I rebuilt my Icons Cache(per instructions here) and increased the Icon Cache size to 8192(per your link) and that worked until there was an update to Visual Studio 2012. Windows Icons(Calculator, etc.) were blown out again and I received an error message when trying open it that the program could not be found.
Rebuilding the Icon Cache again and increasing the size 16384.
If you can think of another solution I'm all ears.
Max,
Since you are getting a "program could not be found" error message for the shortcuts, it may be an association issue instead. If the shortcuts are no longer associated with their target program, then that would also cause the program's icon to no longer be associated with the shortcut leaving you with a blank default icon.
Do the shortcuts work again after rebuilding the icon cache? I wouldn't think so.
As a test, download and merge the .reg file for the listed .lnk (LNK) option in the tutorial below to restore the default associations of shortcuts (.lnk files) to see if that may help.
Default File Type Associations - Restore
After a restart(no cache rebuild, just size increase) the programs are found but the Icons were still missing.
Will try the file Associations fix now.
Thanks again.
To overcome the need to rebuild the icon cache i have two files in my group policy, first is in the shutdown and the second one is in the logoff. First unzip the zip file and copy to system32 folder (if you don't have access take ownership of the group policy folder) once done open the Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) click on Computer Configuration then Windows Settings then Scripts, righthand pane double click Shutdown, click add then browse, the Shutdown1.bat should be there select it then OK and apply. Do the same for the logoff but select User Configuration then Windows Settings then Scripts, righthand pane double click logoff, click add then browse, the Restart.bat should be there select it then OK and apply. This work behind the scenes so once you have configured it thats it, works every time
I tried the automatic solution and it very noticeably slowed down my start-up
Hello LizardKing,
This is not able to affect your startup speed since it only deletes the icon cache. Restarting the computer only serves to have the icon cache file recreated.
You might see if using the tutorial below to troubleshoot with a clean startup may help ID the cause.
Troubleshoot Application Conflicts by Performing a Clean Startup
Hope this helps, :)
Shawn
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Hello Anton, and welcome to Seven Forums.
Do you have the correct programs set as the default to open these file types with?
When you click on the file, does it open with the correct program?
For example, does a .doc file open in Office Word, and does a .pdf file open in say Adobe Reader?
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