It shows Windows 10 Professional Version 1803, Build 17134_407. I do appreciate the input.ĭave, and Wolfe, Well, did some more checking. When I have a chance, I'll go through the specific steps you suggest, and see if the results are any different. ![]() But that had no effect on the (then only one) icon that was misbehaving. It opened a command prompt type box, quickly executed some commands, closed the box and told me to restart, which I did. When you run it, it opens a small box that gives you two boxes you can check-Rebuild Icon Cache, and Rebuild Thumbnail Cache. However, at the same site, there was a note that if you wanted a simpler way to do it, the author had created a small program that you could download for free named Thumbnail & Icon Cache Rebuilder, which performed the same tasks automatically. I searched for and copied an article on how to rebuild the icon cache, and it outlined a procedure very similar (if not exactly the same) as what you mention. Haven't tried the cache rebuild again, since that didn't help the first time.Īnyone have any idea what could be causing this strange behavior?ĭave, I think I did that, (though not exactly using the method you mention). As with Thunderbird, the Properties box for the Aomei icon still showed the original icon, and as with Thunderbird, the Aomei executable in File Explorer now shows the generic icon. I downloaded an Aomei icon from the internet and put it in place, and (so far at least,) it has stayed in place. Again, the program still runs just fine, as best I can tell. The next day (I'm not certain exactly when in the day, since I was not concentrating on the desktop icons), the desktop icon for Aomei had also turned into the same generic paper sheet that I experienced with Thunderbird. Got it installed, ran it, became (partially) familiar with how it works, and moved on. Day before yesterday, I installed a backup and imaging utility named Aomei Backupper. Ran that, but it did not have any effect on the generic icon (I had put the original icon back in place before rebuilding the icon cache to see if the icon cache rebuild would work.) Recalling having had a similar (if not identical) problem once in Windows 7, and having resolved it by clearing and recreating the icon cache, I did some research on how to do that in Windows 10, and found a small utility that I could download that performed the task. So, all is well, except that of course, the executable file in File Explorer still has the generic sheet of paper icon. I did a search online, found an icon for Thunderbird I could download, changed the desktop icon to that one, and that worked just fine. An additional tidbit that may be a clue to the problem is that if I go to the File Explorer (I think that's what they call Windows Explorer in Win 10), and look at the executable file there, it also has the generic paper sheet icon displayed. The generic sheet of paper icon was still there. I clicked the Change Icon option, found the original icon listed, chose it, clicked APPLY, then OK, and no dice. So I right clicked the icon, chose PROPERTIES, and the Properties box showed the original icon. However, the program still worked fine, and double clicking the generic icon started the program and it performed normally. It changed to the generic sheet of paper icon that Windows displays when it can't find the specified icon. ![]() At first, all was well, then, about the 2nd or 3rd day, the desktop icon for the program disappeared. I'm in the process of installing new applications, and downloaded and installed the current version of Mozilla Thunderbird to handle my e-mail, since I have that program on my old system, and am familiar with it. This has now happened twice, so can sort of no longer regard it as an isolated incident. But I have encountered a strange phenomenon. Please be patient with me, since I'm brand new to Windows 10 (my ancient Windows 7 machine is on its last legs, I fear), and am still learning my way around.
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