Tech Heads? - Please - Cheers

[Robbo]

Hi, sorry to bother you computer whizz kids but I have a niggling problem.

I got windows 7 and for some reason I have had quite a lot of the icons on my desktop replaced with the windows default icon.

Any ideas would be much appreciated as to the cause and also for the remedy.

Cheers guys

 

[Andygoth]

I had the same problem with the beta version of windows 7. This is the solution I found.

To refresh and reset the icons cache, go to the following folder:

C:\Users\\AppData\Local\

To see the hidden AppData folder, go to Organize -> Folder and Search Options -> View tab, and select Show hidden files, folders and drives, and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).

Once inside the folder, delete IconCache.db. Create a new file named IconCache.db, and set it to Read Only attribute in Properties (if the file is not read only, the cache won’t be reset). Then restart the computer. Remove the Read Only attribute of IconCache.db file, and the icons cache will be refreshed. The step will restore the desktop shortcut icons to their lawfully icons.

 

[Robbo]

Hi Andy, many thanks for your help but unfortunately the icons are still the same

Any other ideas mate?

 

[Soul Doubt]

I had jip with my PC a while ago, so i hit it with a hammer! and it worked! for a bit..............

Robbo go to PC World and drag one of those tech help desk employee's over the table, stick him in the boot of your car, take him home and dont let him go until he's fixed your problem

 

[Ion]

Might be worth setting the icons manually,

For Common icons (my computer etc):
Right click the desktop and select 'personalize'
From the menu on the left select 'Change desktop icons'
From the window that pops up you should be able to select the icons you want.

Other desktop objects:
Right click the icon and select 'properties'
From the shortcut tab select 'Change Icon...'
The window that pops up will allow you to set the icon you want

Not sure this will fix the underlying cause but may work if you've reset the cache as suggested above.

 

[Andygoth]

Sorry Robbo that's my techy limit as it worked when I read it on the web and tried it.

 

[Robbo]

Ion, that was the first thing I tried mate but it doesn't let me get anywhere being able to change the icons back because it greys out the appropriate box and basically disables any changes being made to the icon .

 

[Pugfreak]

Seems to be a common problem with Windows, try this
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49819-icon-cache-rebuild.html
Similar to what Andygoth said but without creating a new file as windows should recreate the file
by itself. Have had to do this to a couple myself and seems to work.

 

[evil sharks matt]

Would a system restore not sort this?