Missing start menu icons

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  1. Posts : 143
    Windows 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #11

    Still not working for me, logged back on and they were small again. Could it be because I have added a restart explorer shortcut to my desktop as seen here? Also, how do I get that diagnostic window on the bottom like yours that shows changes when I change the icon view size?
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  2. Posts : 10,485
    W7 Pro SP1 64bit
       #12

    If you are talking about the Process Monitor window - then take a look at my post again. Each place where I mentioned Process Monitor is blue text. That blue text is a link to the website where you can get Process Monitor.

    Here is the link to Process Monitor posted another way:
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896645.aspx

    Download the zipped (compressed) file
    Open the zipped (compressed) file (folder)
    Copy the files somewhere
    Run the exe
    Agree to the EULA

    When it starts for the first time, it automatically starts gathering data.
    You can stop that via the button/icon with the magnifying glass.
    Then de-select the buttons/icons shown in the right part of this image:
    Missing start menu icons-pm1.jpg


    Clear the screen:
    Missing start menu icons-pm2.jpg


    Add a filter for the Windows (file) Explorer:
    Missing start menu icons-pm3.jpg


    Start the data collection process.
    (Use the same button/icon that you see in screenshot #1.)
    Make the changes to the desktop icons.
    Stop the data collection process.
    Happy reading

    Notice the column with the time stamps.
    (You might need to widen that column.)
    You can:
    ...clear any data in the Process Monitor window
    ...right click on the desktop
    ...select view
    ...wait for the computer's time to change one minute
    ...(e.g from 12:20 to 12:21)
    ...then select then option for large icons
    ...stop the data collection process

    Scroll thru the data until you see the place where the minute changed - most of the entries after that point should be the ones of interest.

    I'm sure that there are people in these forums who know how to use the Process Monitor app better than I do.
    Last edited by UsernameIssues; 16 Jan 2013 at 00:20.
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  3. Posts : 143
    Windows 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #13

    Well, this problem is showing up again. I have used the icon rebuild prompt before and it worked fine but now it is not affecting bit. Any ideas guys?
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  4. Posts : 10,485
    W7 Pro SP1 64bit
       #14

    Surgikill said:
    Well, this problem is showing up again. I have used the icon rebuild prompt before and it worked fine but now it is not affecting bit. Any ideas guys?
    There were two problems in the original post. Which one has come back?

    Are the shortcuts with icon problems pointing to apps on an external drive or a network drive?
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  5. Posts : 143
    Windows 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #15

    The start menu icons are missing again, as seen in the picture below. Using a .bat file to rebuild the icon cache used to work, now it doesn't. All the programs are on the C:\ drive.
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  6. Posts : 10,485
    W7 Pro SP1 64bit
       #16

    What happens when you manually try to correct one icon by pointing it to a different (wrong) icon and then pointing it back to the correct one? I've seen desktop shortcuts lose their icon info, but I've never bothered to chase down a reason. Maybe others in the forum have a clue
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  7. Posts : 143
    Windows 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #17

    UsernameIssues said:
    What happens when you manually try to correct one icon by pointing it to a different (wrong) icon and then pointing it back to the correct one? I've seen desktop shortcuts lose their icon info, but I've never bothered to chase down a reason. Maybe others in the forum have a clue
    I'm not quite sure how I would go about doing that. Sorry for the late response. My house has been crazy the past ten days and I haven't been able to get behind a computer.
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  8. Posts : 10,485
    W7 Pro SP1 64bit
       #18

    Try the steps shown in the video below:

    (You might want to watch it in the full screen mode and at 720p.)


    It does not matter which icon you change it to - since you are going to change it back.

    You might want to consider making a new user profile and seeing if the start menu icon problem and the desktop icon size issue shows up there too.
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  9. Posts : 143
    Windows 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #19

    Changing it back and forth worked fine. Thank you.
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  10. Posts : 10,485
    W7 Pro SP1 64bit
       #20

    You are welcome - but it might not last.

    I've seen this problem before:
    ...rebuilding the icon cache stops working
    ...changing each icon and then changing it back works*

    *but you may have to keep doing it over and over whenever the correct icon goes missing

    I wish I knew the cause and a permanent solution.
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