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black icons on the desktop

what should I do if the icons on my desktop is behaving in this strange manner. I can only see a black icon with the name of that particular icon below it. my system is running on Win 98
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If your Start Menu is slow or your icons are black for some reason, it means your Shelliconcache file is corrupt and should be deleted.
Delete the hidden file C:\WINDOWS\SHELLICONCACHE
It will be recreated the next time you start
have you scanned for viruses?
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great job man. thanks a million and it's definitely not a virus as the rest of the programs are working perfectly.
heuer glad I could help
Steve