Reparing icons?

Neilsouth · 12 Feb 2009

I've had broken icon's every so often and i don't know how to fix it , doesn't happen in vista

mansrm81 · 12 Feb 2009

Try making a new shortcut for the programs.

Neilsouth · 12 Feb 2009

mansrm81 said:

Try making a new shortcut for the programs.

I'm not that much of a noob

, checked already

The original icon is broken aswell... but if you click on properties it shows the icon next to the name...

mansrm81 · 12 Feb 2009

Have you tried changing the icon for the shortcut to something else and then changing it back.

sevsman · 12 Feb 2009

Try this..

Delete the "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\IconCache.db" hidden file
and then restart the computer.

SIW2 · 12 Feb 2009

Hi,

Try rebuilding the Icon cache , as sevsman suggests.

Here is the tutorial :

Icon Cache - Rebuild - Vista Forums

Hope it helps

siw2

Neilsouth · 12 Feb 2009

Thanks to both of you that fixed it

sevsman · 12 Feb 2009

No probs dude. Thanks for the feedback..

dhar890723 · 28 Aug 2009

This bug is still present in x86 RTM. Having long experience with Windows, I knew to delete the iconcache.db file when it first happened a couple of weeks ago, when a few icons spontaneously reverted to generic form (except in property sheets) for the associated shortcut. It's happened again, this time affecting a pinned program on my taskbar. I'm just amazed they still haven't got this right in Windows 7. Are there any registry hacks that help with this, like the old "Max Cached Icons"? Does that one help in Win7?