ZIP icons eternally corrupted - I am going crazy!

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Have you deleted the Icon cache file, and allowed the system to rebuild it?

Peter wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I am going crazy for a silly little thing. Please help me anyone!
>
> The icon for ZIP files never shows the way it is supposed to. Instead it
> insists on displaying the Windows 'default document' icon for ZIP files. If I
> rightclick a zip and choose icon properties, I can set the icon to be fetched
> from the winzip executable instead, and all looks fine and dandy inside the
> properties dialog, but after refreshing or repairing icon cache it is still
> the default document icon that is displayed.
>
> If I try to change the icon enough times it will eventually start to display
> a miniature version of the correct ZIP-icon *inside* a normal sized 'default'
> icon ('default' this time, not 'default document' as above), a bit like as if
> the default icon was pregnant with a baby zip icon. This applies whether I
> have it set to display small or large icons.
>
> If I uninstall winzip and reboot, I get back to 'default document' icon. And
> then after reinstalling Winzip there is no change at all even though during
> install the ZIP files were supposed to be associated with Winzip.
> Doubleclicking yields a dialog asking for which program to execute with.
> After I associate it here with the winzip executable, the icon show up as
> default pregnant with baby zip.
>
> I get a feeling there is a hand of darkness resting over the display of ZIP
> file icons!!
>
> Somewhere tucked away in the registry there seems to be a mean-spirited
> little icon kidnapper sitting and holding on very dearly to the ZIP icon.
>
> What is wrong? I am going crazy!
>
> /peter

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.general (More info?)

Hi
since a couple of weeks I have a similar problem.
All old programs have their appropriate icon (which I can even modify
without problem), while any newly installed program shows only the
default icon.
I would like to know how can I (inadvertently) delete (restore) the Icon
cache file and allow (disallow) the system to rebuild it?
Thanks for your help
horst


On 09.08.2005 17:32, Bob I wrote:
> Have you deleted the Icon cache file, and allowed the system to rebuild it?
>
> Peter wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I am going crazy for a silly little thing. Please help me anyone!
>>
>> The icon for ZIP files never shows the way it is supposed to. Instead
>> it insists on displaying the Windows 'default document' icon for ZIP
>> files. If I rightclick a zip and choose icon properties, I can set the
>> icon to be fetched from the winzip executable instead, and all looks
>> fine and dandy inside the properties dialog, but after refreshing or
>> repairing icon cache it is still the default document icon that is
>> displayed.
>> If I try to change the icon enough times it will eventually start to
>> display a miniature version of the correct ZIP-icon *inside* a normal
>> sized 'default' icon ('default' this time, not 'default document' as
>> above), a bit like as if the default icon was pregnant with a baby zip
>> icon. This applies whether I have it set to display small or large icons.
>>
>> If I uninstall winzip and reboot, I get back to 'default document'
>> icon. And then after reinstalling Winzip there is no change at all
>> even though during install the ZIP files were supposed to be
>> associated with Winzip. Doubleclicking yields a dialog asking for
>> which program to execute with. After I associate it here with the
>> winzip executable, the icon show up as default pregnant with baby zip.
>>
>> I get a feeling there is a hand of darkness resting over the display
>> of ZIP file icons!!
>>
>> Somewhere tucked away in the registry there seems to be a
>> mean-spirited little icon kidnapper sitting and holding on very dearly
>> to the ZIP icon.
>> What is wrong? I am going crazy!
>>
>> /peter
>
>