shortcut icons not working properly


  1. D5colwell
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    Windows 7 Home Premium
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    shortcut icons not working properly


    So I'm having a problem with my desktop Icons. The shortcuts are all working but their Icons are not unless I set my desktop to show large icons, which looks ridiculous. I have reset the Icon Cache twice without success. any ideas?

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  3. Brink
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    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Hello Colwell, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    This is an issue with your shortcut arrow overlay on the icon. You could use the free program in OPTION ONE the tutorial below to restore the default shortcut arrow to fix this.

    Shortcut Arrow - Change, Remove, or Restore

    Hope this helps, :)
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