Windows 7: PDF Icon changed

I been having this problem for ages, basically my PDF icon has changed to this..



Now it is annoying me because I sometimes forget which program it is.. In windows explorer I can see a small adobe Icon (for files with pdf extension) but as soon as I click it in the taskbar the icon looks like that. Adobe is the default reader for PDFs. I have tried to set it in the file extensions in Control Panel but pdf extension does not exist there!

I am completely at a lost now...

Do your PDF files open?

Of course lol, that's why i see that icon in taskbar..

Maybe the pdf icon is missing...

Try this and see if your icon appears as it should.

Icon Cache - Rebuild

Oh yeah I did that, deleted the file so it would be re-created still no look, also reinstalled adobe using revo uninstaller still no look.

Do you know where adobe icon is stored?

Sorry no.

omg I fixed it, I used Iobit shortcut fixer and linked it to the exe at C:\Program Files\Adobe \Reader

I don't know what the shortcut was linking to but it still did open adobe reader..

Thanks for the help..

Glad you got it sorted.