Corrupted icons...again!


  1. lffoar
    Posts : 277
    Windows 7 home premium 64bit
       New #1

    Corrupted icons...again!


    Oh, I hate computers!! For no apparent reason most of my desktop icons are corrupted again, (see attached). I've done the delete and rebuild icon cache bit as per Brink's tutorial, no luck, did a system restore and was OK for a while then pooped itself again. Tried the rebuild again, nup! tried a system restore again and now it tells me it can't do it. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr, refer to first statement!! Any clues lads and lasses??
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Corrupted icons...again!-capture.png  
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  3. Brink
    Posts : 72,058
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       New #2

    Hello Harry, :)

    It appears that the issue is with your shortcut arrow overlay icon instead. You might see if using the tutorial below to restore it may be able to help.

    Shortcut Arrow - Change, Remove, or Restore
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  4. lffoar
    Posts : 277
    Windows 7 home premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       New #3

    Mr Shawn........they should Knight you my boy!! No doubt about you. Fixed the problem again!!
    Many thanks..........again
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  6. Brink
    Posts : 72,058
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       New #4

    You're most welcome Harry. I'm glad it could help. :)
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

 

  Related Discussions
A Few Corrupted Icons.
in General Discussion

Corrupted empty recycling bin icon. imgur: the simple image sharer Being Dumb. opps
Not sure if this is the right section, but it's related to programs in a way so I think it is. Anyways, there's a problem with some of my icons, my Taskbar mainly, 2 icons have gone to some generic icon, but both were their correct icons the other day, any fix for it?
Hi everyone A most excellent forum and is helping me greatly, however.. I have a problem with a missing/corrupted icon in Windows Explorer.. Specifcally the icon for my HDD where Windows 7 is located will not change back to an HDD icon rather it shows as a generic icon see screen shot...
Corrupted Icons on Desktop
in General Discussion

I can not remove a couple of icons on my desktop. They seem to be inactive, I can not open the properties, delete them, or change the icons name. I can drag them to the recycle bin but it wont take them. They are all related to Autocad 2000i. Also I have put some files in my Autocad folder and...
Desktop icons get corrupted
in General Discussion

I have Win7 Home Premium (x64) on a HP G60 laptop. I am seeing some strange things happening on my desktop. Certain program shortcuts that I created, have got corrupted and don't show the icon related to that program. The shortcut however works. I find that manually re-creating the shortcut after...
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

 © Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:00.
Find Us