All icons for *.ico files are blank

[Gregg Cattanach]

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

 

[Guest]

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--

 

[bud]

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

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

 

[Gregg Cattanach]

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

Thanks. This worked perfectly