Something goofy happened when I installed and then uninstalled some imaging
software. It changed the assignment of .ico files to its own application,
but I decided not to use the software and uninstalled it. Now, when I view
any .ico files in Windows Explorer the icon shows up as a white blank,
instead of the icon itself.

How can I reset the .ico file type to display the graphics of the icon
correctly in Windows Explorer? I've tried TweakUI Rebuild Icons but that
didn't do it.

(Note, if I link a URL Favorite to one of these .ico files, the icon DOES
appear correctly in the Favorites list in IE.)

TIA

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Gregg C.

It's likely that running this reg file will fix that.

--fixico.reg--
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ico]
@="icofile"
"PerceivedType"="image"
"Content Type"="image/x-icon"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ico\PersistentHandler]
@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\icofile]
@="Icon"
"ImageOptionFlags"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\icofile\DefaultIcon]
@="%1"

--end file--
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"Gregg Cattanach" wrote:

> Something goofy happened when I installed and then uninstalled some imaging
> software. It changed the assignment of .ico files to its own application,
> but I decided not to use the software and uninstalled it. Now, when I view
> any .ico files in Windows Explorer the icon shows up as a white blank,
> instead of the icon itself.
>
> How can I reset the .ico file type to display the graphics of the icon
> correctly in Windows Explorer? I've tried TweakUI Rebuild Icons but that
> didn't do it.
>
> (Note, if I link a URL Favorite to one of these .ico files, the icon DOES
> appear correctly in the Favorites list in IE.)
>
> TIA
>
> --
> Gregg C.
>
>
>

"Gregg Cattanach" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Something goofy happened when I installed and then uninstalled some
> imaging software. It changed the assignment of .ico files to its own
> application, but I decided not to use the software and uninstalled it.
> Now, when I view any .ico files in Windows Explorer the icon shows up as a
> white blank, instead of the icon itself.
>
> How can I reset the .ico file type to display the graphics of the icon
> correctly in Windows Explorer? I've tried TweakUI Rebuild Icons but that
> didn't do it.
>
> (Note, if I link a URL Favorite to one of these .ico files, the icon DOES
> appear correctly in the Favorites list in IE.)
>
> TIA
>
> --
> Gregg C.
>

Try Doug Knox's ico association fix.
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc..._assoc_fix.zip

bud wrote:
> "Gregg Cattanach" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Something goofy happened when I installed and then uninstalled some
>> imaging software. It changed the assignment of .ico files to its own
>> application, but I decided not to use the software and uninstalled
>> it. Now, when I view any .ico files in Windows Explorer the icon
>> shows up as a white blank, instead of the icon itself.
>>
>> How can I reset the .ico file type to display the graphics of the
>> icon correctly in Windows Explorer? I've tried TweakUI Rebuild
>> Icons but that didn't do it.
>>
>> (Note, if I link a URL Favorite to one of these .ico files, the icon
>> DOES appear correctly in the Favorites list in IE.)
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> --
>> Gregg C.
>>
>
> Try Doug Knox's ico association fix.
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc..._assoc_fix.zip

Thanks. This worked perfectly

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Gregg C.