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.mp3 and .wma icons changed by Reaper on 10-10-2005 at 09:26 PM
for some reason, when i checked my mp3's abd wma's, the file icons have changed. Instead of being the windows media player icons, they have a little greeny/blue speaker and the file icon.
i have tried changing what they open with but still no luck.
heres a screeny
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RE: .mp3 and .wma icons changed by Ezra on 10-10-2005 at 09:37 PM
That's the old media player media icon
RE: .mp3 and .wma icons changed by Sunshine on 10-10-2005 at 09:38 PM
You can set Windows Media Player to play mp3 and wma by default again by going to tools > options > filetypes (tab)...enable mp3 and wma in the list and click on "ok".
What you did should have worked too if you checked "always open..." under the list of programs once you chose Windows Media Player.
RE: .mp3 and .wma icons changed by Reaper on 10-10-2005 at 09:47 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Sunshine
You can set Windows Media Player to play mp3 and wma by default again by going to tools > options > filetypes (tab)...enable mp3 and wma in the list and click on "ok".
What you did should have worked too if you checked "always open..." under the list of programs once you chose Windows Media Player.
yeh thats been done. was already selected
RE: .mp3 and .wma icons changed by Rubber Stamp on 10-11-2005 at 05:51 PM
icons are always a prob. my html files show up wid the "unknown filetype" icon. which i really hate. try setting the default icon through a program like stylexp or icon packager,
RE: .mp3 and .wma icons changed by MeEtc on 10-11-2005 at 05:56 PM
quote:It means you might have a virus. It happened to a friend of mine before. I believe it was LoveLetter that did it. All of the mp3's were hidden, and the file was replaced with a copy of the virus with the same name of the mp3. So every time you went to play the song, oops! you just execute the virus again...
Originally posted by Reaper
for some reason, when i checked my mp3's abd wma's, the file icons have changed. Instead of being the windows media player icons, they have a little greeny/blue speaker and the file icon.
i have tried changing what they open with but still no luck.
heres a screeny
In your case, the icon is still a media icon, so its not LoveLetter (loveletter changed it to a script icon), but still could be the work of a crafty virus
RE: .mp3 and .wma icons changed by Reaper on 10-11-2005 at 06:05 PM
quote:well i have pretty good protection from viruses and im careful to what i download from the internet
Originally posted by MeEtc
It means you might have a virus. It happened to a friend of mine before. I believe it was LoveLetter that did it. All of the mp3's were hidden, and the file was replaced with a copy of the virus with the same name of the mp3. So every time you went to play the song, oops! you just execute the virus again...
In your case, the icon is still a media icon, so its not LoveLetter (loveletter changed it to a script icon), but still could be the work of a crafty virus
so it kinda rules out that, but ill run a scan just in case.
quote:come to think of it, i uninstalled stylexp. maybe that might of changed it.
Originally posted by Rubber Stamp
icons are always a prob. my html files show up wid the "unknown filetype" icon. which i really hate. try setting the default icon through a program like stylexp or icon packager,
[Edit] did a quick scan of my comp, no viruses. also reinstalled stylexp and reset the icons back to the windows default (even though they wernt changed in the first place) still no difference
RE: .mp3 and .wma icons changed by Rubber Stamp on 10-12-2005 at 07:04 AM
manually change them then..use something like DESKTOP ARCHITECT
RE: .mp3 and .wma icons changed by Blair on 10-12-2005 at 07:30 AM
have you tried repairing the icon cache? link good luck...
RE: RE: .mp3 and .wma icons changed by rav0 on 10-12-2005 at 07:30 AM
quote:Try unselecting them, applying the settings, and then reselecting them.
Originally posted by Reaper
quote:
Originally posted by Sunshine
You can set Windows Media Player to play mp3 and wma by default again by going to tools > options > filetypes (tab)...enable mp3 and wma in the list and click on "ok".
What you did should have worked too if you checked "always open..." under the list of programs once you chose Windows Media Player.
yeh thats been done. was already selected
Sometimes, if there isn't a recognised change made, then the settings are left untouched instead of being reset (hope that makes sense).
Even better, install another player such as Winamp, or Quickime, which notoriously steals file type associations, and have that set itself as the default player, and then have Windows Media Player set itself as the default player (or just keep using Winamp).
Also, if the icon have been changed in appearance, but it is still the same icon being shown, just now modified, not a different icon, reinstalling Windows Media Player and/or Windows might restore them.
RE: RE: .mp3 and .wma icons changed by CookieRevised on 10-12-2005 at 09:43 AM
quote:Icons are shown because of the file associations. You don't need any program to set icons, and especially not a styling program which has got nothing to do with file associations...
Originally posted by Rubber Stamp
icons are always a prob. my html files show up wid the "unknown filetype" icon. which i really hate. try setting the default icon through a program like stylexp or icon packager
The reason why the html files have a "unknown filetype" icon is because:
- they aren't associated with any program
- the program they are associated with doesn't have an icon (extremely remote)
- You (or a crappy program) has removed the icon from the file association properties...
To fix this you need to either associate html files with a program or re-set the icon for the html file type. You do this in Windows Explorer > Tools > Options > File Types, find the file type, select it, click on advanced.
quote:an mp3 can not contain a virus; It is not an executable format.
Originally posted by MeEtc
It means you might have a virus. It happened to a friend of mine before. I believe it was LoveLetter that did it. All of the mp3's were hidden, and the file was replaced with a copy of the virus with the same name of the mp3. So every time you went to play the song, oops! you just execute the virus again...
The icons didn't change either. The virus simple added _another_ file with the extension VBS, (not mp3). Vbs is the extention for VBScripts and are executables and of course has a different icon. So the virus didn't change the icons at all.
quote:as said, you don't need any 3rd party program at all.
Originally posted by Rubber Stamp
manually change them then..use something like DESKTOP ARCHITECT
quote:That is for default system icons like the ones used on special folders like "My Computer"...
Originally posted by Blair
have you tried repairing the icon cache? very long link
good luck...
PS: Please if you post long links, shorten them and use the proper [URL=http://xxxxx]yyyy[/URL] syntax... Long links like that mess up the decent view of a thread.
quote:If you mean that they are kind of pixelated, then you don't need to reinstall anything (and certainly not the entire Windows OS). Instead change your colorsettings to the correct bit height (eg: 24bit or 32bit instead of 16 or 256 colors)
Originally posted by rav0
Also, if the icon have been changed in appearance, but it is still the same icon being shown, just now modified, not a different icon, reinstalling Windows Media Player and/or Windows might restore them.
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Reaper's problem is simply a question of file associations, nothing else. He installed some program which automatically assigned itself as the default program for the media files. Or he accidently re-associated the old Windows Media Payer as his default media player.
He can fix this by re-associating (the new) WMP to his media file types as describe earlier. Or manually fix this for each type by going to Windows Explorer > Tools > Options > File Types, find the file type, select it, click on advanced, and setting the appropiate fields.
RE: RE: RE: .mp3 and .wma icons changed by rav0 on 10-12-2005 at 10:33 AM
quote:What MeEtc posted is completely correct and perfectly relevant. It is possible that the mp3 files are no longer shown (having being deleted, marked as hidden or system), and executables with the same name are now shown there. If this is the case, which is unlikely, these executables have their first icon set as one which is intended to imitate that of an audio file.
Originally posted by CookieRevised
quote:an mp3 can not contain a virus; It is not an executable format.
Originally posted by MeEtc
It means you might have a virus. It happened to a friend of mine before. I believe it was LoveLetter that did it. All of the mp3's were hidden, and the file was replaced with a copy of the virus with the same name of the mp3. So every time you went to play the song, oops! you just execute the virus again...
The icons didn't change either. The virus simple added _another_ file with the extension VBS, (not mp3). Vbs is the extention for VBScripts and are executables and of course has a different icon. So the virus didn't change the icons at all.
quote:The icon cache is used for all icons, regardless of their location or usage.
Originally posted by CookieRevised
quote:That is for default system icons like the ones used on special folders like "My Computer"...
Originally posted by Blair
have you tried repairing the icon cache? very long link
good luck...
quote:I meant reinstalling might restore icons which have been modified, not anything concerning display colours.
Originally posted by CookieRevised
quote:If you mean that they are kind of pixelated, then you don't need to reinstall anything (and certainly not the entire Windows OS). Instead change your colorsettings to the correct bit height (eg: 24bit or 32bit instead of 16 or 256 colors)
Originally posted by rav0
Also, if the icon have been changed in appearance, but it is still the same icon being shown, just now modified, not a different icon, reinstalling Windows Media Player and/or Windows might restore them.
RE: RE: RE: RE: .mp3 and .wma icons changed by CookieRevised on 10-12-2005 at 10:50 AM
quote:No it isn't...
Originally posted by rav0
What MeEtc posted is completely correct and perfectly relevant. It is possible that the mp3 files are no longer shown (having being deleted, marked as hidden or system), and executables with the same name are now shown there. (...)
Reaper's problem is clearly that the icons have _changed_ and in that context what MeEtc posted isn't the way it happens. If icons of MP3's are "changed" to the icons of VBS's, it doesn't mean that the virus changed the mp3 file, nor that the icon is replaced, it means that there are addional or other files with the same file name but with a _different_ extension (vbs) and thus also with a different icon (the icon for vbscripts). Mp3's can't be run as executables and can't contain virusses.
quote:And even then, those virusses did not modify/change any icon of the media file types at all.
Originally posted by rav0
(...) these executables have their first icon set as one which is intended to imitate that of an audio file.
In either way, the media file icons aren't touched at all...
quote:You mentionned that the icons are still the same picture, only they seem to be "modified" a bit. And that is a common issue with icons. To solve this you don't need to reinstall anything, only to re-set your display settings.
Originally posted by rav0
I meant reinstalling might restore icons which have been modified, not anything concerning display colours.
But yes, reinstalling Windows and all your programs might solve it. Buying a new computer might solve it too...
Icons Possibly Patched by rav0 on 10-12-2005 at 12:17 PM
quote:I never said that the icons were the same picture. I said that the same icon was used, but that icon was modified. Not using a GUI would sovle the problem as well, just like that sarcasm was unnecessary. Adjusting display setting will not change Windows Media Player files. Windows Media Player normally provides the icon resources for audio files that are shown in the first post. I recomended reinstalling it, and as a second step, if the first was unsuccessful, reinstalling Windows, which geneally contains Windows Media Player.
Originally posted by CookieRevised
quote:You mentionned that the icons are still the same picture, only they seem to be "modified" a bit. And that is a common issue with icons. To solve this you don't need to reinstall anything, only to re-set your display settings.
Originally posted by rav0
I meant reinstalling might restore icons which have been modified, not anything concerning display colours.
But yes, reinstalling Windows and all your programs might solve it. Buying a new computer might solve it too...
RE: .mp3 and .wma icons changed by Reaper on 10-12-2005 at 06:38 PM
well, tried everything mentioned 
its not gettin me anywhere unfortunately.
i have reassociated the files with another player, then changed them back but they change to those icons again. its almost as if the default WMP icon are those shown in my screenshot
[Edit] the "Icon" folder in my windows media player folder (in program files) has nothing in it? could that be anything to do with it?
RE: .mp3 and .wma icons changed by hmaster on 10-12-2005 at 06:59 PM
I dont have an icon folder.
Download Iconpackager and open it and go to Icons and cursors. Find .mp3/.wma and click restore default, prob wont work but its worth a try ?
RE: .mp3 and .wma icons changed by Reaper on 10-12-2005 at 07:01 PM
quote:i did that with style xp tho. resetted to default. then changed to another, then back to default again.
Originally posted by hmaster
I dont have an icon folder.
Download Iconpackager and open it and go to Icons and cursors. Find .mp3/.wma and click restore default, prob wont work but its worth a try ?
still no change
[Edit] fixed it. apparently, the computer opened a .dll file to get the icons, so i used tune up utilities styler to change it back. thanks for everyones posts
RE: RE: .mp3 and .wma icons changed by rav0 on 10-12-2005 at 09:22 PM
quote:Did you reinstall Wndows Media Player? I am leaning more towards my previous suspicion that the correct icons are being shown, but have been modified. The icon which you labelled "default" in your diagram is in wmplayer.exe, the main executable of Windows Media Player.
Originally posted by Reaper
changed them back but they change to those icons again. its almost as if the default WMP icon are those shown in my screenshot
In case reinstalling Windows Media Player doesn't work, you can try using the wmplayer.exe from my computer, it's attached to this reply.
quote:That has nothing to do with it
Originally posted by Reaper
the "Icon" folder in my windows media player folder (in program files) has nothing in it? could that be anything to do with it?
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RE: .mp3 and .wma icons changed by Reaper on 10-12-2005 at 10:20 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Reaper
[Edit] fixed it. apparently, the computer opened a .dll file to get the icons, so i used tune up utilities styler to change it back. thanks for everyones posts
RE: .mp3 and .wma icons changed by CookieRevised on 10-12-2005 at 10:50 PM
quote:Maybe it was unnecessary and uncalled for, but your suggestion of reinstalling Windows was also unnecessary. In 99,999999999999% of all problems reinstalling Windows is never a true solution. It is suggested by people who don't know the real issue or how to solve something in the proper way
Originally posted by rav0
Not using a GUI would sovle the problem as well, just like that sarcasm was unnecessary.
(sorry for the, again, rude talk maybe; it isn't meant personally. But lately I've seen more than enough "reinstall windows" suggestions)...
quote:No, adjusting the color settings will not "change" the icons (from a house to a cat), but it will change the resolution and color depth used for those icons. An icon (and certainly those associated with many Windows files and programs) actually can contain multiple icons of different sizes and color depths. Windows will always automatically choose the icon which fits the current used display settings.
Originally posted by rav0
Adjusting display setting will not change Windows Media Player files. Windows Media Player normally provides the icon resources for audio files that are shown in the first post.
People who report that their icons didn't change (as in: it is still a house that is displaying, not a cat), but that they seem a bit strange, pixelated, or full of 'random' pixels (thus appearance of the house has been changed) have often adjusted their display settings (by accident) or have used a program which altered the color depth... This is the number one problem in icon troubles.
Thus, if you said that the icon changed in appearance, but it is still the same icon, then it is logical that this is intepreted as what I said...
quote:
Originally posted by rav0
Also, if the icon have been changed in appearance, but it is still the same icon being shown, just now modified, not a different icon, reinstalling Windows Media Player and/or Windows might restore them.
And thus reinstalling anything will not help at all, the icon will still be shown in a lower color depth.
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quote:Thus, as people have said in the very beginning of this thread and which I repeated after the "virus" talk and what not: a simply association problem...
Originally posted by Reaper
[Edit] fixed it. apparently, the computer opened a .dll file to get the icons, so i used tune up utilities styler to change it back. thanks for everyones posts
TuneUp Styler simply sets/assign an icon for a program/file. It does exactly the same as: Windows Explorer > Tools > Options > File Types > select file type > Advanced > Set Icon, Set default action, etc...
RE: RE: .mp3 and .wma icons changed by rav0 on 10-13-2005 at 08:52 AM
quote:Apology accepted
Originally posted by CookieRevised
quote:Maybe it was unnecessary and uncalled for, but your suggestion of reinstalling Windows was also unnecessary. In 99,999999999999% of all problems reinstalling Windows is never a true solution. It is suggested by people who don't know the real issue or how to solve something in the proper way
Originally posted by rav0
Not using a GUI would sovle the problem as well, just like that sarcasm was unnecessary.
(sorry for the, again, rude talk maybe; it isn't meant personally. But lately I've seen more than enough "reinstall windows" suggestions)
.quote:I know what you are referring to (I have done icon design), but what you are explaining isn't what I meant.
Originally posted by CookieRevised
No, adjusting the color settings will not "change" the icons (from a house to a cat), but it will change the resolution and color depth used for those icons. An icon (and certainly those associated with many Windows files and programs) actually can contain multiple icons of different sizes and color depths. Windows will always automatically choose the icon which fits the current used display settings.
People who report that their icons didn't change (as in: it is still a house that is displaying, not a cat), but that they seem a bit strange, pixelated, or full of 'random' pixels (thus appearance of the house has been changed) have often adjusted their display settings (by accident) or have used a program which altered the color depth... This is the number one problem in icon troubles.
Reaper's problem is now solved, and it was the wrong icons that were configured by some cause.
I was trying to explain that it was possible that the correct configuration was present, but the referenced icon wasn't the expected icon. This can be compared to a desktop wallpaper being set to an image, but then that wallpaper image being edited or replaced with another, and reconfiguring the same image as wallpaper will simply apply the modified image, not that which was originally set.