corrupt desktop folder icons vista beta 2

I installed Vista Beta 2 and as soon as it loaded all the icons came up properly but now for some strange reason the desktop icons lost that shortcut arrow and then the desktop Computer and Recycle Bin icons turned into a generic shortcut icon and now the folder and most icons in the C drive are the generic shortcut icons as found in XP when first creating a shortcut. Any help to get these icons back to normal would be appreciated!

I installed Vista Beta 2 and as soon as it loaded all the icons came up properly but now for some strange reason the desktop icons lost that shortcut arrow and then the desktop Computer and Recycle Bin icons turned into a generic shortcut icon and now the folder and most icons in the C drive are the generic shortcut icons as found in XP when first creating a shortcut. Any help to get these icons back to normal would be appreciated!

What happens if you right click on the desktop and choose "refresh"?
"tydev417" wrote in message

I installed Vista Beta 2 and as soon as it loaded all the icons came up properly but now for some strange reason the desktop icons lost that shortcut arrow and then the desktop Computer and Recycle Bin icons turned into a generic shortcut icon and now the folder and most icons in the C drive are the generic shortcut icons as found in XP when first creating a shortcut. Any help to get these icons back to normal would be appreciated!

Have you tried right clicking on the desktop and selecting view? You can go to classic icons or other. Maybe switching them will help.
Clark
"tydev417" wrote in message

I installed Vista Beta 2 and as soon as it loaded all the icons came up properly but now for some strange reason the desktop icons lost that shortcut arrow and then the desktop Computer and Recycle Bin icons turned into a generic shortcut icon and now the folder and most icons in the C drive are the generic shortcut icons as found in XP when first creating a shortcut. Any help to get these icons back to normal would be appreciated!

I managed to get the desktop icons back simply by going to Change Desktop Icons under Personalize and restore them to default.
For some reason though the stacked foler icons aren't showing up at all, either in the start menu when clicking all programs and when using Windows Explorer and clicking view, any folder icon from medium icons->small icons and also the Detailed view will become a genric box instead of properly showing a folder icon. I tried to find a method to refresh but with no luck.

Can anyone help out? Here's my problem posted somewhere else:
I've come into another icon related problem, the default/plain Vista folder with no pictures shown cannot be found unless it is listed under Tiles, Medium, Large and Extra Large Icons. A default generic box will show in place of the folder when the View is set to Medium->Small Icons and Detailed Icon View. The folder icons is also missing for the folders found in the start menu.
I'm starting to wonder if maybe my shell32.dll file is corrupt, the plain folder icon is missing from the dll file when going to Properties->Customize tab after right-clicking on one of the folder icons but it still shows up when the icon is enlarged. If I was to change let's say the Program Files folder which is a generic box as of now when set to the specific views, if I was to switch it into a printer icon and then go to restore default, the icon will turn into a generic box instead of a fodler icon as should be done.