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Re: Corrupted Icons on Windows Vista
Thank you for your suggestions. I followed the suggestions and it worked.
But every time I shut down/restart the desktop icons are blacked out again.
Even on explorer some are blacked out. It seems like the ones I created are
corrupted, like shortcuts of folders.
I've changed the color depth, deleted the cache, restarted, but still, if I
shut down and then start again, they icons will revert back to black.
Any suggestions?
Thanks, Tom
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tct@usa dot com
"OKuma" wrote:
> Try this
>
> Launch an elevated CMD window, ie Right click, Run as Administrator...
> Shutdown Explorer Process from the Task Manager
> In the CMD window go to C:\Users\<ProfileName>\AppData\Local
> Do the following command: attrib -H IconCache.db
> Do the following command: del IconCache.db
> Do the following command: start explorer
>
> This should rebuild the Icon Cache...
>
> OKuma
>
>
> "Yannek" <Yannek@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2E8F8832-C842-471A-A716-76ECD3510E2B@microsoft.com...
> > Thank you for your answer but it didn't help. When changed to 16-bit color
> > scheme the icons look ok but when changing back to 32-bit they look like
> > before - black or with black box istead of shotcut arrow.
> >
> > "OKuma" wrote:
> >
> >> Change the color depth to 16-bit then change it back to 32-bit.
> >>
> >> This will force the icons to update.
> >>
> >> OKuma
> >>
> >> "Yannek" <Yannek@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:74D00396-A4AB-4E08-8982-04173FD50555@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hello, I am using Windows Vista Home Premium and today I'm experiencing
> >> > strange icons behavior. Some system icons in explorer are just black (
> >> > desktop, Computer and others) and some shortcuts have black boxes
> >> > instead
> >> > of
> >> > arrows. I tried to find ShellIconCache file but it seems Vista doesn't
> >> > use
> >> > it. Oh and I checked system for viruses and spyware - nothing found. I
> >> > also
> >> > tried to change to standard color theme but it didn't help. Is there
> >> > any
> >> > way
> >> > to rebuild Vista icon cache?
> >> > I'll appreciate any help.
> >> > Regards
> >>
>
Thank you for your suggestions. I followed the suggestions and it worked.
But every time I shut down/restart the desktop icons are blacked out again.
Even on explorer some are blacked out. It seems like the ones I created are
corrupted, like shortcuts of folders.
I've changed the color depth, deleted the cache, restarted, but still, if I
shut down and then start again, they icons will revert back to black.
Any suggestions?
Thanks, Tom
--
tct@usa dot com
"OKuma" wrote:
> Try this
>
> Launch an elevated CMD window, ie Right click, Run as Administrator...
> Shutdown Explorer Process from the Task Manager
> In the CMD window go to C:\Users\<ProfileName>\AppData\Local
> Do the following command: attrib -H IconCache.db
> Do the following command: del IconCache.db
> Do the following command: start explorer
>
> This should rebuild the Icon Cache...
>
> OKuma
>
>
> "Yannek" <Yannek@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2E8F8832-C842-471A-A716-76ECD3510E2B@microsoft.com...
> > Thank you for your answer but it didn't help. When changed to 16-bit color
> > scheme the icons look ok but when changing back to 32-bit they look like
> > before - black or with black box istead of shotcut arrow.
> >
> > "OKuma" wrote:
> >
> >> Change the color depth to 16-bit then change it back to 32-bit.
> >>
> >> This will force the icons to update.
> >>
> >> OKuma
> >>
> >> "Yannek" <Yannek@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:74D00396-A4AB-4E08-8982-04173FD50555@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hello, I am using Windows Vista Home Premium and today I'm experiencing
> >> > strange icons behavior. Some system icons in explorer are just black (
> >> > desktop, Computer and others) and some shortcuts have black boxes
> >> > instead
> >> > of
> >> > arrows. I tried to find ShellIconCache file but it seems Vista doesn't
> >> > use
> >> > it. Oh and I checked system for viruses and spyware - nothing found. I
> >> > also
> >> > tried to change to standard color theme but it didn't help. Is there
> >> > any
> >> > way
> >> > to rebuild Vista icon cache?
> >> > I'll appreciate any help.
> >> > Regards
> >>
>
