Sometimes, one or more of your special folders such as My Computer, Control Panel, or the Recycle Bin may be assigned a generic icon. You may have noticed that this usually happens after removing a third-party theme, or an icon library. Also, resetting to Windows XP Theme may not help in some cases.
ShellIconFix utility repairs the icons for various shell objects in Windows XP. You may use this utility if one or more of the namespace icons are displaying a wrong or a generic icon in the Start Menu or in Windows Explorer environment.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/utils/ShellIconFix.zip
ShellIconFix utility repairs the icons for various shell objects in Windows XP. You may use this utility if one or more of the namespace icons are displaying a wrong or a generic icon in the Start Menu or in Windows Explorer environment.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/utils/ShellIconFix.zip