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internet options change and ie 8

K

kf

Flightless Bird
i have ie 8 and have noticed that my internet options icon changes and im
wondering what that means.
the icon is a globe type image and then for some reason not of my doing (as
far as i know) it changes and has a white square in front of the globe and
the square has a check mark on it.
its probably not a big deal but im just curious what it is doing and what it
means.
thank you in advance.
kf.
 
R

Robert Aldwinckle

Flightless Bird
"kf" <kf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4F1B7252-67A7-4BEF-8BB6-983C8B8C2026@microsoft.com...
> i have ie 8 and have noticed that my internet options icon changes and im
> wondering what that means.
> the icon is a globe type image and then for some reason not of my doing
> (as
> far as i know) it changes and has a white square in front of the globe
> and
> the square has a check mark on it.


If it is really the icon for Internet Properties and not e.g. just some
other shortcut you could try re-registering the inetcpl.cpl program.
Run... (e.g. press Win-R and enter:)

regsvr32.exe /n /i inetcpl.cpl

You might have to do that from an elevated cmd window, depending on your OS
and account.



> its probably not a big deal but im just curious what it is doing and what
> it
> means.
> thank you in advance.
> kf.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
---
 
K

kf

Flightless Bird
i dont know anything about registering internet options.
this is a screen grab of the icon as it changes.
the icon is a shortcut i placed on my taskbar quicklaunch.
it probably doesnt mean anything but i search around and found no
explanation anywhere.
sorry i didnt mention i have xp home.



direct image link-
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1073/intoptions.png

the screen grab is hosted by imageshack.
thanks.

kf.

"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

>
>
> "kf" <kf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4F1B7252-67A7-4BEF-8BB6-983C8B8C2026@microsoft.com...
> > i have ie 8 and have noticed that my internet options icon changes and im
> > wondering what that means.
> > the icon is a globe type image and then for some reason not of my doing
> > (as
> > far as i know) it changes and has a white square in front of the globe
> > and
> > the square has a check mark on it.
>
>
> If it is really the icon for Internet Properties and not e.g. just some
> other shortcut you could try re-registering the inetcpl.cpl program.
> Run... (e.g. press Win-R and enter:)
>
> regsvr32.exe /n /i inetcpl.cpl
>
> You might have to do that from an elevated cmd window, depending on your OS
> and account.
>
>
>
> > its probably not a big deal but im just curious what it is doing and what
> > it
> > means.
> > thank you in advance.
> > kf.
>
>
> Good luck
>
> Robert Aldwinckle
> ---
>
> .
>
 
R

Robert Aldwinckle

Flightless Bird
"kf" <kf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:47CC5208-71BD-431A-BA93-BF213449E5F8@microsoft.com...
> i dont know anything about registering internet options.
> this is a screen grab of the icon as it changes.

> the icon is a shortcut i placed on my taskbar quicklaunch.


Then that is what you need to look at. How did you create it? What are
its Properties? You can probably change the icon to whatever you like if
it's just a standard Desktop shortcut. I was assuming that you were
talking about *the* Internet Explorer Desktop icon (which is not
customizable in the way that normal shortcuts are.)


> it probably doesnt mean anything but i search around and found no
> explanation anywhere.
> sorry i didnt mention i have xp home.


This symptom really has nothing to do with IE and more to do with your OS.


Good luck

Robert
---


>> If it is really the icon for Internet Properties and not e.g. just some
>> other shortcut you could try re-registering the inetcpl.cpl program.

....
 
D

Dan

Flightless Bird
Are you running any kind of skin or taskbar customising application, such as
Stardock? If so, I would guess this is a function of that application so you
will need to ask the developers about this.

Dan


"kf" <kf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:47CC5208-71BD-431A-BA93-BF213449E5F8@microsoft.com...
> i dont know anything about registering internet options.
> this is a screen grab of the icon as it changes.
> the icon is a shortcut i placed on my taskbar quicklaunch.
> it probably doesnt mean anything but i search around and found no
> explanation anywhere.
> sorry i didnt mention i have xp home.
>
>
>
> direct image link-
> http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1073/intoptions.png
>
> the screen grab is hosted by imageshack.
> thanks.
>
> kf.
>
> "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "kf" <kf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4F1B7252-67A7-4BEF-8BB6-983C8B8C2026@microsoft.com...
>> > i have ie 8 and have noticed that my internet options icon changes and
>> > im
>> > wondering what that means.
>> > the icon is a globe type image and then for some reason not of my doing
>> > (as
>> > far as i know) it changes and has a white square in front of the globe
>> > and
>> > the square has a check mark on it.
>>
>>
>> If it is really the icon for Internet Properties and not e.g. just some
>> other shortcut you could try re-registering the inetcpl.cpl program.
>> Run... (e.g. press Win-R and enter:)
>>
>> regsvr32.exe /n /i inetcpl.cpl
>>
>> You might have to do that from an elevated cmd window, depending on your
>> OS
>> and account.
>>
>>
>>
>> > its probably not a big deal but im just curious what it is doing and
>> > what
>> > it
>> > means.
>> > thank you in advance.
>> > kf.
>>
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Robert Aldwinckle
>> ---
>>
>> .
>>
 
D

Dan

Flightless Bird
I've just noticed that the internet options icon in IE8 on my PC here has
the tick box on it. I'm guessing that you are seeing the results of caching
in the taskbar - it's showing you the old icon without the tick box for a
while, then updating and showing the new icon. However, if that's the case
it should be caching the new icon, unless you are using a custom taskbar
application that isn't updating the icon correctly.

Dan


"kf" <kf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:47CC5208-71BD-431A-BA93-BF213449E5F8@microsoft.com...
> i dont know anything about registering internet options.
> this is a screen grab of the icon as it changes.
> the icon is a shortcut i placed on my taskbar quicklaunch.
> it probably doesnt mean anything but i search around and found no
> explanation anywhere.
> sorry i didnt mention i have xp home.
>
>
>
> direct image link-
> http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1073/intoptions.png
>
> the screen grab is hosted by imageshack.
> thanks.
>
> kf.
>
> "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "kf" <kf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4F1B7252-67A7-4BEF-8BB6-983C8B8C2026@microsoft.com...
>> > i have ie 8 and have noticed that my internet options icon changes and
>> > im
>> > wondering what that means.
>> > the icon is a globe type image and then for some reason not of my doing
>> > (as
>> > far as i know) it changes and has a white square in front of the globe
>> > and
>> > the square has a check mark on it.
>>
>>
>> If it is really the icon for Internet Properties and not e.g. just some
>> other shortcut you could try re-registering the inetcpl.cpl program.
>> Run... (e.g. press Win-R and enter:)
>>
>> regsvr32.exe /n /i inetcpl.cpl
>>
>> You might have to do that from an elevated cmd window, depending on your
>> OS
>> and account.
>>
>>
>>
>> > its probably not a big deal but im just curious what it is doing and
>> > what
>> > it
>> > means.
>> > thank you in advance.
>> > kf.
>>
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Robert Aldwinckle
>> ---
>>
>> .
>>
 
K

kf

Flightless Bird
ive had the shortcut as a quicklaunch for a few years.
not using any special program or different icon for it.
since upgrading from ie 6 to ie 8 ive notice the check appearing.
i hope, as you say, its just caching files and not needing my attention.
thanx.


"Dan" wrote:

> I've just noticed that the internet options icon in IE8 on my PC here has
> the tick box on it. I'm guessing that you are seeing the results of caching
> in the taskbar - it's showing you the old icon without the tick box for a
> while, then updating and showing the new icon. However, if that's the case
> it should be caching the new icon, unless you are using a custom taskbar
> application that isn't updating the icon correctly.
>
> Dan
 
D

Dan

Flightless Bird
As I said, the check is actually the icon for this in IE8. Looking at your
screenshot it's clear you're not using a standard XP theme, have you loaded
any sort of theme manager?

Dan


"kf" <kf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:48CE710D-F592-4FC3-AE41-F7767B6B9541@microsoft.com...
>
> ive had the shortcut as a quicklaunch for a few years.
> not using any special program or different icon for it.
> since upgrading from ie 6 to ie 8 ive notice the check appearing.
> i hope, as you say, its just caching files and not needing my attention.
> thanx.
>
>
> "Dan" wrote:
>
>> I've just noticed that the internet options icon in IE8 on my PC here has
>> the tick box on it. I'm guessing that you are seeing the results of
>> caching
>> in the taskbar - it's showing you the old icon without the tick box for a
>> while, then updating and showing the new icon. However, if that's the
>> case
>> it should be caching the new icon, unless you are using a custom taskbar
>> application that isn't updating the icon correctly.
>>
>> Dan
>
 
K

kf

Flightless Bird
oh ok i understand.
yes i have windowblinds installed.
i unloaded it but the same thing is going on.
so for some reason i just have an ie6 internet options icon that takes
awhile to change to ie8s internet options icon.
thanx.

"Dan" wrote:

> As I said, the check is actually the icon for this in IE8. Looking at your
> screenshot it's clear you're not using a standard XP theme, have you loaded
> any sort of theme manager?
>
> Dan
>
>
 
D

Dan

Flightless Bird
Sounds like WindowsBlinds wasn't fully removed, or you still have a theme
manager of some kind. WindowsBlinds is often awkward to remove.

Dan


"kf" <kf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E34D64E2-6AD6-4EE2-9930-C520929F4317@microsoft.com...
> oh ok i understand.
> yes i have windowblinds installed.
> i unloaded it but the same thing is going on.
> so for some reason i just have an ie6 internet options icon that takes
> awhile to change to ie8s internet options icon.
> thanx.
>
> "Dan" wrote:
>
>> As I said, the check is actually the icon for this in IE8. Looking at
>> your
>> screenshot it's clear you're not using a standard XP theme, have you
>> loaded
>> any sort of theme manager?
>>
>> Dan
>>
>>
>
 
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