Reset Windows Icon Cache

Description:

You will have “broken” icons on your desktop. A simple right click to the target location shows that files are there but they still look corrupted. Follow these steps to fix:

To Resolve:

1. In the command prompt, Copy and paste each command line below exactly as is one at a time and press enter after each command.

   ie4uinit.exe -ClearIconCache
   taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
   DEL "%localappdata%\IconCache.db" /A
   shutdown /r /f /t 00
   

2. Run this script by copying and pasting to a notepad document and then Save As => (whatever).bat:

   :: Created by: Shawn Brink
   :: http://www.sevenforums.com
   :: Tutorial: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49819-icon-cache-rebuild.html
   
   @echo off
   set iconcache=%localappdata%\IconCache.db
   
   echo The Explorer process must be killed to delete the Icon DB.
   echo.
   echo Please SAVE ALL OPEN WORK before continuing.
   echo.
   pause
   echo.
   If exist "%iconcache%" goto delID
   echo.
   echo Icon DB has already been deleted.
   echo.
   pause
   exit /B
   
   :delID
   echo Attempting to delete Icon DB...
   echo.
   ie4uinit.exe -ClearIconCache
   taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
   del "%iconcache%" /A
   echo.
   echo Icon DB has been successfully deleted. Please "restart your PC" now to rebuild your icon cache.
   echo.
   start explorer.exe
   pause
   exit /B