Windows XP Tile Icon Problem

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  1. PLowran

    PLowran Member

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    Hi everyone;
    This is not the first time this has happened to me but now its pissing me off. This problem usually takes months to happen but I did a fresh XP install 3 days ago and its already happened and I want to know how to fix it.
    I like my MY COMPUTER icons to be in the TILE View.
    What happens is the icons are no longer separated my Device Type they are all just grouped together like you have it in Icon View but they are a little larger.
    Is there something in the Registry or something else I have to alter that will allow me to get the true ICON View back?
    Thank
    Phil
     
  2. PLowran

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    I know this isn't a major problem, but it bugs the hell out of me...
     
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    I'm sorry, but I am having a hard time visualizing what your problem is.

    "I like my MY COMPUTER icons to be in the TILE View."

    Where? On the desktop, in Windows Explorer?
     
  4. PLowran

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    In Windows Explorer...
    Double Click your "My Computer" Icon and all the drives are separated by type...
    eXP seems to Error out and make the tiles more like icons...
     
  5. PLowran

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    It Looks Like This Normally...
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    Now it Looks like this....
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    Without the text between the devices, it just shows icons...
    I need it back to the original....
     
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    Am I missing something really silly here??

    From the My Computer Window

    View --> Tiles



     
  7. PLowran

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    Yea something screws up....
    I click View --> Tiles and it just shows large icons they are not separated.
     
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    Well, you have me stuck because when I set View --> tiles it changed it to exactly what you have described below as "It looks like this normally".
     
  9. PLowran

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    Thats the problem I was hoping that this has happened to someone else.
    It bugs the hell out of me and this is not the first time this has happened...
     
  10. tarana

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    Hey there, same problem happened with me. Didnt find any solution online, however i tried this (check image) and it worked!

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    Hope this works for u too! Good Luck!
     
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    this is how it looks now

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