re: ico files do not display correctly any more
Thursday, January 16, 2003 at 2:41 am
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Richard
(1 messages posted)
A quick note of thanks, KDivad... ACDSee invades your files types if you're not
careful during setup, and takes over .ico as well as >30 more types. I removed the
file type instead of changing the default program, but found your repair fix here
at Annoyances. My O/S is Win98 but the reg config you gave worked fine.
Richard
On Monday, February 25, 2002 at 7:06 am, KDivad Leahcim wrote:
>Chances are, you installed a program that modified the association for ico files
>and then did not restore that association properly (or at all) when you removed
it.
>
>1. Open the Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
>2. Open the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT (HKCR) key.
>3. Scroll down to the .ico key. If it exists, skip to step 6.
>4. Create an .ico key.
>5. Set the default value to "icofile" (without quotes).
>6. Scroll down to the key whose name matches the default value in HKCR\.ico.
>7. If that key exists, skip to step 11.
>8. Create that key (HKCR\icofile).
>9. Set the default value to "Icon File" (without quotes).
>10. Create a new key under \icofile called "DefaultIcon" (without quotes).
>11. Modify the default value under HKCR\icofile\DefaultIcon to "%1" (without quotes).
>12. Close regedit.
>
>Structure should look somewhat like this:
>
>HKCR\.ico
> "icofile"
>HKCR\icofile
> "Icon File"
>HKCR\icofile\DefaultIcon
> "%1"
>
>Note that "icofile" is unimportant as long as both instances match. "Icon File"
is
>also unimportant, this is just what is shown for the file's type.
>
>Change takes place immediately. Display may not refresh until reboot, however. TweakUI's
>Rebuild Icons will force an immediate refresh.
>
>"%1" can be used to make the following file types show a built-in icon or a thumbnail
>for an icon:
>exe
>cpl
>dll
>bmp (thumbnail)
>icl
>ico
>lnk
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