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Desktop Icon Graphics Missing From Windows 7 Desktop

My desktop icons are all showing the default blank icon graphic that displays when the icon file cannot be located. If I try and add a new shortcut, I get the same thing. I have followed instructions to rebuild the icon cache with no success and also tried to restore a backup but the problem still exists.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

jeff_01

Is it all icons even non windows ones? Ie programs that have been installed after windows was set up?

You could try

Right click on the start button
Click Properties
Click Customize
Click Use Default Settings
Exit
Right click on your Desktop
Select personalize and then choose a windows theme
Click Change Desktop Icons
Click Restore default

If that doesnt work then your C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll file could be missing or corrupt. That is the file that contains all the icons.

Hope this helps

dvelasquez

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The windows icons are fine - My Computer, Network, etc. It is all of the program icons that have been added as programs were installed; i.e. iTunes, etc. Even if I delete the shortcut and they add then add them back they are not correct.

jeff_01

Ok then it might be the Icon cache.

Try deleting the IconCache.db file and then restarting your pc.

it is found here

%localappdata%\IconCache.db

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dvelasquez

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Thanks. Creating the new account seemed to solve the issue.