Icon Cache seems to be not working in Windows 7

kevindd992002 said:

Capt.Jack Sparrow said:

Hello Kevin!

I don't believe Superfetch has something to do with the issue you're experiencing. SuperFetch has two goals: it decreases boot time, and makes sure applications that you use the most load more efficiently. SuperFetch also takes timing into account, in that it will adapt itself to your usage patterns.

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So what could it be then?

It maybe related to a bad user Profile. Create a new Windows account and test it there. Fix a corrupted user profile

kevindd992002 said:

Capt.Jack Sparrow said:

kevindd992002 said:

So what could it be then?

It maybe related to a bad user Profile. Create a new Windows account and test it there. Fix a corrupted user profile

Tried that already to no avail.

Run a SFC /SCANNOW : Run in Command Prompt at Boot

which method did you use to fix a corrupted profile?

Create a new profile. Make no changes to the profile. Put nothing there. Simply use the new profile to test if your problem is profile related.

Be sure and posts the results of running in SFC /SCANNOW as explained in this tutorial:

SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker

And finally you may follow the Troubleshooting Steps for Windows 7 suggested by gregrocker .

kevindd992002 said:

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Thanks, I'll try that. But the thing is that even with the default size, I should have no proplems. How do I "analyze" the icon cache database? Is Windows really deleting that cache everytime it is restarted?

You are correct, things should work just fine (and fast via SSD*) using the default size. That is why I'm curious to see if you have any improvement. If you see an improvement, then we have our fix and are left with the "why did that fix it" question.

I don't know how to "analyze" the icon cache database. I looked at the database file size, increased the max setting, restarted and checked the file size again. There was no change in the size of the file, so it seems that the size is related to the number of icons being stored and not the size limit. Maybe if I installed a bunch of programs into the VM that I'm playing with, the size of that icon data base file would grow.

Edit *The icon database file loads into RAM and then the icons are read from there. I'm just not sure precisely when all of this happens. Maybe the file loads into RAM before any icons are requested - or maybe it loads into RAM when the first icon is needed.

I'll await the results from your fresh run of SFC.