Fix icons are not displayed correctly on Desktop

Filed Under (Technology tips, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows error) by Ezu on 21-09-2009

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It’s very stressing when your desktop icons did not appear properly, changed to different random icon; some of the icons become black or blue and so on.
This problem can be fixed, and the solution is to rebuild the icon cache (Iconcache.db).

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To rebuild icon cache, follow the steps:

For Windows XP:

Step 1: Go to Application Data folder
(C:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name\Local Settings\Application Data)
Step 2: Delete the file named IconCache.db
Step 3: Restart your computer. (After you will restart your computer, windows will automatically re create the IconCache.db file.)

For Windows Vista and Windows 7:

Step 1: Go to Local folder
(C:\Users\You User Name\AppData\Local)
Step 2: Delete the file named IconCache.db
Step 3: Restart your computer. (After you will restart your computer, windows will automatically re create the IconCache.db file.)

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