default xml icon missing

[Guest Russell]

At some point, the icon displayed for xml files got changed to the icon used

for files with no association in Windows. I had a similar problem with .htm

and .html files, but was able to fix it using a program I found through a

Google search. It fixed the registry directly, since just assigning the icon

in iexplore.exe didn't fix it. Apparantly, no one has done the same for xml

files. Since I don't know what the program did to reassociate the file type

with the normal blue "e" icon, I don't know how to fix the xml files. I've

already tried pointing to the first icon in msxml3.dll, which is what it used

to use:

 

Windows Explorer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> File Types -> XML document ->

Advanced -> change icon

[Guest Carlos]

RE: default xml icon missing

 

Russell,

This page:

http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/File-association-fixes-for-Windows-Vista.html

contains association fixes for various filetypes.

You may want to try this one for your xml icon woes:

http://www.winhelponline.com/fileasso/xmlfix_vista.zip

 

Additional pages dealing with icon issues:

http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/incorrect-icon-shown-for-a-file-type-in-vista/

http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/how-to-rebuild-the-icon-cache-in-windows-vista/

 

Carlos

 

 

 

"Russell" wrote:

> At some point, the icon displayed for xml files got changed to the icon used

> for files with no association in Windows. I had a similar problem with .htm

> and .html files, but was able to fix it using a program I found through a

> Google search. It fixed the registry directly, since just assigning the icon

> in iexplore.exe didn't fix it. Apparantly, no one has done the same for xml

> files. Since I don't know what the program did to reassociate the file type

> with the normal blue "e" icon, I don't know how to fix the xml files. I've

> already tried pointing to the first icon in msxml3.dll, which is what it used

> to use:

>

> Windows Explorer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> File Types -> XML document ->

> Advanced -> change icon

[Guest Russell]

RE: default xml icon missing

 

Actually, I have the problem in XP 64-bit, not Vista. That's why I posted it

under this category. It looks like these solutions are for Vista only.

 

--Russell

 

"Carlos" wrote:

> Russell,

> This page:

> http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/File-association-fixes-for-Windows-Vista.html

> contains association fixes for various filetypes.

> You may want to try this one for your xml icon woes:

> http://www.winhelponline.com/fileasso/xmlfix_vista.zip

>

> Additional pages dealing with icon issues:

> http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/incorrect-icon-shown-for-a-file-type-in-vista/

> http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/how-to-rebuild-the-icon-cache-in-windows-vista/

>

> Carlos

>

>

>

> "Russell" wrote:

>

> > At some point, the icon displayed for xml files got changed to the icon used

> > for files with no association in Windows. I had a similar problem with .htm

> > and .html files, but was able to fix it using a program I found through a

> > Google search. It fixed the registry directly, since just assigning the icon

> > in iexplore.exe didn't fix it. Apparantly, no one has done the same for xml

> > files. Since I don't know what the program did to reassociate the file type

> > with the normal blue "e" icon, I don't know how to fix the xml files. I've

> > already tried pointing to the first icon in msxml3.dll, which is what it used

> > to use:

> >

> > Windows Explorer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> File Types -> XML document ->

> > Advanced -> change icon