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How to Rebuild Windows 7 - Icon Cache
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<blockquote data-quote="Exterminator" data-source="post: 91366" data-attributes="member: 2930"><p>I have this problem in Windows 7 from time to time.When I download or uninstall a 3rd party program and some of my icons are not showing properly.There are 2 ways to correct this by rebuilding the Icon Cache either manually or with a convenient bat file that you run and does everything for you.I use the bat file which works every time.</p><p></p><p>*I have used this for quite sometime and thought I would share it here</p><p></p><p><strong>Automatically Rebuild the Icon Cache</strong></p><p></p><p>1. Download the .bat file below.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/246359d1355973216-icon-cache-rebuild-rebuild_icon_cache.bat" target="_blank">Rebuild_Icon_Cache.bat</a></p><p></p><p>2. Save the file to your desktop, and run it.</p><p></p><p>3. Click on Run when prompted.</p><p></p><p>4. Command prompt will then ask you to type in y/n {yes or no} to restart your computer</p><p></p><p>5. Restart PC and all your icons should be back to normal</p><p></p><p><strong>To Manually Rebuild the Icon Cache using the Command Prompt</strong></p><p></p><p>1. Close and save anything that you are working on. This command will kill explorer and restart the computer when completed.</p><p></p><p>2. Open a command prompt in Windows 7 or Windows 8.</p><p></p><p>3. In the command prompt, Copy and paste each command line below exactly as is one at a time and press enter after each command.</p><p></p><p>NOTE: The last command will restart the computer, so be sure to close and save anything that you are working on first.</p><p></p><p>[code]taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F</p><p>CD /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local</p><p>DEL IconCache.db /a</p><p>shutdown /r /f /t 00[/code]</p><p></p><p>4. The IconCache.db file has now been rebuilt.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49819-icon-cache-rebuild.html" target="_blank">Source</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Exterminator, post: 91366, member: 2930"] I have this problem in Windows 7 from time to time.When I download or uninstall a 3rd party program and some of my icons are not showing properly.There are 2 ways to correct this by rebuilding the Icon Cache either manually or with a convenient bat file that you run and does everything for you.I use the bat file which works every time. *I have used this for quite sometime and thought I would share it here [b]Automatically Rebuild the Icon Cache[/b] 1. Download the .bat file below. [url=http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/246359d1355973216-icon-cache-rebuild-rebuild_icon_cache.bat]Rebuild_Icon_Cache.bat[/url] 2. Save the file to your desktop, and run it. 3. Click on Run when prompted. 4. Command prompt will then ask you to type in y/n {yes or no} to restart your computer 5. Restart PC and all your icons should be back to normal [b]To Manually Rebuild the Icon Cache using the Command Prompt[/b] 1. Close and save anything that you are working on. This command will kill explorer and restart the computer when completed. 2. Open a command prompt in Windows 7 or Windows 8. 3. In the command prompt, Copy and paste each command line below exactly as is one at a time and press enter after each command. NOTE: The last command will restart the computer, so be sure to close and save anything that you are working on first. [code]taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F CD /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local DEL IconCache.db /a shutdown /r /f /t 00[/code] 4. The IconCache.db file has now been rebuilt. [url=http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49819-icon-cache-rebuild.html]Source[/url] [/QUOTE]
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