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re: ico files do not display correctly any more Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 7:50 am Posted by Curt R (1144 messages posted) You could try installing TweakUI and running the "repair icons" function. On Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 7:21 am, Brian wrote: >All of my icons now have the file with the windows logo in the center...[just like >when you create a file that has no association]. Windows 2000 > >Please help! > >Thanks! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 8:42 am Posted by Brian (5 messages posted) I've already tried that...unfortunately it didn't work...Seems as though Windows has lost it's ablility to display icons, for icon files?? On Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 7:50 am, Curt R wrote: > You could try installing TweakUI and running the "repair icons" function. > > >On Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 7:21 am, Brian wrote: >All of my icons now have the file with the windows logo in the center...[just like >when you create a file that has no association]. Windows 2000 > >Please help! > >Thanks! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 10:44 am Posted by Bart (6 messages posted) GREAT ZOT!!! DO NOT USE TWEAKUI UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!! Instead, find the hidden file shelliconcache (should be under C:\Windows) and delete it. This is a cache file that stores your icons for Windows Explorer and is probably corrupt. Then reboot. On Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 7:21 am, Brian wrote: >All of my icons now have the file with the windows logo in the center...[just like >when you create a file that has no association]. Windows 2000 > >Please help! > >Thanks! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 11:49 am Posted by Brian (5 messages posted) I deleted the file and still no luck... FYI....The executables and shortcut icons are still fine it is just the .ico files...seems weird to me! On Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 10:44 am, Bart wrote: >GREAT ZOT!!! DO NOT USE TWEAKUI UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!! Instead, find >the hidden file shelliconcache (should be under C:\Windows) and delete it. This >is a cache file that stores your icons for Windows Explorer and is probably corrupt. > Then reboot. > > >On Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 7:21 am, Brian wrote: >All of my icons now have the file with the windows logo in the center...[just like >when you create a file that has no association]. Windows 2000 > >Please help! > >Thanks! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 12:31 pm Posted by Bart (6 messages posted) Then it sounds like you have made an association to the .ICO file extension. The easiest way to remove it is to go to Control Panel, select Tools, Folder Options, File Types and scroll down to the file type ICO. Check to see if there is a program associated with it. There should not be. If there is, delete the file type and restart. On Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 11:49 am, Brian wrote: >I deleted the file and still no luck... > >FYI....The executables and shortcut icons are still fine it is just the .ico files...seems >weird to me! > > > >On Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 10:44 am, Bart wrote: >GREAT ZOT!!! DO NOT USE TWEAKUI UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!! Instead, >find >the hidden file shelliconcache (should be under C:\Windows) and delete it. This >is a cache file that stores your icons for Windows Explorer and is probably corrupt. > Then reboot. > > >On Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 7:21 am, Brian wrote: >All of my icons now have the file with the windows logo in the center...[just like > >when you create a file that has no association]. Windows 2000 > >Please help! > >Thanks! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Monday, February 25, 2002 at 7:06 am Posted by KDivad Leahcim (15 messages posted) 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 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at 5:56 am Posted by Vamsi (1 messages posted) sir,i had deleted the file type .ico from folder options-file types unfortunately.now i am unable to view the icons as before .can u find me any solution.plz sir find a end to my problem.plz sir dooo reply me assoon as u can.....................................vamsi On Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 7:21 am, Brian wrote: >All of my icons now have the file with the windows logo in the center...[just like >when you create a file that has no association]. Windows 98 > >Please help! > >Thanks! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Friday, May 17, 2002 at 2:04 pm Posted by brad (10 messages posted) 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 Hey that did. i have been looking for this fix for days. thks [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Saturday, May 18, 2002 at 5:10 am Posted by KDivad Leahcim (15 messages posted) See my other post at: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win2000/r1014649572 This has instructions to rebuild the default association for ico files. It would have been easier had you not removed the file type, but full instructions are included in case anyone had done so. On Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at 5:56 am, Vamsi wrote: > > >sir,i had deleted the file type .ico from folder options-file types unfortunately.now >i am unable to view the icons as before .can u find me any solution.plz sir find >a end to my problem.plz sir dooo reply me assoon as u can.....................................vamsi [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 8:54 pm Posted by sal (1 messages posted) Hey, thanks alot. The same thing happened to me and i have been coming closer and closer to the solution and finally 1 week later found this website and thread and am now relieved and happy. I did not know how important those little icons were until this past week of experimenting and searching for answers. Thank you all very much. On Saturday, May 18, 2002 at 5:10 am, KDivad Leahcim wrote: >See my other post at: > >http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win2000/r1014649572 > >This has instructions to rebuild the default association for ico files. It would >have been easier had you not removed the file type, but full instructions are included >in case anyone had done so. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Thursday, January 16, 2003 at 2:41 am 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 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Friday, January 17, 2003 at 7:22 pm Posted by KDivad Leahcim (15 messages posted) [begin rant] Aye, a lot of applications modify your associations without your permission or knowledge. Then you end up with unfamiliar icons and/or different apps opening when you double-click a file. This is even more annoying to me than apps that feel the need to do all (or several) of the following: 1. Folder in Start Menu. 2. Main app's shortcut in Start Menu (under programs). 3. Main app's shortcut in main Start Menu. 4. Shortcut on Desktop. 5. Shortcut in QuickLaunch folder. 6. "Quick access" icon in System Tray. Do they really think I will have that much trouble finding it if I can figure out how to turn on the computer in the first place? "Viral Applications" is what I call programs that try to take over... [end rant] Anyway, that fix should work on any 32bit versions of Windows (Win9x, NT4+, ME, 2K, XP), though you may need to be logged in as an administrator on the relevant systems for the fix to take properly. I actually made it using 98 as a reference. If anyone can't figure out how to do the fix, they need only post here and I will post the contents of a .reg (Registry Entry) file that will make the adjustments for them. I'm glad I could help! On Thursday, January 16, 2003 at 2:41 am, Richard wrote: >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 > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Wednesday, March 5, 2003 at 11:00 pm Posted by MWarbinek (2 messages posted) This is in reply to KDivad Leahcim's post on a registry repair of the icon file association. I found that the icons I made and listed in an Icon folder under Windows Explorer were not showing their respective images. They instead showed the default windows icon. All other uses of the icons on the desktop and task bar, favourites, etc worked fine. I checked the file associations to find the ICO file was not listed. When I tried to create a new one through the same file association list window, it said that the extension already exists. The tweakUI did not repair the problem. I followed the registry repair as given by KDivad Leahcim, restarted my computer and it is fixed. Thought to let you know. Mark [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Monday, May 26, 2003 at 7:34 pm Posted by aeon (1 messages posted) im using both ACDSee Classic and ACDSee 5 powerpack. things is, my files cannot be displayed in ACDSee 5 powerpack, although ACDSee Classic works fine. is there any simple trick that i can perform to fix this glitch? can you help? thanks. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Monday, July 14, 2003 at 6:14 am Posted by Farrar (11 messages posted) I was having problems with my icons and it was suggested that I reset my display resolution to a different setting, click apply....then reset it back to what it was before....and it worked!!! They are all back the way they should be. It seems the shelliconcache is recreated automatically when you change your color depth!! On Saturday, May 18, 2002 at 5:10 am, KDivad Leahcim wrote: >See my other post at: > >http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win2000/r1014649572 > >This has instructions to rebuild the default association for ico files. It would >have been easier had you not removed the file type, but full instructions are included >in case anyone had done so. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Wednesday, July 30, 2003 at 7:10 pm Posted by roy (1 messages posted) Hi! I've had the same prob for a long time now. I did the registry option as well as the TweakUI, and deleting the ShellIconCache file options. Unfortunately, I still have the same prob. I checked control panel for association of the icon file -- there is no association. I clicked on the "Change" tab, but a pop-up message comes up saying : "Windows cannot find the file %1". Is there a solution to this problem? Thanks. 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 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Wednesday, July 30, 2003 at 7:44 pm Posted by KDivad Leahcim (15 messages posted) Which version of Windows are you using? It doesn't sound like one I am familiar with... You can try changing %1 to %l (a lowercase "L"), but it shouldn't make a difference. It kind of sounds like you created an association and not the DefaultIcon ("Windows cannot find the file %1"), but I doubt you did. If nothing else, you can always export the HKCR\icofile branch of your registry and email it to me (kdlsnickers@jwcs.net) and *maybe* I will be able to tell what's going on. Or, you can send me an email and I'll send you a .reg file that should create the proper values for you. Note: To those who read this, I intend to close this email account before too much longer. When this happens, you won't get any response at all to an email sent to it (all emails will simply be funneled to oblivion). However, I will try and remember to post a new address later. On Wednesday, July 30, 2003 at 7:10 pm, roy wrote: >Hi! > >I've had the same prob for a long time now. I did the registry option as well as >the TweakUI, and deleting the ShellIconCache file options. >Unfortunately, I still have the same prob. I checked control panel for association >of the icon file -- there is no association. > >I clicked on the "Change" tab, but a pop-up message comes up saying : "Windows cannot >find the file %1". > >Is there a solution to this problem? >Thanks. > > > > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Monday, February 23, 2004 at 11:34 pm Posted by Jake (2 messages posted) ARRRRRRGGGG.... I found this thread as a glimmer of hope. I have tried everything else and then this. All of my icons are displayed properly except for HTML/HTM files. When I try to re-associate them I get the "cannot find %1" error. I followed the directions here to the letter. Can anyone please help? I am running XP pro. On Friday, January 17, 2003 at 7:22 pm, KDivad Leahcim wrote: >[begin rant] >Aye, a lot of applications modify your associations without your permission or knowledge. >Then you end up with unfamiliar icons and/or different apps opening when you double-click >a file. This is even more annoying to me than apps that feel the need to do all (or >several) of the following: > >1. Folder in Start Menu. >2. Main app's shortcut in Start Menu (under programs). >3. Main app's shortcut in main Start Menu. >4. Shortcut on Desktop. >5. Shortcut in QuickLaunch folder. >6. "Quick access" icon in System Tray. > >Do they really think I will have that much trouble finding it if I can figure out >how to turn on the computer in the first place? "Viral Applications" is what I call >programs that try to take over... >[end rant] > >Anyway, that fix should work on any 32bit versions of Windows (Win9x, NT4+, ME, 2K, >XP), though you may need to be logged in as an administrator on the relevant systems >for the fix to take properly. I actually made it using 98 as a reference. > >If anyone can't figure out how to do the fix, they need only post here and I will >post the contents of a .reg (Registry Entry) file that will make the adjustments >for them. > > >I'm glad I could help! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Wednesday, April 14, 2004 at 7:04 pm Posted by dragonfly (7 messages posted) I'm having the same problem too. I have winXP Pro. I recently uninstalled EmEditor (it's a text editing program like TextPad) and all of my file associations for HTM and HTML document are gone. Their icons are not the default windows icon (sheet of paper with a blue e) anymore. I tried to reassociate it in Folder Options, pointing the icon library to iexplorer.exe, but it didn't work. I deleted the iconcache.db but that didn't fix it either. So I followed the registry fix here but had to stop at step 8. I couldn't create another "icofile" key since it already exited in [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.ico\OpenWithProgids] "icofile"=hex(0): Can anyone here help me? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Wednesday, April 14, 2004 at 8:04 pm Posted by dragonfly (7 messages posted) Never mind... I was finally able to follow through the steps, but still, it didn't work. Help please?! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Saturday, May 22, 2004 at 2:58 am Posted by moersealf (1 messages posted) I`ve got the same problem with htm and html icons on XP home. Any fix from Microsoft or somewhere yet? On Wednesday, April 14, 2004 at 8:04 pm, dragonfly wrote: >Never mind... I was finally able to follow through the steps, but still, it didn't >work. Help please?! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Sunday, September 5, 2004 at 2:42 pm Posted by terbium (1 messages posted) God Bless whoever wrote explanation of how to fix maldisplayed icons after removing ACDSee 6 trial! A great person, a wonderful person -- worked like a charm -- better than "a charm" cause it really worked! On Friday, May 17, 2002 at 2:04 pm, brad wrote: > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Wednesday, February 23, 2005 at 1:34 pm Posted by EnderGT (1 messages posted) The registry fix above didn't work for me - but this did: In Windows Explorer, go to Tools >> Folder Options, then choose the File Types tab. Scroll down to the ICO file type, then click the Restore button in the extension details area. This removed all associations I had made, and put it back so that their own icons show. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Friday, April 1, 2005 at 4:05 pm Posted by Arnaldo (1 messages posted) Bingo! I follow up the instucction and now I have my icon files exactly as I have before, thanks arnaldo 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 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Monday, April 11, 2005 at 8:36 am Posted by Pablo (1 messages posted) Bingo! This worked for me. Thanks a lot .... On Wednesday, February 23, 2005 at 1:34 pm, EnderGT wrote: >The registry fix above didn't work for me - but this did: > >In Windows Explorer, go to Tools >> Folder Options, then choose the File Types tab. >Scroll down to the ICO file type, then click the Restore button in the extension >details area. > >This removed all associations I had made, and put it back so that their own icons >show. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at 12:57 am Posted by Arindam Basu (1 messages posted) Thanks for the info. It helped me to get back my *.ico displayed properly on. Now it shows the images besides the file name. I checked that it was most probably Visual Studio .NET install which corrupted my *.ico display. My ico files got opened using VS.NET ico editor. Anyway the registry trick worked and solved my problem. 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 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 1:24 am Posted by JeanZ (1 messages posted) This problem is so annoying. First time I had this problem few months ago. Back then I just changed the display resolution and it worked, but not anymore. It seems that my registry is fine. These are correct: HKCR\.ico "icofile" HKCR\icofile "Icon File" HKCR\icofile\DefaultIcon "%1" But in HKCR\.ico I also have "image/x-icon"-data and a folder called "PersistentHandler". And in HKCR\icofile I have some data called "BrowserFlags" and "EditFlags", and a folder called "shell". Does those matter? I have Windows 2000 and most of the icons are showing, but when I install some new program the icons doesn't display. Help me, please! 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 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Monday, September 26, 2005 at 4:15 pm Posted by raiden22006 (2 messages posted) Yes omg finally. for the longest time i didnt believe that the registry thing worked but someone failed to mention that you have to delete any extra values in the HKCR\.ico and what not also the . id also like to thank EnderGT. on his take of the "Windows Explorer, go to Tools >> Folder Options, then choose the File Types tab. Scroll down to the ICO file type, then click the Restore button in the extension details area. This removed all associations I had made, and put it back so that their own icons show. " cuz that was also modified by some icon editors i installed On Wednesday, February 23, 2005 at 1:34 pm, EnderGT wrote: >The registry fix above didn't work for me - but this did: > >In Windows Explorer, go to Tools >> Folder Options, then choose the File Types tab. >Scroll down to the ICO file type, then click the Restore button in the extension >details area. > >This removed all associations I had made, and put it back so that their own icons >show. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Wednesday, November 16, 2005 at 2:51 pm Posted by Lisa (1 messages posted) Jake, Dragonfly & moersealf , I share the same problem as you, html and htm files do not show the correct icon, all other file types do. I've tried all the fixes on this page, including re-associating the program file and the icon file in the File types window. Also, it's even weirder - I have an F:/ drive running Raid 0 configuration, and htm files in the first sub-directory on my F drive display their correct icon, whereas html files do not, and both htm and html files in deeper sub-directories on this drive do not show their correct icon. Also neither html or htm on my C:/ drive, which is just normal, work either. I'd love a solution if anyone has one for me... please. On Wednesday, April 14, 2004 at 7:04 pm, dragonfly wrote: >I'm having the same problem too. I have winXP Pro. I recently uninstalled EmEditor >(it's a text editing program like TextPad) and all of my file associations for HTM >and HTML document are gone. Their icons are not the default windows icon (sheet of >paper with a blue e) anymore. I tried to reassociate it in Folder Options, pointing >the icon library to iexplorer.exe, but it didn't work. I deleted the iconcache.db >but that didn't fix it either. >So I followed the registry fix here but had to stop at step 8. I couldn't create >another "icofile" key since it already exited in > >[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.ico\OpenWithProgids] >"icofile"=hex(0): > >Can anyone here help me? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at 11:43 pm Posted by TruAnRksT (5 messages posted) Woot! I've been wondering how to fix this for days. >File Types and scroll down to the file type ICO. Check to see if there is a program >associated with it. There should not be. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at 11:04 am Posted by ange (1 messages posted) I've tried the two methods in this long thread (regedit & Folder options), however i'm still having problems. Seems like everyone has a "reset/restore" button on the File Types tab. I use XP - Media Center and don't have it. Actually I have a "Restore Defaults" button on the General & View tab. I also made sure that in regedit, that i take out all the extra items - didn't help either. Well, actually the icons i'm having trouble is: "My Documents", "Internet Explorer", "My Computer", "My Network Places", and "Recycle Bin". And whats really weird is that the other login on my computer has the proper icons showing. seems to be a problem with my login only. I'd appreciate any help :) Thanks :) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 4:27 am Posted by Murray (2 messages posted) Same issue as Lisa, still cant find a fix either. Help On Wednesday, November 16, 2005 at 2:51 pm, Lisa wrote: >Jake, Dragonfly & moersealf , > >I share the same problem as you, html and htm files do not show the correct icon, >all other file types do. I've tried all the fixes on this page, including re-associating >the program file and the icon file in the File types window. >Also, it's even weirder - I have an F:/ drive running Raid 0 configuration, and htm >files in the first sub-directory on my F drive display their correct icon, whereas >html files do not, and both htm and html files in deeper sub-directories on this >drive do not show their correct icon. Also neither html or htm on my C:/ drive, which >is just normal, work either. >I'd love a solution if anyone has one for me... please. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 4:29 am Posted by Murray (2 messages posted) Have a similar issue, HTM and HTML files won’t display an icon. I have tried modifying my registry ICO and all of that, no joy there either. Has anyone figure this out? thanks mur [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Sunday, September 3, 2006 at 1:28 am Posted by David (1 messages posted) I have a similar issue with HTM files not displaying their proper icon. I installed CCleaner today and noticed it was removed quite a few "temp" and "cache" files. I wonder if it removed some file with a cache of icons??? Does anyone else with this problem use CCleaner also? It got rid of 1.5 GB of what I thought was useless log/temp files, but now I'm having second thoughts. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Monday, April 9, 2007 at 6:48 am Posted by Doug (1 messages posted) I've experienced this problem and simply booting into Safe mode resolved it. On Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 7:21 am, Brian wrote: >All of my icons now have the file with the windows logo in the center...[just like >when you create a file that has no association]. Windows 2000 > >Please help! > >Thanks! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Saturday, December 29, 2007 at 7:40 pm Posted by TBear (1 messages posted) On Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at 11:04 am, ange wrote: I've tried the two methods in this long thread (regedit & Folder options), however i'm still having problems. Like ange, I too tried the recommendations to no avail. (I suspect the uninstall of an icon editor may also have also caused the problem at my end.) However, the following worked for me. (I'm running under WinXP SP2.) First I went into My Computer/Tools/Folder Options/File Types and deleted the ICO entry. I closed Explorer, then reopened, went back to File Types, and created a "new" entry for ICO. I clicked the "Advanced" button and chose "icon" for the "Associated File Type". Then saved the result. I exited and then reopened and, voila, there were those lovely icons in all their glory :-) TBear [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ico files do not display correctly any more Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 2:31 pm Posted by JC (1 messages posted) Thanks a lot KDivad. That worked perfectly. The problem has happened to me before, but it was usually fixed with a change of resolution or an uninstall of a recent suspect program. 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 [Reply or follow-up to this message] what to do for icl? Monday, July 13, 2009 at 7:23 am 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 [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum