Google Chrome website Pin to Taskbar error after Delete History

[OMGway]

Hello, My name is Kati and Im new the the forums. Just got Windows 7 not to long ago . Anyways, I was wondering if someone can help with me a problem I have everytime I delete my browsing history to my pin websites on my taskbar. I recently had IE9 Beta and I didn't like it. I couldn't remove my browsing history from the address bar so I uninstalled IE9 and installed Google Chrome latest release (Not Beta). Everything works fine up untill I went to remove my browsing history today and clicked on one of my pin website on my taskbar and seen the little "Icon" was blank. It does this to all my website pinned icons aside from my Google Chrome icon. The only way to fix it is to open the pin website let it load for a second and close it. Then when I open the website again the Icon is back to normal. If I delete my history and DONT click on any of the pin website everything looks to be okay. Its only when I open it for the FIRST time after deleting my History. I was wondering if there is anything I can do to fix this. Its kinda annoying


Oh yeah, Here is a Screen Shot.

 

[brianzion]

hi and welcome kati to the forums

have you tried making a application shortcut in the chrome browser when you are viewing the website you want to keep?

1. click on the wrench icon on the top right of browser(in pic)
2. scroll down to tools in the context menu
3. move cursor left in the context menu to create application shortcut and click on this and a window pops up as in the screenshot i have posted you can choose what shortcuts you want

 

[brianzion]

TIP also when you clear your browsing history (in the chrome options in under the hood) (and download history if you wish) make sure that you only click that option like in the pick dont tick empty the cache box

 

[OMGway]

Hello brianzion. I did the whole create application shortcut already. I did both pin to desktop and dragged it down and it did the samething...Then I went ahead and unpin all the websites and restarted my computer and did the "Pin to Taskbar" option in create application shortcut. It also didn't work. I unchecked "Empty The Cache" and did a Clear Browsing History and it still didn't work.

 

[OMGway]

Oh Yeah, I also unchecked "Delete Cookies and Other Site Data" and that didn't work either. grrrr

 

[brianzion]

ok looks like windows fault in the cache check this windows fix it link out as i am for you to see if there is a fix Microsoft Fix it Solution Center: troubleshooting software issues

have a read here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd378460(VS.85).aspx

 

[brianzion]

here is a program called fix win i have attached in a zip file for you if you want to look at the windows fixes in this

 

[OMGway]

tryed both and it still isn't working. Its weird b/c I dont have this problem on my other computer which is pretty much the same hardware as this computer aside from my 2 Hard Drives on this computer. Im not going to stop untill I fix this! hehe

 

[brianzion]

okey dokey will do some research for you

 

[OMGway]

Its hard to fine people with this similar problem.

I found this and I thought I'd figure it out but nope. Didn't work. lol

http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/how-to-rebuild-the-icon-cache-in-windows-vista/

 

[brianzion]

Its hard to fine people with this similar problem.

I found this and I thought I'd figure it out but nope. Didn't work. lol

http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/how-to-rebuild-the-icon-cache-in-windows-vista/

you tried this?

Rebuilding the Icon Cache Database

1. Close all folder windows that are currently open.

2. Launch Task Manager using the CTRL+SHIFT+ESC key sequence, or by running taskmgr.exe.

3. In the Process tab, right-click on the Explorer.exe process and select End Process.

4. Click the End process button when asked for confirmation.

5. From the File menu of Task Manager, select New Task (Run…)

6. Type CMD.EXE, and click OK

7. In the Command Prompt window, type the commands one by one and press ENTER after each command:

CD /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local
DEL IconCache.db /a
EXIT

 

[brianzion]

found this for you it may help Clear Notification Area Icon Cache In Windows 7 With Notification Area Cleaner For Windows 7 Tool

 

[brianzion]

this is better for your needs Icon Cache Rebuilder For Windows 7

 

[brianzion]

How to Rebuild the Icon Cache in Windows 7 this is a tutorial from the excellent brink i forgot about this

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49819-icon-cache-rebuild.html

 

[OMGway]

Nope. None of those work . I guess it only happens when I "Clear Browsing History". If I clear Cache Data or Cookies nothing happens.

 

[brianzion]

hi again well sorry nothing has worked yet all your other icons are ok ? its only the chrome you have issues with if you sync your details with chrome have you tried un-installing and re-installing? look at the settings in the screenshot

 

[brianzion]

Perform a SFC Scan (System File Checker)

If a Windows Resource Protection (WRP) file is missing or is corrupted, Windows may not behave as expected. For example, some Windows functions may not work, or Windows may crash. The System File Checker tool (SFC.exe) scans for missing or corrupted system files and repairs them.

1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Allow

2. Type (or copy and paste) the following command, and then press ENTER:

sfc /scannow

A message will appear stating that 'The system scan will begin'. Be patient because the scan may take some time

3. If any files require a replace SFC will replace them. You may be asked to insert your Windows 7 DVD for this process to continue

4. If everything is okay you should, after the scan, see the following message "Windows resource protection did not find any integrity violations"

5. After the scan has completed, close the command prompt window, restart the computer and check.

more info here :ar: How to use the System File Checker tool to troubleshoot missing or corrupted system files on Windows Vista or on Windows 7

 

[OMGway]

Im going to try those two methods you just posted. Yes, Its only with Google Chrome Pin Icons. All other Icon are fine. I also wanted to thank you for sticking this out with me...I wish I was more "tech-ie" lol.

 

[OMGway]

oh and yes, I did reinstall google chrome with updated to Chrome 8.,

 

[OMGway]

"Windows resource protection did not find any integrity violations" Nope. Not the problem...lol


I also have AVG PC Tuneup 2011 and uninstalled Google Chrome unpin all my website clean the Registry with AVG and CCleaner. Reinstalled Google Chrome and still the same problem. Im lost now.