Duplicate identical icons in personal folders


  1. rabid slobber
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Duplicate identical icons in personal folders


    I have split my user profile onto a larger mirrored drive using a junction link. This works perfectly. However when viewing my personal folders I see multiple identical icons for favourites, links, my music etc.

    When I navigate to the actual area everything appears as it should be.

    If I try to delete one of these identical icons then both icons go to the recycle bin along with the files inside the relevant folder.

    Please see screen shot. I could recreate my profile and point the new profile at the relevant folders but setting up all my applications again will be a bit of a nightmare that I would like to avoid if possible.

    Any advice welcome. This topic does appear to exist elsewhere but with no answer.

    Rabid

    Last edited by rabid slobber; 30 Jan 2012 at 16:22.
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  3. JaidynM
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64/Windows 8 Consumer Preview x64/Ubuntu 11.04
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    Rebuild your icon cache...
    Icon Cache - Rebuild

    ...as well as running an sfc/scannow thrice in an elevated command prompt.
    SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker

    If neither works, restore to a point before you made these changes and try again.
    System Restore
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