based)

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting [url]http://www.winhelponline.com[/url]


"Andrew Aitchison" <amhsn@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:ORldN6SnHHA.4424@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
I initially created the shortcut by dragging it out of Control
Panel|Network Connections and dropping it on the desktop.

I tried the Change Icon route but I got the default Shell32.dll stock of
icons.

I think I need (but can't find) the dll or exe file that holds the icons for
Network connections.

Thanks

"dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ep45RyNnHHA.4120@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> How was the shortcut created? By you, or a program? You might have to
> create it again, and then right-click on the shortcut, choose Properties,
> then click on the Change Icon button. Take note of what file has the icon
> (and its location), and then Cancel. The next time it changes to a
> generic icon, you will know where to find it, using Change Icon...
>
> As to why it changed, sometimes Vista "forgets", and the icon for the
> shortcut becomes generic. Too, the source file for the icon may been
> moved or deleted, making the icon's path invalid.[/color]