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ShellIconCache File Missing
I don't know how, but something deleted my shelliconcache file from
the Windows folder (I'm guessing some spyware removal tool). I have the Max Cached Icons set to 4096 in the registry (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\explorer) and have rebooted a couple of times. Each time it takes a while for the desktop icons to refresh. Will the shelliconcache file eventually appear, or is there something else I should be doing? Thanks very much for any help. |
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"News Reader" wrote in message om... I don't know how, but something deleted my shelliconcache file from the Windows folder (I'm guessing some spyware removal tool). I have the Max Cached Icons set to 4096 in the registry (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\explorer ) and have rebooted a couple of times. Each time it takes a while for the desktop icons to refresh. Will the shelliconcache file eventually appear, or is there something else I should be doing? Thanks very much for any help. The shelliconcache is a hidden file. Perhaps something changed so that hidden files aren't shown now. Explorer,View,Folder Options,View and you will find the 'show hidden files' choice there. |
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As noted, ShellIconCache is a Hidden system file. Make sure you have "Show All
Files" enabled. Also, when ShellIconCache is deleted, it is not created at the next startup, but rather at the next shutdown--you won't see it until you've restarted twice after deleting it. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "News Reader" wrote in message om... I don't know how, but something deleted my shelliconcache file from the Windows folder (I'm guessing some spyware removal tool). I have the Max Cached Icons set to 4096 in the registry (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\explorer) and have rebooted a couple of times. Each time it takes a while for the desktop icons to refresh. Will the shelliconcache file eventually appear, or is there something else I should be doing? Thanks very much for any help. |
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No idea how it got "deleted", but maybe it would help if you understood that
ShellIconCache is a memory cache. During startup, if the file copy exists, it gets loaded into memory. During use, the cache is updated as icons get added or changed, and during shutdown it gets written to file. If the file copy doesn't exist at startup, it has to get rebuilt. I'm curious about your "shortcut" for shutting down. What's the commend line for that shortcut? If that command is not doing a procedure that includes writing ShellIconCache to file, then I have to wonder what other housekeeping chores are being skipped. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "News Reader" wrote in message om... (Lee) wrote in message . com... (News Reader) wrote in message . com... I don't know how, but something deleted my shelliconcache file from the Windows folder (I'm guessing some spyware removal tool). I have the Max Cached Icons set to 4096 in the registry (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\explorer) and have rebooted a couple of times. Each time it takes a while for the desktop icons to refresh. Will the shelliconcache file eventually appear, or is there something else I should be doing? Thanks very much for any help. It will re-appear as soon as you use the Start Menu|Shutdown box. Shutting down via desktop shortcuts bypasses the adding to and/or construction of the ShellIconCache file. You don't have to actually shut down, just making the Shut Down Windows box appear is often all that's needed. And then sometimes you actually do need to at least restart via the Start Menu in order to get it going again. Thank you for the comments. I always have 'Show All Files' selected. I also shut down using a desktop icon, so Lee's note solved it. Who would have thought using a desktop icon would cause a different procedure than using the Start Menu box. Problem solved. Any idea on how the file got deleted? Perhaps one of the following: * Ad-Aware * CW Shredder * Spy Sweeper * Spybot * Spyware Blaster * CCleaner I'm pretty sure Ad-Aware and Spybot didn't delete it, not sure on the others. |
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News Reader wrote in message om... I don't know how, but something deleted my shelliconcache file from the Windows folder (I'm guessing some spyware removal tool). I have the Max Cached Icons set to 4096 in the registry (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\explorer) and have rebooted a couple of times. Each time it takes a while for the desktop icons to refresh. Will the shelliconcache file eventually appear, or is there something else I should be doing? Thanks very much for any help. Read this http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...10.phx.gbl#lin k8 |
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(News Reader) wrote in message . com...
(Lee) wrote in message . com... (News Reader) wrote in message . com... I don't know how, but something deleted my shelliconcache file from the Windows folder (I'm guessing some spyware removal tool). I have the Max Cached Icons set to 4096 in the registry (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\explorer) and have rebooted a couple of times. Each time it takes a while for the desktop icons to refresh. Will the shelliconcache file eventually appear, or is there something else I should be doing? Thanks very much for any help. It will re-appear as soon as you use the Start Menu|Shutdown box. Shutting down via desktop shortcuts bypasses the adding to and/or construction of the ShellIconCache file. You don't have to actually shut down, just making the Shut Down Windows box appear is often all that's needed. And then sometimes you actually do need to at least restart via the Start Menu in order to get it going again. Thank you for the comments. I always have 'Show All Files' selected. I also shut down using a desktop icon, so Lee's note solved it. Who would have thought using a desktop icon would cause a different procedure than using the Start Menu box. Problem solved. Any idea on how the file got deleted? Perhaps one of the following: * Ad-Aware * CW Shredder * Spy Sweeper * Spybot * Spyware Blaster * CCleaner I'm pretty sure Ad-Aware and Spybot didn't delete it, not sure on the others. All manner of daily doings can put the clobber on the ShellIconCache file. A repair of ie will do it, changing the font size or icon size as well in some cases, so it's a pretty common thing to do. Installation of software will do it too, I assume to get the new, whizbang icon for the gizmo into the mix as fast as possible? Gary, the command line for the standard desktop shutdown shortcut is: C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL32.EXE shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx 2 as per http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=234216 C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindows is used here to just shutdown, I don't remember where I got it from but it obviously is not covered by the above article. It doesn't seem to matter what shortcut is used concering ShellIconCache issue, the file simply is NOT rebuilt until the standard Shut Down Windows box shows up. I used to live for up to a week without a ShellIconCache file until I found out why. When I did, I posted a 'how come nobody told me about this' and got back EVERYBODY knows about this. I don't think so. I too wonder what else isn't getting done right but continue to use either shutdown method with no other obvious clues or problems. Just one of those odd 98 tidbits I guess. |
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"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ...
No idea how it got "deleted", but maybe it would help if you understood that ShellIconCache is a memory cache. During startup, if the file copy exists, it gets loaded into memory. During use, the cache is updated as icons get added or changed, and during shutdown it gets written to file. If the file copy doesn't exist at startup, it has to get rebuilt. I'm curious about your "shortcut" for shutting down. What's the commend line for that shortcut? If that command is not doing a procedure that includes writing ShellIconCache to file, then I have to wonder what other housekeeping chores are being skipped. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User The command line for my shutdown icon is: C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindows Can this be modified to duplicate the Start button shutdown? After shutting down using the Start button, the file has returned and the startup is working fine. |
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See Lee's post, and go ahead and wade through the thread linked to by Hugh. It
would appear that the StartShutdown sequence is indeed the only method that creates/recreates ShellIconCache. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "News Reader" wrote in message om... "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... No idea how it got "deleted", but maybe it would help if you understood that ShellIconCache is a memory cache. During startup, if the file copy exists, it gets loaded into memory. During use, the cache is updated as icons get added or changed, and during shutdown it gets written to file. If the file copy doesn't exist at startup, it has to get rebuilt. I'm curious about your "shortcut" for shutting down. What's the commend line for that shortcut? If that command is not doing a procedure that includes writing ShellIconCache to file, then I have to wonder what other housekeeping chores are being skipped. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User The command line for my shutdown icon is: C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindows Can this be modified to duplicate the Start button shutdown? After shutting down using the Start button, the file has returned and the startup is working fine. |
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