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    Icon Pictures Missing

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by ThePacster, Oct 15, 2007.

  1. ThePacster

    ThePacster Notebook Geek

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    Something very strange is going on with my laptop. Everything was perfectly fine earlier today. But when I came home and powered up my laptop, 90% of the pictures for my icons are missing, as you can see here:

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    If anyone might happen to know why and how I can fix it, I'd be very grateful.
     
    ThePacster, Oct 15, 2007
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  2. AKAJohnDoe

    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    Do they come back if you reboot?
     
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  3. ThePacster

    ThePacster Notebook Geek

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    I've rebooted and tried two System Restore points, but still no go.

    Edit: I guess it may also be worth mentioning that all the icons are there if I boot in safemode, but not a regular boot.
     
    ThePacster, Oct 15, 2007
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    hondamxer82 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Try resetting your icon cache. To do so go to X:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Local Settings\Application Data and delete the file IconCache.db. You will need to have "Show hidden files and folders" selected in order to see the file.
     
    hondamxer82, Oct 15, 2007
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  5. ThePacster

    ThePacster Notebook Geek

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    Deleted the cache and rebooted, but still no dice. :(
     
    ThePacster, Oct 15, 2007
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    ThePacster Notebook Geek

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    Did a little more digging and found a solution. I'll quote it here should anyone happen to do a search on the forum again with similar problems. :)

    Recreate the Icon-Cache by changing icon size (Another way is to Rebuild Icons in Tweak UI):

    1. Open Control Panel and double click Display-applet
    2. Select Appearance-tab and in Item-dropdown select Icon
    3. Increase Size and press Apply-button
    4. Decrease Size back to old value and press Apply-button
    5. Press Ok-button

    Furhter troubleshooting ideas can be found here:

    http://smallvoid.com/article/windows-icon-cache.html
     
    ThePacster, Oct 15, 2007
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