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I was doing some registry changes on my Windows 10 Desktop computer. I was able to do some with no problems. I restarted occasionally and after one restart, I see that all of the icons on everything are missing. I can see the names of the programs and files, but it's like they have no icons at all.
For example, on the desktop, each item has the same space in between each item like it would normally, but the only highlighted portion of it when I hover over or click an item is the space around the name. On the task bar, the icons there are gone; replaced with the default for exe files. Except with Settings and the Calculator. Those still have their icons.
I changed back the edits I remembered making before I last restarted, along with restarting a few times afterwards to see if the problem was fixed, all to no avail.
Any idea what I may have changed to cause this or what key I could use to fix this problem?
Yes, this is a known issue when you attempt to remove the shortcut icon overlay (which is what that tweak you performed is for). The correct way to remove the shortcut icon overlay is to use a new overlay that is simply translucent. If you use this tweak, you'll either get large black squares, or missing icons entirely. – music2myear – 2017-06-14T18:21:37.600
@music2myear Any idea how to do that? – A Child of God – 2017-06-14T18:26:25.130
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I haven't tried it, but this solution seems to be the best, replacing the overlay with a transparent icon: https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3606-shortcut-arrow-change-remove-restore.html
– music2myear – 2017-06-14T18:35:46.803