Icon Cache Rebuilder: Another Tool To Rebuild Windows 7 Icon Cache

Posted August 20, 2010 – 1:51 pm in: Freeware

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Windows saves all icons to a file named IconCache to avoid loading icons from dll files every time. The IconCache.db file is located in the drive which contains Windows installation files (C:\Users\Your User Name\AppData\Local). This is a hidden system file which can only be viewed by changing appropriate settings in Folder Options.

So, if your Windows is not displaying one or more icons correctly, you have to rebuild the cache.

We have already covered how to manually rebuild the icon cache by deleting the cache file. We have also covered a free tool called Cache Rebuilder to rebuild the icon cache with a click. Now, here is yet another tool that does the same job without fail.

Icon Cache Rebuilder is a standalone tool that enables you delete the cache file in a jiffy. The procedure is simple. Run Icon Cache Rebuilder, click Rebuild button, wait for explorer to refresh itself and finally hit Restart button the reboot your machine. Once the machine reboots it will build a new Icon Cache.

Download Icon Cache Rebuilder