Desktop Icon Names Changed

All my Desktop icon names changed to "(-X)". Where the X is, appears a
number. The number is different for each icon. I have scanned the PC for
viruses, spyware, adware and found no problems. I installed Service Pack 3,
with hopes it had a fix, but the names did not revert back.

Any ideas to the cause? And what would be the resolution, beside renaming
each icon back to the original name?

Thanks.

A system restore would have been my recommendation but not now that you
installed SP3. Either rename the shortcuts or make new ones and delete the
bad ones.

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Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP Shell User


"Todman" wrote in message

> All my Desktop icon names changed to "(-X)". Where the X is, appears a
> number. The number is different for each icon. I have scanned the PC for
> viruses, spyware, adware and found no problems. I installed Service Pack
> 3,
> with hopes it had a fix, but the names did not revert back.
>
> Any ideas to the cause? And what would be the resolution, beside renaming
> each icon back to the original name?
>
> Thanks.