All icons changed to unknown application icons

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Hi,

My workmate's home computer has developed a problem. All his icons for his
software have been replaced by the unknown application icon for some reason.
Is this due to a virus or has something simple happened? Any answers would be
appreciated.

Regards,

John Shearan

 

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It could be due to a virus or due to the removal of one.

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"John Shearan" <JohnShearan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news42C5097-53FD-41FB-BF22-D07236327787@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> My workmate's home computer has developed a problem. All his icons for his
> software have been replaced by the unknown application icon for some reason.
> Is this due to a virus or has something simple happened? Any answers would be
> appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Shearan