Support for iconcache.db

[Super Fast]

I recently had an issue where icons inside a folder on the desktop displayed the wrong icons for the icons in the folder, because it was drawing icons from a previous icon that used to have the same name & same location.

 

It was resolved by deleting the iconcache.db file.

 

Can you add C:\Users\(User Name Here\AppData\Local\IconCache.db to CCleaner cleanup?

 

It is a hidden file, but pretty easy to find.

 

Thanks!

[Winapp2.ini]

Alan will have some strong words for this!

 

This is supported by Winapp2.ini presently, as an interim

[Alan_B]

Alan will have some strong words for this!

 

This is supported by Winapp2.ini presently, as an interim

So right

 

I would even propose a warning pop-up when that WinApp2.ini box is checked

 

On XP home the iconcache was not regenerated as promised.

It was not regenerated by any one of many certain cures found on the Internet.

 

Finally RegSeeker was found to have its own special gadget for rebuilding the cache,

and that did the job, BUT TRASHED MY REGISTRY TO DO SO.

It did its magic with tweaks buried in ShellBags or Muicache or some such monstrous binary registry key,

with the side effect that all my icons were no longer appearing in functional groups on the desktop,

but all shunted to the extreme left edge and sorted alphabetically.

 

Fortunately I could restore previous normality from a partition image,

THEN use ERUNT to backup my registry,

Then use Regseeker to build the cache and trash the registry,

Then use the Erunt backup to restore my registry and put the icons back where they belong on the Desktop.

 

I will have to try this on Windows 7, but I have had this less than one year and am still tweaking.

I reckon I can recover from any software disaster,

but do not want to get confused with two disasters at the same time so the cache stays as is till tweaking is done

[Andavari]

On XP home the iconcache was not regenerated as promised.

 

Finally RegSeeker was found to have its own special gadget for rebuilding the cache,

and that did the job, BUT TRASHED MY REGISTRY TO DO SO.

Just use Microsoft Tweak UI for rebuilding the icon cache on XP, it's safe and works!

[Alan_B]

Just use Microsoft Tweak UI for rebuilding the icon cache on XP, it's safe and works!

That was one of the many "solutions" that did nothing for me at that time.

 

There were many "sure fire" solutions recommended on the Internet.

I can only conclude that rebuilding the cache is a "team effort" that depends upon the correct operation of a disorganized conglomerate of parts,

any one of which can malfunction, and different components need different remedies.