How to restore Icons

[MoeX]

Hi guys now what i wanna know here is how can i restore the icons of folders after formatting drive C,
i have folders with customized icons and these icons and folders are in drive D.
some times when i format C the folders icon stay how they are and sometimes they go back to the default whats the secret ?
i want to know how to keep the icons on folder even if c gets formatted.
thanks

 

[drpepper]

just a shot in the dark... I have never had icon problems...but I have read plenty of posted solutions...
Can you use the information in http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49819-icon-cache-rebuild.html to locate your icons and copy them to your C drive. I recommend creating a restore point or creating an image backup before attempting this.

 

[MoeX]

So lets say i save the IconCache.db format C and then just replace the IconCache.db and all the icons will go back to the folders ?

 

[drpepper]

my apologies:
My wording was not exactly clear. I meant to copy that data in the folder in D drive to the appropriate folder in C drive.

 

[MoeX]

its ok, dont really understand what u saying abt this maybe you are not getting what i need here ?

 

[VistaKing]

Are you referring to customized icons ? That you have downloaded ?

 

[MoeX]

Are you referring to customized icons ? That you have downloaded ?

Yes

 

[VistaKing]

Did you use a program to add them ? The icons are located inside the C:\Windows\System32 along with SysWOW64 for 64-bit OS . Files are shell32.dll , imagesp1.dll and imageres.dll and if you have a custom zip folder icon its zipfldr.dll . Back up those files to a save place and once you're done installing windows add them back .

 

[MoeX]

Nope no program,

along with SysWOW64 for 64-bit OS

dont get this ?
So i just go to C:\Windows\System32 Copy : shell32.dll , imagesp1.dll and imageres.dll And thats it ?

 

[VistaKing]

If you want to keep the settings of the custom icons . For a reinstall . Show me the screen shot of the icons .

 

[MoeX]

Yes i want to do a backup of the settings so when i format my pc instead of customizing every single folder i just paste the settings files and all the icons go back to the folders

 

[VistaKing]

Did the icons come with the theme ?

 

[MoeX]

Nope, i have them saved in Drive D and the folders are also in drive D

 

[VistaKing]

What is drive D:\ and how did you change them .

 

[MoeX]

Hard drives C & D.

 

[VistaKing]

How about the other dll files I mentioned ?

 

[MoeX]

What about them ? sorry if am getting slow here

 

[VistaKing]

The imagesp1.dll and imageres.dll file .

 

[MoeX]

And what about them....? :/

 

[VistaKing]

Did you change those files ?