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Old 10-19-2007   #1 (permalink)
gln


 
 

icons rebuild

Every time I start Vista the icons on my desktop is rebuild. Its a kind of
annoying, is there something to do about size of the icon cache etc.? to
avoid this rebuild?



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Old 10-19-2007   #2 (permalink)
Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]


 
 

Re: icons rebuild

Try this

Launch an elevated CMD window, ie Right click, Run as Administrator...
Shutdown Explorer Process from the Task Manager
In the CMD window go to C:\Users\<ProfileName>\AppData\Local
Do the following command: attrib -H IconCache.db
Do the following command: del IconCache.db
Do the following command: start explorer
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"gln" <liebach@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:E77C0AA5-587D-4946-8FB2-740F098AB78B@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Every time I start Vista the icons on my desktop is rebuild. Its a kind of
> annoying, is there something to do about size of the icon cache etc.? to
> avoid this rebuild?
>
>

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 10-19-2007   #3 (permalink)
gln


 
 

Re: icons rebuild

Unfortunately, the result is the same. Do you have other suggestions?


"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@xxxxxx> skrev i meddelelsen
news:%23tmf1hmEIHA.3548@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Try this
>
> Launch an elevated CMD window, ie Right click, Run as Administrator...
> Shutdown Explorer Process from the Task Manager
> In the CMD window go to C:\Users\<ProfileName>\AppData\Local
> Do the following command: attrib -H IconCache.db
> Do the following command: del IconCache.db
> Do the following command: start explorer
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "gln" <liebach@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:E77C0AA5-587D-4946-8FB2-740F098AB78B@xxxxxx
Quote:

>> Every time I start Vista the icons on my desktop is rebuild. Its a kind
>> of annoying, is there something to do about size of the icon cache etc.?
>> to avoid this rebuild?
>>
>>
>
>
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 10-19-2007   #4 (permalink)
Carey Frisch [MVP]


 
 

Re: icons rebuild

Do you have the latest Windows Vista drivers installed
for your video card?

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"gln" <liebach@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:E77C0AA5-587D-4946-8FB2-740F098AB78B@xxxxxx
Every time I start Vista the icons on my desktop is rebuild. Its a kind of
annoying, is there something to do about size of the icon cache etc.? to
avoid this rebuild?


My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 10-19-2007   #5 (permalink)
gln


 
 

Re: icons rebuild

Yes I have the latest from NVIDIA.


"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@xxxxxx> skrev i meddelelsen
news:C9DD0BA4-665E-4877-B699-C1AE390D0713@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Do you have the latest Windows Vista drivers installed
> for your video card?
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "gln" <liebach@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:E77C0AA5-587D-4946-8FB2-740F098AB78B@xxxxxx
> Every time I start Vista the icons on my desktop is rebuild. Its a kind of
> annoying, is there something to do about size of the icon cache etc.? to
> avoid this rebuild?
>
>
My System SpecsSystem Spec
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