Windows 10: Rebuild Icon Cache in Windows 10

Hello hachiroku, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

That's correct. This won't work for the Start menu. However, I don't see anything wrong with the icons for the items in the screenshot you posted.

 

Thanks for the welcome.

Yes, sorry I didn't explain better. The problem is that those icons are displaying the old program's association (HTML shortcut is from Firefox, but I now use Chromium, and PDFs are displaying an icon from Edge, but I'm using SumatraPDF).

Here's a screenshot to explain it better.





Thank you!

 

Sorry for the late reply @hachiroku.

If you like, you could delete the shortcuts you don't want at that location in File Explorer to remove them from your Start menu to only have "Revo Uninstaller" left.

If you wanted to keep them, then you might see if temporarily moving the shortcuts from that location in File Explorer to another location (ex: desktop) to clear them from the Start menu, then move them back to see if that may refresh the icons shown in the Start menu.

 

Moving the folder away from the Start Menu folder and then back to it worked, thanks !

 

Great news. You're most welcome. *Party

 

Hello All!
After installing a new program I had various file associations and icons changed. No surprises there. I've manually corrected the file associations to my liking, but still have many wrong icons.
Per this thread I downloaded and ran "To Rebuild the Icon Cache using a BAT file" followed by a restart with no success.
Before I go too far, is this the next appropriate move: "If the icons are still not displaying properly after rebuilding the icon cache, then download and merge the .reg file for the .ico (ICO) option here to restore the default associations of .ico (icon) files in Windows 10"?
Thanks very much! *Smile

 

Hello JD, *Smile

It won't hurt anything to see if restoring the default association for .ico files may help, but I don't think it will in your case.

Some programs may override the icon you try to assign to its file types.

 

Thanks Brink,
I'll give it a shot.
FWIW: I installed WPS Office which changed Word, Excel ... and Adobe .pdf icons. Know these details do you have any other thoughts?
Thanks Again!

 

I'm afraid not, but you might create a new thread about the custom icons to see if someone may know more to help.

 

Thanks,
I'll give it a try in the morning & post my results here.

 

Good morning Brink,
When I returned to my computer last night after several hours of (computer) sleep I found my .pdf icons had returned to normal.
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Ref:
Hello All!
After installing a new program I had various file associations and icons changed. No surprises there. I've manually corrected the file associations to my liking, but still have many wrong icons.
Per this thread I downloaded and ran "To Rebuild the Icon Cache using a BAT file" followed by a restart with no success.
Before I go too far, is this the next appropriate move: "If the icons are still not displaying properly after rebuilding the icon cache, then download and merge the .reg file for the .ico (ICO) option here to restore the default associations of .ico (icon) files in Windows 10"?
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My Office icons remained unchanged since my install of WPS Office. Research suggested I try an "Office Repair" which ran normally, but with no success.
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I just started to 'restore the default associations of .ico files and found the link (apparently) is just for Windows 8/8.1:
"7. If the icons are still not displaying properly after rebuilding the icon cache, then download and merge the .reg file for the .ico (ICO) option here to restore the default associations of .ico (icon) files in Windows 10."
Here: Default File Associations - Restore in Windows 8
Has this "Warning: These default file associations should only be used in Windows 8 and 8.1."
Should I go elsewhere for Windows 10?
Or do you think I'd just be wasting my time and just create a new thread about the custom icons to see if someone may know more to help as you suggested yesterday.
Thanks!
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Good morning. *Smile

You can use Option Two below for Windows 10 default associations instead.

Restore Default File Type Associations in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Customization Tutorials

 

Hello again Brink,
I don't see any Office extensions in the list. My only issue is with .doc/.docx & .xls/.xlsx (so far).
Is worth running anyway?
Thx! *Smile

 

It wouldn't be worth doing since it wouldn't affect those.

 

"Solved"
I went with the "best" solution: Uninstalled WPS Office and ran a System Restore to a date prior to the installation.
Thanks to all who supported me in this misadventure! *Smile