pinned icons to taskbar keep changing to unknown icon


  1. jorpe
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    pinned icons to taskbar keep changing to unknown icon


    I searched this and ended up deleting and rebuilding the icon cache per another thread, but it did not work. I attached a screenshot. The icons missing are google chrome, opera, and CPUIDhmonitor.
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  3. Minotar
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    Did you try this? Icon went missing in Windows 7? Here's a Fix
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  4. jorpe
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    Minotar said:
    Did you try this? Icon went missing in Windows 7? Here's a Fix
    I downloaded the .bat file from another thread. and ran it, lemme try this one and see if it works.
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  6. jorpe
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    thanks it worked, I guess I did something wrong trying to use the batch file to do the same thing.
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  7. Minotar
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    jorpe said:
    thanks it worked, I guess I did something wrong trying to use the batch file to do the same thing.
    Glad you got sorted:)
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