Black desktop icons and no "IconCache.db" in local folder?

TOOTHLESS · 03 Aug 2015

EDIT:
Okay, I've solved the problem simply by creating a file named iconcache.db "using notepad" and marked it as "read only" via properties menu.

Hi all, and thanks for this site that I always use to solve my problems..

Every time I boot my computer the icons of programs and folders on desktop are black squares. After each startup I have to use a "rebuildiconcache.bat" file made by someone here to restore them -see attachment-.

When I navigate to appdata/local there is no IconCache.db "I enabled hidden files view".
I wish I could elaborate more.

could be a service that I disabled? here a list of them:

and thank you

Layback Bear · 03 Aug 2015

Why in the Sam Hello do you disable all those Services??

If I had to fix this computer I would do a Repair Install.
This tutorial by Brink should help.

Repair Install

TOOTHLESS · 04 Aug 2015

Layback Bear said:

Why in the Sam Hello do you disable all those Services??

If I had to fix this computer I would do a Repair Install.
This tutorial by Brink should help.

Repair Install

I don't care about sharing/ /printing /remote/security services and never needed them. that's why!

Could someone help me in this matter?

UsernameIssues · 04 Aug 2015

Restart your computer.

Do not run rebuildiconcache.bat

See if IconCache.db is there.

TOOTHLESS · 04 Aug 2015

UsernameIssues said:

Restart your computer.

Do not run rebuildiconcache.bat

See if IconCache.db is there.

yes! it's there now 've atItached it. link to file:
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also this is how my desktop looks

UsernameIssues · 04 Aug 2015

Thanks for running that test.

I noticed that you have Windows Update service disabled. Is your computer up to date on patches? Videodrivers get updated to match changes in the operating system. You will need to keep them both updated.

TOOTHLESS · 04 Aug 2015

UsernameIssues said:

Thanks for running that test.

I noticed that you have Windows Update service disabled. Is your computer up to date on patches? Videodrivers get updated to match changes in the operating system. You will need to keep them both updated.

I'm on a very limited bandwidth, but the latest update was at 19th of past month, most are on the 18th of same month. So it can't be that old :)

I have the latest nvidia driver for windows 7. The problem happend out of nowhere.
and thanks for trying.

UsernameIssues · 04 Aug 2015

I spent some time looking thru those disabled services and I don't see any that should impact the icons.

While the icons are black, what happens if you run just this one line from that batch file:

Code:

ie4uinit.exe -ClearIconCache

Please run it from a regular command prompt window.
Did that fix the icons?

TOOTHLESS · 04 Aug 2015

UsernameIssues said:

I spent some time looking thru those disabled services and I don't see any that should impact the icons.

While the icons are black, what happens if you run just this one line from that batch file:

Code:

ie4uinit.exe -ClearIconCache

Please run it from a regular command prompt window.
Did that fix the icons?

sorry I went for meal.

It refreshed the desktop but didn't fix it. Any new shortcut I made is not affected I forgot to mention that.

UsernameIssues · 04 Aug 2015

I'm not sure hot to find what is corrupting the Icon Cache database file.

As best I can tell, Explorer writes info to that database when Windows closes Explorer (like for a restart). Perhaps at other times too.

Do the icons mess up if the OS Theme is classic?

Have you tried uninstalling as much of the Nvidia software as possible (e.g. 3D stuff)?