Saving Notepad file to folder no icon just black rectangular shape

[Mike74]

O/S Windows 11 Home 64bit

Hi, I’m hoping that someone can give me some help towards rectifying this problem:

If I save a Notepad file to desktop, I have no problem identifying at a glance of what type of file it is by its icon. When saving a Notepad file to a folder there is no icon just a black rectangular shape.

No matter what, if I save to desktop and drag to folder the icon changes to a black rectangular shape as shown below, I Know the file will open Ok, but I’m use to visual icons!

Any ideas?

 

[Xploit Machine]

At first .. save below given code as <ANYFILENAME>.bat ;

Please run it and follow given instructions, please post results here as we can move to alternative method if it doesn't work

:: Joe Isabella
:: 01.12.2022
:: (e-mail address removed)

@echo off
set iconcache=%localappdata%\IconCache.db
set iconcache_x=%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\iconcache*

echo.
echo The explorer process must be temporarily killed before deleting the IconCache.db file.
echo.
echo Please SAVE ALL OPEN WORK before continuing.
echo.
pause
echo.
If exist "%iconcache%" goto delete
echo.
echo The %localappdata%\IconCache.db file has already been deleted.
echo.
If exist "%iconcache_x%" goto delete
echo.
echo The %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\IconCache_*.db files have already been deleted.
echo.
exit /B

:delete
echo.
echo Attempting to delete IconCache.db files ..
echo.
ie4uinit.exe -show
taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
If exist del /A /F /Q "%iconcache%"
If exist del /A /F /Q "%iconcache_x%"
start explorer.exe
echo.
echo IconCache database files have been successfully deleted.
goto restart

:restart
echo.
echo.
echo You will need to restart the PC to finish rebuilding your icon cache.
echo.
CHOICE /C:YN /M "Do you want to restart the PC now?"
IF ERRORLEVEL 2 goto no
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 goto yes

:yes
shutdown /r /f /t 00

:no
exit /B

 

[Mike74]

O/S Windows 11 Home 64bit

Hi, I’m hoping that someone can give me some help towards rectifying this problem:

If I save a Notepad file to desktop, I have no problem identifying at a glance of what type of file it is by its icon. When saving a Notepad file to a folder there is no icon just a black rectangular shape.

No matter what, if I save to desktop and drag to folder the icon changes to a black rectangular shape as shown below, I Know the file will open Ok, but I’m use to visual icons!

Any ideas?

At first .. save below given code as <ANYFILENAME>.bat ;

Please run it and follow given instructions, please post results here as we can move to alternative method if it doesn't work

At first .. save below given code as <ANYFILENAME>.bat ;

Please run it and follow given instructions, please post results here as we can move to alternative method if it doesn't work

Hi, many thanks for your reply and I hope I haven’t put you to too much trouble, but your level of engineering expertise is way above my windows knowledge, I’m just a user of software and have little to zero knowledge of the method you proposed, I think I’ll stay with the black icon as it does work Ok. Once again, many thanks for your response.

 

[Bighorn]

When I see an issue with an icon on the Desktop the first thing I do is right-click it, click Properties then click Change icon, see if any choices come up. The default for Windows icons is in %SystemRoot%\System32\SHELL32.dll.

 

[Xploit Machine]

Hi, many thanks for your reply and I hope I haven’t put you to too much trouble, but your level of engineering expertise is way above my windows knowledge, I’m just a user of software and have little to zero knowledge of the method you proposed, I think I’ll stay with the black icon as it does work Ok. Once again, many thanks for your response.

I cannot attach Batch files here, it's forbidden by the server .. anyway download the compiled one here and run it https://download.gg/file-15660884_9bac2d05b4defaa7

then restart the computer

 

[dTTS]

At first .. save below given code as <ANYFILENAME>.bat ;

Please run it and follow given instructions, please post results here as we can move to alternative method if it doesn't work

Hi Xploit Machine,

I had the same issue as Mike74 on my Windows 11 PC. Running your batch file resolved it. Thank you!

 

[RogerOver]

You could also downlod this nice little program and run it !

Thumbnail and Icon Cache Rebuilder for Windows 10

Thumbnail and Icon Cache Rebuilder for Windows 10 is a portable freeware that will purge, clear, and delete your Thumbnail and Icon Cache in a click.

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