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    Missing icon graphics?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Kfactor, Dec 25, 2009.

  1. Kfactor

    Kfactor Notebook Consultant

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    For some reason I have some missing icon graphics in various places which happened to me in Vista too. Any ideas how to restore them?
    http://tinypic.com/r/2nhnerd/6
     
    Kfactor, Dec 25, 2009
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  2. deeastman

    deeastman Notebook Deity

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    From my files:

    How To Purge & Rebuild The Icon Cache:

    If you find that one or more of your icons are not displaying correctly, or that your icon cache is corrupted, you might want to consider rebuilding your icon cache.

    To do so, Open Windows Explorer, and configure your Folder Options > Views to show Hidden / System Files. Next go to C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local folder and delete the hidden IconCache.db file. Reboot. This action will purge and rebuild the icon cache.

    There is also another way to do it, should the above method not work for you.

    Kill Explorer.exe process. To do so, click Start button > Hold down Ctrl+Shift & Right Click on empty area in the Start Menu > Click "Exit Explorer".

    Click Ctrl+Shift+Esc keys and open Task Manager.

    Click File > New Task > cmd.exe > OK. This will open the command prompt.

    Type cd /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local

    Click OK

    Type attrib –h IconCache.db

    Click OK

    Type del IconCache.db

    Click OK

    Type start explorer

    Click OK.

    Your Icon Cache would have been rebuilt.
     
    deeastman, Dec 25, 2009
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  3. Kfactor

    Kfactor Notebook Consultant

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    First method failed for all three locations, second method fixed the start menu icons but I could probably live with the others. Thanks!
     
    Kfactor, Dec 25, 2009
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