Icon issue! A little help please.

Callender said:

If the icon(s) shows up okay in the executable(s) try correcting paths.

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Sorry but I don't have a better MS Office Suite related example.

Also it's possible to check icon paths in the registry.

Still nothing Callender.

You don't need to click an entry to display properties.

Scroll across to the icon path column and post what it shows.

From your screenshot it looks like all icons are blank!

Let's start with a file that we have in common - vlc.exe

Open registry here:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VLC.flv\DefaultIcon

What does it show?

It should show the path to the icon embedded in the executable:

Callender said:

Let's start with a file that we have in common - vlc.exe

Open registry here:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VLC.flv\DefaultIcon

What does it show?

It should show the path to the icon embedded in the executable:

Here you go Callender. It appears that there is no default icon.

Okay so in FileTypesMan try changing deafault icon path for .flv to:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe",0

Or just use the "browse" button and choose the executable. See if it works. You might need to refresh desktop.

More to try:

Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Default Programs\Set Associations

Set .doc to open with some other application and apply. Then re-associate it with word and apply.

Regarding rebuild icon cache script. Did you wait for the message prompting you to reboot when you ran the script? It can take a while to appear so it's easy to close the command window before you see the prompt.

Also do you have any registry backups that were created by any third party software recently. Search your HD for .reg files.

In SwiftSearch *backup*?.reg returns results for file names containing the word backup with the .reg extension. I'm not sure if the same works in Windows Search as I don't use it and it's disabled.

If you have such a backup try imaging your current drive then restore the backup.

I think that tutorial is just for default icons rather then program icons.

Thank you for all the suggestions but me being me I got frustrated, backed up what I needed and stuck in a ghost image from a few months back. All is back and good. Sorry for wasting your time.

No, You did not waste our time. Glad you got things going.