weird icons

i've had that happen before. i can't remember how long the computer was up, but the "system" folder suddenly changed its icon view icon to that of an Excel file. but in the list view, the icon was some messed up thing...

what was even stranger was that it happened only in my account. under other accounts, folders looked fine.

just letting you know that i don't think your problem is an isolated one... (if that makes you feel any better...)

 

You should probably repair the disk permissions, this should be done every once in a while - icons being mismatched is a typical symptom. Go into your utilities folder (in the applications folder) start up disk utility, select your hard drive and click "repair disk permissions". Should take a couple of minutes, then your icons should be OK.

 

believe me, i run disk utillity quite often. but it happened, nonetheless...

it's generally a good idea to run it regularly, i agree.