Solved Issue with Icons showing up weird on my laptop

[mjazi]

Hello guys! I am actually a new owner of a Dell Laptop and everything was fine but after a recent windows update almost all the the icons on my laptop are not showing up, instead it is replaced by a default image atop the actual icon image.

How can this be fixed?

 

[MoxieMomma]

Hello and welcome:

See here:

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

Please let us know if this resolves your issue.

Thanks,
MM

 

[mjazi]

Still persists

Hello! I tried the steps you provided, unfortunately it still persists

 

[lehnerus2000]

It looks like the "shortcut arrow" has been replaced by a different icon.

Have a look at this page:

Shortcut icon on desktop have changed
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The suggested fixes didn't seem to help the OP, but they might work for you.

 

[Eric3742]

The programs were all deleted &or moved.

First, delete all the them.

When you said you are the new owner, this mean you just bought from someone, not retailer as brand new.

Most of the icon are inside the program itself only.
Just like windows do have a lot of icons in the .dll file.

If you do not want to delete and want to show, but it is easy to rebuild using the program itself.

Icon will not harm the system, as these are shortcut only.

When you boot the system, it will seek the location of the icon to have the original icon from the program itself.
After deleted, no need to do anything.

When you run the program, you can, at the same time, make the icon on the desktop or location you want.

 

[MoxieMomma]

Hi, @mjazi:

In addition to @lehnerus2000's excellent advice...

...the "safest" approach with a second-hand computer (refurbished, used or hand-me-down) might be to flatten it and reinstall Windows.
One never really knows what badness (corruption, malware, etc.) lurks on a second-hand computer.

Just a thought.

MM

 

[Layback Bear]

Once Advanced System Care by IObit has been installed on a computer anything can happen.
Just removing ASC by IObits will not undo all the changes it's done to the system.

I personally would do a Clean Install of Windows 7.

 

[mjazi]

Well For starters I am an owner of a brand new Dell Inspiron 5520 R 1TB laptop
I tried the suggestions provided but to no avail
So Advanced System Care by IObit can mess my laptop?
If I remove ASC what would you recommend I replace it with?

 

[mjazi]

Update - I found the cause of my ire...
Turns out after thw windows update and replacing AVG with ASC, AVG added a nasty registry string value
Good thing I found a fix to it

How disable shortcut icon arrow overlay in Windows

 

[mjazi]

Thank you for the ones who extended their help!
Kudos to all of you!

 

[MoxieMomma]

LOL.
What a difference a word makes...

You said you were a "new owner of a Dell laptop", rather than an "owner of a new Dell laptop".
So I mistakenly read that to mean it was second-hand.

Yes, IOBit ASC (and programs like it) is worse than snake oil.
Corporate intellectual property theft/piracy issues aside (google it), programs like it often cause more harm than good.
Others here will disagree about "registry cleaners" and "optimizers", but as a whole they are of no proven benefit. (Sometimes no harm, but rarely of true benefit.)
Some may suggest the Registry Cleaner feature of CCleaner as safe enough. Your choice.

Thanks for posting the solution to your issue, by the way.

Cheers,

 

[lehnerus2000]

Create Backups

Others here will disagree about "registry cleaners" and "optimizers", but as a whole they are of no proven benefit. (Sometimes no harm, but rarely of true benefit.)
Some may suggest the Registry Cleaner feature of CCleaner as safe enough. Your choice.

If you are not sure that the Registry entries can be safely deleted, make sure to use the backup option when CCleaner offers it.

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You could also create a System Restore Point and/or a backup system image before cleaning.

Until recently, the only issue I've had is with MS Project 2010.
It seems to create a bunch of empty Registry keys and if they are deleted (cleaned) the program doesn't run properly.

Recently, I installed VMware Workstation 12 and it also creates an empty key.
When that key is deleted (cleaned) the program vanishes from the "Programs and Features" list.