Icon went missing in Windows 7? Here's a Fix

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  1. Young Hype
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    Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x32
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    Icon went missing in Windows 7? Here's a Fix


    Icon went missing in Windows 7? Here's a Fix


    After installing the latest and greatest Mozilla Firefox 3.5 in Windows 7 (RC Build 7100 32-bit) I noticed that after a while the icon went missing. Firefox was still working correctly, and when I checked the icon properties, and the icon was still present. But for some strange reason it wouldn’t show up in on my Desktop, my Start Menu, or my Taskbar, I would just see a broken icon.



    The resolution? Rebuilding the Windows 7 Icon Cache.

    Follow these directions:

    Icon Cache - Rebuild


    Your icons should be as good as new!

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  3. Phil Pendlebury
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Thank you very much for this. It worked perfectly.

    Lots of people around having this problem too.

    Cheers,

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  4. JordSignature7
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    Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition x64
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    Thanks, I never knew how to fix this!
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  6. paulavalencia12
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    Windows 7
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    THANK YOU SO MUCH!! This worked perfectly!
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  7. Phil Pendlebury
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    I am finding this happens quite regularly. So I have written a little script to do it automatically. I will post links to it later once tested properly.

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  8. rsvr85
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Thanks for sharing this very handy tip Young Hype. If i have this issue i usually delete the iconcache.db in Explorer an then reboot, this takes the reboot out of the equation i assume?

    I am finding this happens quite regularly. So I have written a little script to do it automatically. I will post links to it later once tested properly.

    That would be extremely handy Phil. I look forward to the link
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  10. The Dragon Mask
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    Windows 7 build 7600 RTM (I pre-ordered 2 copies)
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    Thanks a lot man, I just installed Windows 7 Premium, and got all my programs installed using Ninite, then some of my beautiful taskbar icons reverted to generic form. I looked around for a while but only this one helped, thnx! =)
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  11. hughfraser
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    Windows 7
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    Hi I tried this, the icon is still missing for me!, I have taken a screenshot for any help.

    Many Thanks
    Hugh
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  12. rsvr85
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    hughfraser said:
    Hi I tried this, the icon is still missing for me!, I have taken a screenshot for any help.

    Many Thanks
    Hugh
    Hi hughfraser & welcome,
    Have you tried this tutorial?
    Icon Cache - Rebuild
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  13. hughfraser
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    Windows 7
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    Thanks rsvr85, In the end I had to uninstall Firefox, I never lost any passwords or bookmarks as I use Roboform and Xmarks. Thanks.

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