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  1. Posts : 34
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #1

    Download Folder Icon


    Hi,

    My download folder icon is not in sync. It's still showing a preview of a download which I don't have anymore (a mp3). How can I fix this?



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    Last edited by Brink; 20 Apr 2011 at 22:51. Reason: embedded image
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  2. Posts : 2,009
    Windows 7 Ultimate x86
       #2

    If it bothers you so much, simply clear/rebuild your icon cache. That should do the trick.

    Icon Cache - Rebuild

    -DG
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  3. Posts : 34
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Your suggested solution unfortunately did not work.
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  4. Posts : 72,058
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #4

    Hello Dutchcoffee,

    See if clearing the thumbnail cache to reset it may be able to fix this for you.

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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  5. Posts : 34
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    This is very odd. I just tried your suggested solution, Brink, however, it did not fix the issue.
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  6. Posts : 2,578
    Vista 64 bit and 32 bit (SP2)
       #6

    This may be uber simplistic, but -- have you manually tried to delete it? If so, what happens?

    Also, in Task Manager, is the download shown there, in either Applications, (and if so, can you end the task?) or in Processes (and if so, can you end the process)?
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  7. Posts : 72,058
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #7

    Dutchcoffee,

    As a test to see if this may get rid of it, open Notepad, click on File (menu bar) and Open, then select All Files (*.*) above the Open and Cancel buttons. Next navigate to and open your My Downloads folder to see if you may see a ghost of the .mp3 file. If you do, then right click on it and click on Delete, and close the Open and Notepad windows.

    Sometimes a ghost file will not show in the normal Windows Explorer window to be able to easily delete, but will in a "Open" or "Save As" type dialog box.
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  8. Posts : 34
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Brink said:
    Dutchcoffee,

    As a test to see if this may get rid of it, open Notepad, click on File (menu bar) and Open, then select All Files (*.*) above the Open and Cancel buttons. Next navigate to and open your My Downloads folder to see if you may see a ghost of the .mp3 file. If you do, then right click on it and click on Delete, and close the Open and Notepad windows.

    Sometimes a ghost file will not show in the normal Windows Explorer window to be able to easily delete, but will in a "Open" or "Save As" type dialog box.
    That, unfortunately, did not work either. I am really stumped as to what is causing this.
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  9. Posts : 63
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #9

    Dutchcoffee said:
    Brink said:
    Dutchcoffee,

    As a test to see if this may get rid of it, open Notepad, click on File (menu bar) and Open, then select All Files (*.*) above the Open and Cancel buttons. Next navigate to and open your My Downloads folder to see if you may see a ghost of the .mp3 file. If you do, then right click on it and click on Delete, and close the Open and Notepad windows.

    Sometimes a ghost file will not show in the normal Windows Explorer window to be able to easily delete, but will in a "Open" or "Save As" type dialog box.
    That, unfortunately, did not work either. I am really stumped as to what is causing this.
    This may be a given, but just in case, did you reboot your machine after clearing the icon cache?

    Snarks
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  10. Posts : 34
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #10

    SnarkyTwit said:
    Dutchcoffee said:
    Brink said:
    Dutchcoffee,

    As a test to see if this may get rid of it, open Notepad, click on File (menu bar) and Open, then select All Files (*.*) above the Open and Cancel buttons. Next navigate to and open your My Downloads folder to see if you may see a ghost of the .mp3 file. If you do, then right click on it and click on Delete, and close the Open and Notepad windows.

    Sometimes a ghost file will not show in the normal Windows Explorer window to be able to easily delete, but will in a "Open" or "Save As" type dialog box.
    That, unfortunately, did not work either. I am really stumped as to what is causing this.
    This may be a given, but just in case, did you reboot your machine after clearing the icon cache?

    Snarks
    Yes, I did. :)
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