Windows 10: icon not displaying, but only for certain files...

Discus and support icon not displaying, but only for certain files... in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; I doubt that anyone will be able to help me, but thought I'd ask anyway... My problem involves the music notation software Finale, version 2012.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by Florio, Mar 28, 2016.

  1. Florio Win User

    icon not displaying, but only for certain files...


    I doubt that anyone will be able to help me, but thought I'd ask anyway...

    My problem involves the music notation software Finale, version 2012. When using Windows Explorer, the standard Finale icon displays for .bak files (backup copies) but not for the proper notation files (.mus, or Finale auto-saved files), all of which have an empty, white icon.

    I've tried rebuilding the icon cache, but there is no change. Finale is the default (and only) program on my PC for notating music.

    This problem must have sprung up over the past few days (didn't notice immediately), but I have not installed new software etc.

    All suggestions enthusiastically received!*chuckle

    :)
     
    Florio, Mar 28, 2016
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  2. Eric Ber Win User

    .Docx files are not showing word icon but only white plain icon (Windows 10)

    We appreciate your response. This could be caused by a corrupted icon cache. To reset the icon cache on Windows 10, kindly check the link posted by
    Doug Robbins - Word MVP on September 15, 2015 in this
    thread
    .

    Should you have further queries, feel free to post it.
     
    Eric Ber, Mar 28, 2016
    #2
  3. .Docx files are not showing word icon but only white plain icon (Windows 10)


    icon not displaying, but only for certain files... [​IMG]


    There is no problem in the process of opening of the files in word. it is just not showing the icon.
     
    Ravikash_Maurya, Mar 28, 2016
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  4. dalchina New Member

    icon not displaying, but only for certain files...

    Hi, basic question.. if you double click .mus files do they open in Finale?
    If not, set the default via Settings, Open With (making sure you tick the box!) or Control Panel, Default Programs.

    If they do, and no icon as you say, try (e.g.) this freeware program.

    icon not displaying, but only for certain files... [​IMG]


    Double clicking on an extension allows you to change the icon, so you can extract the icon from Finale using Resource Hacker, for example, or choose something you'll recognise, browse to the icon from Filetypesman and see if that works.
     
    dalchina, Apr 1, 2016
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  5. Florio Win User
    Thanks for your reply, dalchina. Your solution (and using Filetypesman) solved the problem.
    I've since discovered that this is somehow related to permission issues; clicking on the .mus files did in fact open them, but an annoying upgrade reminder appeared on screen (I'd recently managed to get rid of this message by asking Finale to always be run with administrator privileges). The icons seemed to have disappeared after that, but at the time I didn't associate the two issues.
    Anyway, for the moment the icons are back, and the upgrade reminder hasn't come up again.
     
    Florio, Apr 1, 2016
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  6. dalchina New Member
    Great- sometimes things work out ok.
     
    dalchina, Apr 4, 2018
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