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Old July 13th 04, 10:14 PM
Rastignac
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Default .ICO files not showing a 'picture'.

My .ICO files in Explorer (and indeed, anywhere) show a
generic file icon, and no longer show "themselves". How
can I reverse this, w/o doing a system reset? Something
in the file associations?
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Old July 13th 04, 10:34 PM
Mart
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Default .ICO files not showing a 'picture'.

After first running your latest (updated) AV utility and checking that you
haven't got a virus (or other nasties) then try the following:-

First - make sure that you have your Folder Options set so that you can view
System files and folders, and Hidden Files.
Then - Open Windows Explorer and go to c:\Windows - look there for the file
called 'ShellIconCache'.
DELETE IT
reboot, and windows will rebuild the file.

If that doesn't fix it, then you'll probably need to increase the size of
the cache - download and install the 'IconCache Fix' from
http://www.aumha.org/reg1.htm

Mart


"Rastignac" wrote in message
...
My .ICO files in Explorer (and indeed, anywhere) show a
generic file icon, and no longer show "themselves". How
can I reverse this, w/o doing a system reset? Something
in the file associations?



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Old July 13th 04, 11:08 PM
Rastignac
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Default .ICO files not showing a 'picture'.

Thanks for the quick reply. None of the suggestions have
restored the original function, however. File Association
is currently telling me that .ICO is of file type ICOFILE
& is opened by unknown application, which seems to be the
default. What is the association on your machine?

Great page of patches, there. I've bookmarked it!

-----Original Message-----
After first running your latest (updated) AV utility and

checking that you
haven't got a virus (or other nasties) then try the

following:-

First - make sure that you have your Folder Options set

so that you can view
System files and folders, and Hidden Files.
Then - Open Windows Explorer and go to c:\Windows - look

there for the file
called 'ShellIconCache'.
DELETE IT
reboot, and windows will rebuild the file.

If that doesn't fix it, then you'll probably need to

increase the size of
the cache - download and install the 'IconCache Fix' from
http://www.aumha.org/reg1.htm

Mart


"Rastignac" wrote

in message
...
My .ICO files in Explorer (and indeed, anywhere) show a
generic file icon, and no longer show "themselves". How
can I reverse this, w/o doing a system reset? Something
in the file associations?



.

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Old July 13th 04, 11:46 PM
Rastignac
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Default .ICO files not showing a 'picture'. FIXED

Okay, for anyone reading this with a similar problem, use
ActivIcons utility from
http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_ai.html (slider bar on left,
move it to where you have checkboxes for "view icon
files". I discovered this reading back in this
newsgroup. Thanks to Mart for the time & thought.


-----Original Message-----
Thanks for the quick reply. None of the suggestions have
restored the original function, however. File

Association
is currently telling me that .ICO is of file type ICOFILE
& is opened by unknown application, which seems to be the
default. What is the association on your machine?

Great page of patches, there. I've bookmarked it!

-----Original Message-----
After first running your latest (updated) AV utility and

checking that you
haven't got a virus (or other nasties) then try the

following:-

First - make sure that you have your Folder Options set

so that you can view
System files and folders, and Hidden Files.
Then - Open Windows Explorer and go to c:\Windows - look

there for the file
called 'ShellIconCache'.
DELETE IT
reboot, and windows will rebuild the file.

If that doesn't fix it, then you'll probably need to

increase the size of
the cache - download and install the 'IconCache Fix' from
http://www.aumha.org/reg1.htm

Mart


"Rastignac" wrote

in message
.. .
My .ICO files in Explorer (and indeed, anywhere) show a
generic file icon, and no longer show "themselves".

How
can I reverse this, w/o doing a system reset?

Something
in the file associations?



.

.

  #5  
Old July 14th 04, 12:54 AM
Mart
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Default .ICO files not showing a 'picture'. FIXED

I don't *think* that there is a 'default icon viewer' included with WinMe.
WinExplorer normally shows icons - usually integral to .exe and .dll files
but also .ico (and some other) extensions. My XP box doesn't show an
association for .ico extensions.

However, it's a long time since I used ActivIcons utility and remember it
was a useful gadget when I did. I'm glad the you've now fixed the problem
and thanks for the feedback.

Mart


"Rastignac" wrote in message
...
Okay, for anyone reading this with a similar problem, use
ActivIcons utility from
http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_ai.html (slider bar on left,
move it to where you have checkboxes for "view icon
files". I discovered this reading back in this
newsgroup. Thanks to Mart for the time & thought.


-----Original Message-----
Thanks for the quick reply. None of the suggestions have
restored the original function, however. File

Association
is currently telling me that .ICO is of file type ICOFILE
& is opened by unknown application, which seems to be the
default. What is the association on your machine?

Great page of patches, there. I've bookmarked it!

-----Original Message-----
After first running your latest (updated) AV utility and

checking that you
haven't got a virus (or other nasties) then try the

following:-

First - make sure that you have your Folder Options set

so that you can view
System files and folders, and Hidden Files.
Then - Open Windows Explorer and go to c:\Windows - look

there for the file
called 'ShellIconCache'.
DELETE IT
reboot, and windows will rebuild the file.

If that doesn't fix it, then you'll probably need to

increase the size of
the cache - download and install the 'IconCache Fix' from
http://www.aumha.org/reg1.htm

Mart


"Rastignac" wrote

in message
.. .
My .ICO files in Explorer (and indeed, anywhere) show a
generic file icon, and no longer show "themselves".

How
can I reverse this, w/o doing a system reset?

Something
in the file associations?


.

.



 




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