My icons are displayed incorrectly in my DVD/CD drive

Hi,

I have noticed recently that my files and folders are displayed incorrectly
in my optical DVD/CD drive. My files and folders are now displayed as web
icons or internet explorer icons eventhough I have no web pages on this
storage device. This is very annoying. I have tried viewing the files under
various formats and thumbnails is the closest it gets to displaying the icons
properly. When I remove the CD/DVD disc and view the contents of the disc on
another computer, the files are displayed correctly. Please note my icons
are displayed correctly on all other drives on my windows xp computer except
for my CD/DVD D: optical drive. This is so bizarre.

Should I look for the IconCache.db file and delete it? But then again, my
icons are displayed correctly in all other drives of my computer. I have
even checked the properties of DVD-RW optical drive and on the recording tab
"the enable cd recording checkbox is ticked along with "the automatically
check the CD box". Is there anything else I need to adjust here in the
properties?

I would welcome any suggestions on why my files and folders are being
displayed as web icons in DVD-RW optical D: drive.

Thanks

Martin

Unfortunately, I do not have an answer, but I have the same problem. Would
appreciate some answers.


"Martin Healy" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have noticed recently that my files and folders are displayed incorrectly
> in my optical DVD/CD drive. My files and folders are now displayed as web
> icons or internet explorer icons eventhough I have no web pages on this
> storage device. This is very annoying. I have tried viewing the files under
> various formats and thumbnails is the closest it gets to displaying the icons
> properly. When I remove the CD/DVD disc and view the contents of the disc on
> another computer, the files are displayed correctly. Please note my icons
> are displayed correctly on all other drives on my windows xp computer except
> for my CD/DVD D: optical drive. This is so bizarre.
>
> Should I look for the IconCache.db file and delete it? But then again, my
> icons are displayed correctly in all other drives of my computer. I have
> even checked the properties of DVD-RW optical drive and on the recording tab
> "the enable cd recording checkbox is ticked along with "the automatically
> check the CD box". Is there anything else I need to adjust here in the
> properties?
>
> I would welcome any suggestions on why my files and folders are being
> displayed as web icons in DVD-RW optical D: drive.
>
> Thanks
>
> Martin

Try disabling the native Windows XP DVD optical drive software by unticking
or clearing the enable cd recording checkbox in the properties sheet of the
optical drive. If you wish to use the native windows xp burning software
again instead of your third party DVD burning software, you need to enable
this checkbox. Please let me know if it works.

"Vijayesh" wrote:

> Unfortunately, I do not have an answer, but I have the same problem. Would
> appreciate some answers.
>
>
> "Martin Healy" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have noticed recently that my files and folders are displayed incorrectly
> > in my optical DVD/CD drive. My files and folders are now displayed as web
> > icons or internet explorer icons eventhough I have no web pages on this
> > storage device. This is very annoying. I have tried viewing the files under
> > various formats and thumbnails is the closest it gets to displaying the icons
> > properly. When I remove the CD/DVD disc and view the contents of the disc on
> > another computer, the files are displayed correctly. Please note my icons
> > are displayed correctly on all other drives on my windows xp computer except
> > for my CD/DVD D: optical drive. This is so bizarre.
> >
> > Should I look for the IconCache.db file and delete it? But then again, my
> > icons are displayed correctly in all other drives of my computer. I have
> > even checked the properties of DVD-RW optical drive and on the recording tab
> > "the enable cd recording checkbox is ticked along with "the automatically
> > check the CD box". Is there anything else I need to adjust here in the
> > properties?
> >
> > I would welcome any suggestions on why my files and folders are being
> > displayed as web icons in DVD-RW optical D: drive.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Martin