Get Original Drive Icon back

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• Jan 1, 2010

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Hi all,

I used the search function and found a lot about changing icons of folders. I could not find anything about how to get back the original icons.
For some reason one external drive "lost" it's icon and you can see a placeholder only.
I mean it is not the end of the world..... but almost
Any ideas?
Thanks a lot

 

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You might try rebuilding the icon cache. C:\Users\username\AppData\Local. Delete IconCache.db. Reboot. This will cause the icon cache to be rebuilt.

Hope this helps.

Gary

 

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garysgold said:

You might try rebuilding the icon cache. C:\Users\username\AppData\Local. Delete IconCache.db. Reboot. This will cause the icon cache to be rebuilt.

Hope this helps.

Gary

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• Jan 1, 2010

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Thanks a lot. Unfortunately this did not do the trick.
I read that desktop.ini on the external drive could cause an issue.
Any more ideas.
Thanks a lot.

 

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Hello Hanshanshans,

You might be able to manually change the drive icon back to the default one using the tutorial below. Be sure to check for a "desktop.ini" file as described in the yellow TIP box in the tutorial first though.

Drive Icon Change - Vista Forums

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

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Hi Brink,

GREAT. Thanks a lot. The desktop.ini was the problem. No I am back to normal.
This forum is really above any expectations. I hope I can give some useful input as well on other topics.
Thanks again

 

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• Jan 1, 2010

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You're most welcome Hanshanshans. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted. Just by you asking your own questions, you are also helping someone that has the same problem.

 

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