File icon will not change

W98SE
I was using a archive utility and had changed the file association so the icon
was one I liked.

I changed my zip file association to a different archiver, using Winfile which
seems to work very well for this. The new archiver now opens zip files.

The new archiver default icon was undesirable. I went to Explorer/Folder
Options/File Types, zip file, Edit, change Icon, browsed to my Icon folder, picked
the desired icon.

But a zip file still shows the wrong icon. I did a hot boot, no change. Cold boot,
no change. I went back to File Types, it shows the changed correct icon, but
actual zip files still show the wrong icon.

How to make this icon change so it takes effect?

ms wrote:
W98SE
I was using a archive utility and had changed the file association so
the icon was one I liked.

I changed my zip file association to a different archiver, using Winfile
which seems to work very well for this. The new archiver now opens zip
files.

The new archiver default icon was undesirable. I went to Explorer/Folder
Options/File Types, zip file, Edit, change Icon, browsed to my Icon
folder, picked the desired icon.

But a zip file still shows the wrong icon. I did a hot boot, no change.
Cold boot, no change. I went back to File Types, it shows the changed
correct icon, but actual zip files still show the wrong icon.

How to make this icon change so it takes effect?

An update:
I looked in the registry, under zip file, the default icon shows the desired icon
I had changed to.

Bingo!

I am having exactly the same problem, with zip files too.
look forward to the assistance , if forthcoming.




| ms wrote:
| W98SE
| I was using a archive utility and had changed the file association so
| the icon was one I liked.
|
| I changed my zip file association to a different archiver, using Winfile
| which seems to work very well for this. The new archiver now opens zip
| files.
|
| The new archiver default icon was undesirable. I went to Explorer/Folder
| Options/File Types, zip file, Edit, change Icon, browsed to my Icon
| folder, picked the desired icon.
|
| But a zip file still shows the wrong icon. I did a hot boot, no change.
| Cold boot, no change. I went back to File Types, it shows the changed
| correct icon, but actual zip files still show the wrong icon.
|
| How to make this icon change so it takes effect?
|
| An update:
| I looked in the registry, under zip file, the default icon shows the desired icon
| I had changed to.

Have you tried deleting the icon cache?

Delete the shelliconcache file from Safe Mode, per the instructions he

Icons Displayed Incorrectly in Control Panel:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=133733

Or,
Click StartSettings Control Panel Display Appearance tab:
Click the "Item:" drop-down list and select "Icon"
Note the current icon size in the "Size:" box next to that.
Change the size, click Apply.
Change the size back to what it was, click OK.

Or,
If you have TweakUI installed, click Start Settings Control Panel TweakUI
"Repair" tab, select "Rebuild Icons" and click Repair Now.

Download and install TweakUI1.33:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstati.../nttweakui.asp
Follow the installation instructions on that web page.


Following that, setting the Max Icon Cache setting in the Registry to 2048 would be
good preventive practice:
http://www.aumha.org/regfiles.htm
Scroll to 'IconCache Fix', download, unzip, then right-click the enclosed .reg file,
click Merge on the menu that appears, and OK to the confirmation message.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"ms" wrote in message ...
ms wrote:
W98SE
I was using a archive utility and had changed the file association so
the icon was one I liked.

I changed my zip file association to a different archiver, using Winfile
which seems to work very well for this. The new archiver now opens zip
files.

The new archiver default icon was undesirable. I went to Explorer/Folder
Options/File Types, zip file, Edit, change Icon, browsed to my Icon
folder, picked the desired icon.

But a zip file still shows the wrong icon. I did a hot boot, no change.
Cold boot, no change. I went back to File Types, it shows the changed
correct icon, but actual zip files still show the wrong icon.

How to make this icon change so it takes effect?

An update:
I looked in the registry, under zip file, the default icon shows the desired icon
I had changed to.

This is probably the result of duplicate icons clogging up the
shelliconcache file. There is freeware that will clean the file and
increase the default size (do both): http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_ai_b.html

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"ms" wrote in message ...
ms wrote:
W98SE
I was using a archive utility and had changed the file association so the
icon was one I liked.

I changed my zip file association to a different archiver, using Winfile
which seems to work very well for this. The new archiver now opens zip
files.

The new archiver default icon was undesirable. I went to Explorer/Folder
Options/File Types, zip file, Edit, change Icon, browsed to my Icon
folder, picked the desired icon.

But a zip file still shows the wrong icon. I did a hot boot, no change.
Cold boot, no change. I went back to File Types, it shows the changed
correct icon, but actual zip files still show the wrong icon.

How to make this icon change so it takes effect?

An update:
I looked in the registry, under zip file, the default icon shows the
desired icon I had changed to.

"ms" wrote in message ...
W98SE
I was using a archive utility and had changed the file association so the
icon
was one I liked.

I changed my zip file association to a different archiver, using Winfile
which
seems to work very well for this. The new archiver now opens zip files.

The new archiver default icon was undesirable. I went to Explorer/Folder
Options/File Types, zip file, Edit, change Icon, browsed to my Icon
folder, picked
the desired icon.

But a zip file still shows the wrong icon. I did a hot boot, no change.
Cold boot,
no change. I went back to File Types, it shows the changed correct icon,
but
actual zip files still show the wrong icon.

How to make this icon change so it takes effect?

Pop the icon into the Winfile folder.

"ms" wrote in message =
...
snip
An update:
I looked in the registry, under zip file, the default icon shows the =
desired icon=20
I had changed to.

If you meant "zipfile" and not "zip file", start regedit, expand the =
following key and=20
make sure "Default" is set to "zipfile". If it isn't, change it. A =
reboot may be required.
Please note the period after the backslash.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip

Ben

ms wrote:
W98SE
I was using a archive utility and had changed the file association so
the icon was one I liked.

I changed my zip file association to a different archiver, using Winfile
which seems to work very well for this. The new archiver now opens zip
files.

The new archiver default icon was undesirable. I went to Explorer/Folder
Options/File Types, zip file, Edit, change Icon, browsed to my Icon
folder, picked the desired icon.

But a zip file still shows the wrong icon. I did a hot boot, no change.
Cold boot, no change. I went back to File Types, it shows the changed
correct icon, but actual zip files still show the wrong icon.

How to make this icon change so it takes effect?




Thanks to all for the help. Comments in the thread.

glee wrote:
Thanks very much for the info. Problem was fixed as below.
Have you tried deleting the icon cache?

Delete the shelliconcache file from Safe Mode, per the instructions he

Icons Displayed Incorrectly in Control Panel:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=133733

Several years ago, my total icons were measured and a low number so this seemed a
little risky for me.
Or,
Click StartSettings Control Panel Display Appearance tab:
Click the "Item:" drop-down list and select "Icon"
Note the current icon size in the "Size:" box next to that.
Change the size, click Apply.
Change the size back to what it was, click OK.

Size was 32, left it.
Or,
If you have TweakUI installed, click Start Settings Control Panel TweakUI
"Repair" tab, select "Rebuild Icons" and click Repair Now.

Download and install TweakUI1.33:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstati.../nttweakui.asp
Follow the installation instructions on that web page.

I had Tweakui, ran Rebuild Icons, things happened as below.

Following that, setting the Max Icon Cache setting in the Registry to 2048 would be
good preventive practice:
http://www.aumha.org/regfiles.htm
Scroll to 'IconCache Fix', download, unzip, then right-click the enclosed .reg file,
click Merge on the menu that appears, and OK to the confirmation message.
Ran this.

After reboot, a bunch of file associations had to be corrected, the problem icon
was still a problem. After several reboots, my correct icon for the archive
utility now shows, everything's fine.

IMO, the cache setting by Jim Eshelman is safe. Tweakui Rebuild Icons may have
caused new problems.

Also, how in Windows can I measure my total installed icons?

Comment, please.

Ron Badour wrote:
This is probably the result of duplicate icons clogging up the
shelliconcache file. There is freeware that will clean the file and
increase the default size (do both): http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_ai_b.html

Thanks, Ron, but I'm into freeware and no-installs, this looked like shareware and
install.