>>>>>I have no clue as to where to look for this BUT this is what happens:
>>>>>In my database I have a list of tables and they have little circles with a slash through them (I know what they mean) but when I choose one of the tables, the circle becomes a black square and they squares do not go away. Why? Please
>>>>>Thanks Bob A
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>>>>Hi Robert,
>>>>Can be related to your video driver. When did this appear?
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>>>I have that same thing happening from time to time. I've been working with VFP6 SP3 for a while. I haven't done anything new recently that could cause this (installation or new software or hardware). I installed update to some applications that I use but besides that I can't tell what could be causing this.
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>>>I haven't really matter about that before seing this post.
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>>>Does anybody have any ideas?
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>>I noticed that running Netscape sometimes causes strange things to the icons in Windows
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>I'm only running Explorer but maybe you're on to something. A couple of months ago I changed my internet provider. During the installation Netscape got installed. Could it be that when I boot my computer pieces of netscape boot too and that's what is causing black boxes?
It may be your ShellIconCache file is corrupted. I *think* all you do is delete it, restart windows, and all should be OK. I suggest making a backup copy first. I think it's in your WINDOWS or WINNT folder, depending on version.