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Subject: Re: Fritz7 - memory leak?

Author: William Penn

Date: 08:34:17 10/10/02

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On October 10, 2002 at 10:57:31, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On October 10, 2002 at 10:50:03, William Penn wrote:
>
>>On October 10, 2002 at 10:43:46, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>
>>>Have you already tried to delete the file "ShellconCache" in c:\windows?
>>>Kurt
>>
>>No. I haven't run across that recommendation before, or I forgot about it. I'd
>>need a reference to some tech info such as...  Instructions how to do it. What
>>happens thereafter? What could be harmed thereby?
>>WP
>
>The hidden file "ShellconCache" is a cache to enable Windows to improve speed by
>building up the icons. But sometimes there are errors in it. You can delete the
>file and nothing can be harmed thereby.
>Kurt

Thanks. I'll try it. I searched at google.com and read about deleting
ShellIconCache. It seems OK to delete from Safe mode. I'll report back if the
black icons re-occur. If they don't show up again within a week, that would be
fairly indicative...
WP



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