Windows 10: deleting iconcache

I have tried resetting the iconcache by following several stept I found in your troubleshoot pages. Unfortunately when I try to delete iconcache in commandprompt I can't delete it. despite ending explorer.exe I get the message that iconcache is stil active and that i can't delete it. Even when opened as an administrator. I even tried to fix it according to 1 troubleshoot on the microsoft website through "net user administrator /active:yes" this didn't work either.

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IconCache refuse to be deleted

Hi,

The icons on my laptop have become black, so i follow differents instructions to delete IconCache from User AppData, local. But the icons are still the same. after deleting IconCache each time i check i see that it is there. So the problem of icon is not
resolved. Can you please help?

 

Iconcache Problem

I am recently having problem with the iconcache files which doesn't show the icon for windows store application and the thumbnails for the pictures in Windows 10.

Can somebody help me out with it??

I have already tried deleting the iconcache file and also cleaning the thumbnails using disk cleanup but didn't work

 

How To Delete IconCache.db When It Says Acess Denied?

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you receive access denied error while deleting the iconcache file.



I would not recommend changing permissions system wide as this might affect the system and make the operating system unstable.



I would suggest you to run the Iconcache deletion command using certain command line switches and check. Refer the steps mentioned below:

1. Type command prompt in the search bar on the
   Taskbar.
   
2. Right click on the command prompt icon and select
   Run as administrator.
   
3. Now, past the following commands and press Enter after each command:
   

• ie4uinit.exe -show
  
• taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
  
• DEL /A /Q "%localappdata%\IconCache.db"
  
• DEL /A /F /Q "%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\iconcache*"
  
• shutdown /r /f /t 00
  

If you are still unable to delete the Iconcache file, we can enable hidden admin account and from there we can try to delete the Iconcache file. Refer the steps mentioned below:

1. Type command prompt in the search bar on the
   Taskbar.
   
2. Right click on the command prompt icon and select
   Run as administrator.
   
3. Type in the following commands one by one and hit
   Enter:
   
   net user administrator /active:yes
   
4. After enabling hidden admin, navigate to C:\Users\<Your_Username>\Appdata\Local and delete the
   IconCache file.
   

Note: Make sure to disable hidden admin by using the command
net user administrator /active:no after performing the troubleshooting steps.



Let us know the results.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator