Solved How to Change usb icon to default ?

[prukeyhi]

Hi all
my usb icon on taskbar notification, as you can see in photo 1 .
How to Change usb icon to default (photo 2 with red arrow pointed to ) ?
(Icon Cache - Rebuild tutorial, sfc /scannow did not help)
Thanks!

 

[Ranger4]

Have you tried clicking on Customised as shown in your screen shots. When that windows opens look down to the lower LH corner of the screen & you will see "Restore Default Icon Behaviours" click on that & see if that fixes your problem.

 

[Callender]

That's the "safely remove hardware" icon and it looks like the default icon to me.

It's not a USB icon. The USB icon should show up in an Explorer window or the Navigation Pane.

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Safely Remove Hardware - Eject Device​

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You might want to reset and clear notification area icons and cache.

How to Reset the Notification Area Icons Cache in Vista, Windows 7​

Then you'll need to reconfigure notification area:

Notification Area Icons - Hide or Show System Icons and Notifications​

 

[Callender]

A little more research shows both versions of the icon in various are stored in hotplug.dll

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Also both icons in various sizes are contained in:

"C:\Windows\System32\DeviceEject.exe"

I am guessing that the version of the icon you will see displayed is related to screen resolution and color bit depth and choice of taskbar icon size.

 

[prukeyhi]

I am guessing that the version of the icon you will see displayed is related to screen resolution and color bit depth and choice of taskbar icon size

Absolutely right !
Thanks Callender, you did it again
in my case DPI change caused it .
-what program do you use to see versions of the icon in stored in hotplug.dll?
- the DeviceEject.exe is not on "C:\Windows\System32\DeviceEject.exe"
but in C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-pnphotplugui_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_e8b787acac120444\DeviceEject.exe

 

[Callender]

I use IconViewer 3.02 x64 Edition

RE: DeviceEject.exe - I guess that your machine uses the WINSXS version. I'm not expert on this. I see the process listed here:

http://www.voodooshield.com/API/GetDefaultProcessList.aspx

 

[prukeyhi]

Thanks Ranger4- unfortunately your advice did not help...
Thanks again Callender-nice app.