Windows 7: folders' taskbar icons issue

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I compressed the files on my System drive to gain some space, and now my folders icon looks like this in the taskbar:

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I KNOW there is a very easy way to set this icon back to normal, since it already happened to me once a while ago, but I can't remember what it was...?!

thanks!

[EDIT] Deleting the IconCache.db file solved the issue:

  1. Open Windows Explorer, and configure your Folder Options > Views to show Hidden / System Files
  2. Go to C:\Users\\AppData\Local folder
  3. Delete the hidden IconCache.db file
  4. Reboot

I knew it was easy!

CTZStef

Posted 2014-06-16T00:58:15.583

Reputation: 101

Did you try to rebuild icon cache? http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49819-icon-cache-rebuild.html

– Amirreza Nasiri – 2014-06-16T01:07:06.350

I posted the solution you found as a community wiki so other users can easily find the answer (in case they don't read the whole question and skip straight down to the answers) – Mike Koch – 2014-06-16T03:30:15.000

Answers

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Deleting the IconCache.db file solved the issue:

  1. Open Windows Explorer, and configure your Folder Options > Views to show Hidden / System Files
  2. Go to C:\Users\< User >\AppData\Local folder
  3. Delete the hidden IconCache.db file
  4. Reboot

Mike Koch

Posted 2014-06-16T00:58:15.583

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