Missing icon pictures

[Guest Justin]

Icon pictures are missing and have been replaced by th default white page

icon. How do I get the original ones back and how do I prevent this from

happening in the future?

[Guest Ron Badour]

Re: Missing icon pictures

 

It sounds like your .ico association has been clobbered. Try using Tweak

UI, Repair, Rebuild Icons. If you don't have it, download it from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

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Regards

 

Ron Badour

MS MVP 1997 - 2007

 

 

"Justin" <Justin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Icon pictures are missing and have been replaced by th default white page

> icon. How do I get the original ones back and how do I prevent this from

> happening in the future?

[Guest Detlev Dreyer]

Re: Missing icon pictures

 

"Justin" <Justin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Icon pictures are missing and have been replaced by th default white

> page icon. How do I get the original ones back

 

Install TweakUI.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

 

TweakUI > Repair > Rebuild Icons > Repair now.

 

Next: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm (Line 4)

> and how do I prevent this from happening in the future?

 

You may want to increase the icon cache. Start > Run: Regedit.

Navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

 

Create the string value "Max Cached Icons" in the right pane and assign

the value "4096". Reboot when done.

 

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[Guest Justin]

Re: Missing icon pictures

 

What caused it to happen? (Icon pictures all change to default icon picture,

white page)

 

"Detlev Dreyer" wrote:

> "Justin" <Justin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

> > Icon pictures are missing and have been replaced by th default white

> > page icon. How do I get the original ones back

>

> Install TweakUI.

> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

>

> TweakUI > Repair > Rebuild Icons > Repair now.

>

> Next: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm (Line 4)

>

> > and how do I prevent this from happening in the future?

>

> You may want to increase the icon cache. Start > Run: Regedit.

> Navigate to

> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

>

> Create the string value "Max Cached Icons" in the right pane and assign

> the value "4096". Reboot when done.

>

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> d-d

>

[Guest Ron Badour]

Re: Missing icon pictures

 

Some unknown action broke the icon association in the registry.

 

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Regards

 

Ron Badour

MS MVP 1997 - 2007

 

 

"Justin" <Justin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:FF4FEB39-B1EA-445C-AD1C-F608BF627E8B@microsoft.com...

> What caused it to happen? (Icon pictures all change to default icon

> picture,

> white page)

>

> "Detlev Dreyer" wrote:

>

>> "Justin" <Justin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>

>> > Icon pictures are missing and have been replaced by th default white

>> > page icon. How do I get the original ones back

>>

>> Install TweakUI.

>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

>>

>> TweakUI > Repair > Rebuild Icons > Repair now.

>>

>> Next: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm (Line 4)

>>

>> > and how do I prevent this from happening in the future?

>>

>> You may want to increase the icon cache. Start > Run: Regedit.

>> Navigate to

>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

>>

>> Create the string value "Max Cached Icons" in the right pane and assign

>> the value "4096". Reboot when done.

>>

>> --

>> d-d

>>

[Guest Detlev Dreyer]

Re: Missing icon pictures

 

"Justin" <Justin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> What caused it to happen? (Icon pictures all change to default icon picture,

> white page)

 

The damaged icon cache (IconCache.db), most likely.

 

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