what to do for icl?
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 7:23 am
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Posted by Rhetorical
(1 messages posted)
Hey there Leachim
Hope you're still checking this thread. I succesfully restored my ico file previews
through this technique but was unable to do the same with my icl files. What would
be the correct method of restoring my icl previews in windows by way of the registry
Thank you
Rhetorical
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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