How do I get my shortcut items back after failed defragmentation

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  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #1

    How do I get my shortcut icons back after failed defragmentation


    Hello. Today, while I was defragmenting my Computer, it shut down itself because I accidentaly unpluged the battery.

    When I turned it back on, some of my shortcuts' icons started to miss. (Example on attachments.)

    I already tried the IconCache thingy, but they are still missing.

    Can you help me and give me other solutions?

    Thanks
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    Last edited by Hatsukoi116; 12 Aug 2012 at 07:47.
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  2. Posts : 4,751
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1
       #2

    You might try a System Restore and see what that does for you. Open your Start Menu and type System Restore. Pick a date just before the problem happened. If you are not sure how to do one, follow this tutorial. System Restore Let us know if this worked. Thanks,
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  3. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    The thing is that... I don't have ANY restore points before this happened.
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  4. Posts : 15,026
    Windows 10 Home 64Bit
       #4

    You could try this Icon Cache - Rebuild
    And welcome to the forum.
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  5. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    koolkat77 said:
    You could try this Icon Cache - Rebuild
    And welcome to the forum.
    I already did it, but it didn't work.

    Thanks
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  6. Posts : 15,026
    Windows 10 Home 64Bit
       #6

    Try this Shortcut Arrow - Change, Remove, or Restore

    You could also try reinstalling skype and office..(or repair office)
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  7. Posts : 21,482
    Win 7 x64 Home Premium (and x86 VirtualBox VM)/Win10
       #7

    It's possible that the interrupted defrag caused file corruption -
    see if this helps.....



    Please run a full CHKDSK and SFC scan....
    type in the Search box

    CMD.EXE

    right-click on the only file that is found
    Select Run as Administrator
    - the Elevated Command Prompt window should pop up
    At the Command prompt, type
    CHKDSK C: /F
    and hit the Enter key.

    You will be told that the drive is locked,
    and the CHKDSK will run at he next boot - hit the Y key, and then reboot.
    The chkdsk will take a few hours depending on the size
    of the drive, so be patient!
    After the CHKDSK has run, Windows should boot normally
    (possibly after a second auto-reboot) - then run the SFC.

    SFC -System File Checker - Instructions
    Click on the Start button
    type in the Search box
    CMD.EXE
    right-click on the only file that is found
    Select Run as Administrator - the Elevated Command Prompt window should pop up
    At the Command prompt, type
    SFC /SCANNOW
    and hit the Enter key

    Wait for the scan to finish - make a note of any error messages - and then reboot.
    Post an MGADiag report with details of any error messages encountered.
    Last edited by Brink; 12 Aug 2012 at 10:44. Reason: added links for more info
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  8. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Alright, I'll try it next time I'll be on my computer and then tell you.

    Thanks for the help.
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  9. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #9

    The defrag may have borked the programs whose shortcuts are bad. For the start menu, try removing from the Start menu by right clicking the affected ones and Unpin from Start Menu. Then go to All programs, scroll to the ones you just removed and right click and Pin to start Menu.

    Otherwise I suspect you'll need to reinstall those programs. Always make sure a defrag is not interrupted, place a big note on the computer.
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  10. Posts : 1,346
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #10

    Hatsukoi116 said:
    koolkat77 said:
    You could try this Icon Cache - Rebuild
    And welcome to the forum.
    I already did it, but it didn't work.

    Thanks
    Did you also try this;

    Default File Type Associations - Restore

    HTH
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