Folder icon changes to envelopes

Twice in the last week the icons in Workflow have changed from the folder icon to envelopes and our users have not been able to open any Workflow items. Any idea what is causing this? I have had to restart the services on our Workflow server. Then the icons change back from envelopes to folders and all is OK. I would like to prevent this from happening again in the future if possible.
Thanks.
Mary

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