Vista Tutorial - Icon Cache - Rebuild

Hi Jeff,

Welcome to Vista Forums.

Deleting the IconCache.db file will only delete the icons loaded in the cache and not the actual icons for the file. It should reload the icons into the cache as you run across them in Windows Explorer. If you have a lot of AVI files in that folder, then it might take a bit to load them all since video file are usually large.

You might also check to make sure that Windows Media Player has all of it's default associations set to it, including the AVI file types. This tutorial will show you how to if needed.

Default Programs - Program Default Associations

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Jeff,

In addition:

This is if you only wanted icons to show and not thumbnails for your AVI files. If you wanted thumbnails, then see the links below to turn them on and reset them.

1. Thumbnail Cache

and

2. Thumbnails in Windows Explorer

Shawn

Hi guys!i don't know if it's a good place for this problem(i'm from Poland and my eanglish is basic)...it's loos like this->



i try to fix this with: create a new shortcut,TuneUp Utilities,delete IconCache,fix .ico from here->File association fixes for Windows Vista
change colour for 16/32bit,and its stiil looks the same,only shortcut for .exe are brooken.It was happened after i install GoogleEarth(i unninstall GooE but icons still are broken,do not wont to refresh).Does enybody have any idea.I hope somebody understand me :-)
Greets

Hi Łukash,

Welcome to Vista Forums.

If you create a new shortcut directly from the .exe file, does it display and work properly? If so, then just create new shortcuts and delete the old ones.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Hi !Its a great forum and looks very good,btw i try to do that,i try to change icons in properties too,but nothing happens,i thing nothing can do that ,meyby some application for edit icons or...i dont know...

Since it just happened recently, you should be able to so a System Restore using a restore point dated before the problem happened. This tutorial will show you how to if needed.

System Restore - How to

Hope this helps,
Shawn

I do big mistake and i turn off System restore,no system restore point.

Ooops. Well, you can always do a Repair (upgrade) install to hopefully fix it.

Repair Install For Vista

Shawn

Ok,thanks i try that.

Um. I did the thing for the link you provided about exes. I tested it, but it didn't fix the problem. Do you have any idea on how to fix it?