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Desktop icons help?
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Could anyone tell me how to fix some desktop icons looking like http://i.imgur.com/yIEOA8l.jpg ? Started recently the second after reinstalling Microsoft Silverlight.

Could anyone tell me how to fix some desktop icons looking like http://i.imgur.com/yIEOA8l.jpg ? Started recently the second after reinstalling Microsoft Silverlight.
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There are a number of things you can do, but what will probably be the easiest is this. Copy these lines into a notepad window, then save the file as "rebuild.bat" or any other filename ending in .bat.

ie4uinit -ClearIconCache
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
atrrib "%localappdata%\IconCache.db" -rsha
del "%localappdata%\IconCache.db"
shutdown -t 01 -r -f

This will clear the existing icon cache, kill windows explorer, delete the cache file, then reboot your PC. The cache will be rebuilt during the next boot.

There are a number of things you can do, but what will probably be the easiest is this. Copy these lines into a notepad window, then save the file as "rebuild.bat" or any other filename ending in .bat.

ie4uinit -ClearIconCache
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
atrrib "%localappdata%\IconCache.db" -rsha
del "%localappdata%\IconCache.db"
shutdown -t 01 -r -f

This will clear the existing icon cache, kill windows explorer, delete the cache file, then reboot your PC. The cache will be rebuilt during the next boot.
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smakersThere are a number of things you can do, but what will probably be the easiest is this. Copy these lines into a notepad window, then save the file as "rebuild.bat" or any other filename ending in .bat.

ie4uinit -ClearIconCache
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
atrrib "%localappdata%\IconCache.db" -rsha
del "%localappdata%\IconCache.db"
shutdown -t 01 -r -f

This will clear the existing icon cache, kill windows explorer, delete the cache file, then reboot your PC. The cache will be rebuilt during the next boot.

Hmm, it does restart my computer but the icons still look the same?

Edit: I fixed it by throwing the desktop shortcut in the trash, and sending a new shortcut to desktop.

[quote=smakers]There are a number of things you can do, but what will probably be the easiest is this. Copy these lines into a notepad window, then save the file as "rebuild.bat" or any other filename ending in .bat.

ie4uinit -ClearIconCache
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
atrrib "%localappdata%\IconCache.db" -rsha
del "%localappdata%\IconCache.db"
shutdown -t 01 -r -f

This will clear the existing icon cache, kill windows explorer, delete the cache file, then reboot your PC. The cache will be rebuilt during the next boot.[/quote]
Hmm, it does restart my computer but the icons still look the same?

Edit: I fixed it by throwing the desktop shortcut in the trash, and sending a new shortcut to desktop.
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