Windows doesn't display some shortcuts correctly

[userwin]

Windows doesn't display some shortcuts correctly
For some applications I see:

But in properties of the file i can see it's icon.
How to fix this?

p.s. I tried to delete IconCache.db and reboot, this didn't help.

 

[Brink]

Hello uswin,

If the target file for the shortcut was moved, them this could cause this as well. See if creating a new shortcut directly from the .exe file of the program may help.

 

[userwin]

I tried to create new shortcuts - this doesn't help. Moreover I told: in properties of the file and also shortcut i can see it's icon (right mouse button on shortcut/file, Properties):

 

[Brink]

Just to verify. Were you trying to create a shortcut from the file below?

C:\Program Files\CPUID\CPU-Z\cpuz.exe
​

If so, then you might see if changing the shortcut's icon to the default icon a couple of times may reset it to display again.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/53402-shortcut-change-icon.html

 

[userwin]

It's also strangely that explorer doesn't display icon of the application! But when i for example try to delete a shortcut or file it displays icon in the dialog box "Deleting a shortcut", and also as i already said in properties of shortcut and file it displays an icon.

Maybe this is a BUG?

Just to verify. Were you trying to create a shortcut from the file

Of course Yes.

 

[Brink]

If what I posted above doesn't help, then you might see if uninstalling/reinstall CPU-Z may help. 1.62 is the lastest version below.

CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting

 

[userwin]

If what I posted above doesn't help, then you might see if uninstalling/reinstall CPU-Z may help. 1.62 is the lastest version below.

I have problems with other shortcuts not only with CPU-Z. That's why this is not the problem of the application this is the problem of Windows. Why other applications show correct icons for these several applications but Explorer not?

 

[HammerHead]

Icon Cache

Brink is it time for rebuild_icon_cache.bat?

 

[Brink]

Brink is it time for rebuild_icon_cache.bat?

Normally yes, but the uswin says he already deleted the icon cache, and it didn't help.

It could be worth a try again in case a mistake was made though.

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

 

[userwin]

Brink is it time for rebuild_icon_cache.bat?

This BAT-file do ALL the same as I already done:

:: Created by: Shawn Brink
:: http://www.sevenforums.com
:: Tutorial: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49819-icon-cache-rebuild.html


@echo off
cls
echo The Explorer process must be killed to delete the Icon DB.
echo.
echo Please SAVE ALL OPEN WORK before continuing.
echo.
pause
echo.
taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
echo.
echo Attempting to delete Icon DB...
If exist %userprofile%\AppData\Local\IconCache.db goto delID
echo.
echo Icon DB has already been deleted.
echo.
goto main

:delID
cd /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local
del IconCache.db /a
echo.
pause
echo Icon DB has been successfully deleted.
echo.

:main
echo Windows 7 must be restarted to rebuild the Icon DB.
echo.

:wrong
set /p choice=Restart now? (Y/N) and press Enter:
If %choice% == y goto Yes
If %choice% == Y goto Yes
If %choice% == n goto No
If %choice% == N goto No
goto wrong

:Yes
shutdown /R /f /t 00
exit


:No
echo.
echo Restart aborted. Please remember to restart the computer later.
echo.
echo You can now close this command prompt window.
explorer.exe

The main action is marked by RED color. Others bla-bla-bla ))

 

[Brink]

Did you already try going through the process in the tutorial below to manually change the shortcuts' icons to it's default icon a couple of times to see if it may reset them to be correct afterwards?

Shortcut - Change Icon

 

[userwin]

Did you already try going through the process in the tutorial below to manually change the shortcuts' icons to it's default icon a couple of times to see if it may reset them to be correct afterwards?

YES!

I think this is BUG because EVERYWHERE in all dialogs: properties, change shortcut, delete shortcut or file, run as administrator, in the application window i can see an icon of these several applications: CPU-Z, TCPView, FileRecovery and some others, BUT in Explorer and on the Desktop there is no icon of the applications.

Why if this is not a BUG Windows can display an icon in other dialog windows? If it would be the damaged icon of the application then Windows could not display an icon in any other places...

 

[lehnerus2000]

I notice this occasionally on my PC

This happens on my PC (randomly).

Programs that haven't been moved or deleted sometimes lose their icons.
If I check the "Properties" window, I can see the correct icon.
Reapplying the icon doesn't fix the problem.

On my PC, restarting fixes the problem.

 

[cytherian]

It's not a defect... if it was, many more people would be complaining at this late stage. You may have some peculiar version problem with system files. Do you recall about when it started happening? You might want to roll back to a restore point prior to this. If that's not possible, consider applying the latest service pack again and then accepting the updates that follow.

 

[lehnerus2000]

Hardware & Software Combinations

I suspect that certain combinations of hardware, software and Shell Extensions are to blame.

IMO, it's just like how some people state that certain programs always crash and yet other people never experience any problems.

It may happen more often than it is reported because the user has to notice the icon is missing.

On my PC, I generally only see this in the Start Menu and it is usually when I am searching for a program that I don't use on a regular basis, or that I normally start some other way (like from the Taskbar).

For example, occasionally I have noticed that the Firefox icon in the Start Menu is broken, but normally I run Firefox via a batch file that is pinned to my Taskbar.