Re -Build Vista Icon Cache
Posted July 31, 2008 – 6:05 am in: Vista Troubleshooting, Vista TweaksAdvertisements
If you are experiencing a bad icon disply in Vista, it’s just because of the bad icon cache. You can fix this problem as follows:
*Go to
C:\Users\Owner(your username)\AppData\Local folder and delete the hidden file called IconCache.db file.(Don’t worry, Vista creats this file again during startup)
*Reboot the system to get fresh icons.
Tip: You can also use Tune Up Utilities to fix this problem.
Tags: *Go to
C:\Users\Owner(your username)\AppData\Local folder and delete the hidden file called IconCache.db file.(Don’t worry, Vista creats this file again during startup)
*Reboot the system to get fresh icons.
Tip: You can also use Tune Up Utilities to fix this problem.
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To automate this process open note pad and paste the code below, save it to desktop as RefreshIcons.bat, double click on the file and you are all set. You can do the every time the icon cache needs to be rebuild. Make sure all you applications are closed whenevr you run this.
taskkill /F /IM explorer.exe
cd /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local
attrib –h IconCache.db
del IconCache.db
start explorer