Aug 12, 2010 · B) In the Modify window, type in "full path of the icon file with file extension" and click on OK. (see screenshot below) NOTE: For example, If I I had a icon store on my Desktop name New Icon Location.ico, I would type in the location exactly as below. Just substitute with your icons full path and name with file extension in quotes instead.

Jul 29, 2017 · Since the last major update, the file explorer shows a blank icon for many file types instead of the associated application (such as Adobe Acrobat, Excel, Word etc.). The files are still associated correctly and re-associating them didn't solve the problem. I also deleted the icon cache and let Windows rebuild it, but that didn't help either.

Mar 6, 2011 · It is not freeware and expires after the trial period. And doesn't work well either in x64 at least. I have also tried to change the icons by the tutorial mentioned above and all I get is a white-file icon, not the one I want (to replace the ugly 7-zip icons for zip, rar, iso, etc).

Jun 10, 2016 · Editing: although, when I did change the default program for rtf files to notebook, they showed the notebook icons instead of the blank icon. But when changed back to wordpad, broken again. It seems that certain filetype and program combinations are not working to show the proper icon (although opening the files still works normal)

Aug 23, 2012 · It is also not on every file. For example the 2 excel documents on my desktop are fine while on another drive the excel documents (and word) have no icon - but then in a sub-folder they are fine! EDIT: I just did option one in Icon Cache - Rebuild and now it is much worse. All the PDFs are broken, no excel ones are shown etc.

Aug 24, 2023 · Hi. I’m trying to find the location of the system default file type icons. I have a program installed the customized icons for file types so that a pdf, for example, can have Acrobat as the default program, but still display the system pdf icon instead of the Adobe icon. My problem is that I cannot locate these files.

Oct 9, 2015 · Some file type show wrong icon. Hello, i'm using windows 10 insider now in build 10547, recently some file with specified extension showing the wrong icon, all the wrong icon is same as in the screenshoot:

Sep 6, 2011 · How to easily change the "Type" description of file types in Explorer in General Discussion G'day everyone After doing some Googling I discovered that it is impossible in Windows 7 to sort files by file extension -- one can only sort by file type, which depends on the file type description.

Oct 9, 2021 · I use Google SketchUp a lot and each new model/file I create, SketchUp makes a .skb back up file of the last save. I was able to create a subkey in the registry to associate a different icon file for the .skb files but it does not change the icon...

Jan 30, 2025 · How to Restore Default Apps for File Type Associations in Windows 10 A default app is the program that Windows uses automatically when you open a particular file type or protocol. Default app associations for file extensions are a per user setting by default, so you will need to be signed in to the user account you want to restore the default ...