You don't have to restart after using Icon Cache Rebuild. Mine disappeared along with my taskbar and nothing was happening, so I hit ctrl+alt+del, then start task manager. Next click "File" then "New Task (Run) and type: explorer.exe then click ok. All my icons were restored.
Last edited by michaell369; 27 Jan 2016 at 04:46. Reason: I forgot a seemingly important detail.
Hello Michaell, and welcome to Seven Forums. :)
Restarting the computer is required to have the deleted %localappdata%\IconCache.db file recreated.
Thank you for the icon rebuild instructions.
I too was suffering from a never ending scan in Windows Explorer and icons with no pictures after I did a Windows update. Following the manual instructions posted solved my issue.
it gives me a error, i have tried everything like temporary disable antivirus, etc.,
Hello f23948, :)
That is normal for those few .db files, and nothing to worry about.
Did rebuilding the icon cache and restarting the PC help with your icon issue?
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