folder icons problems

[Guest]

I installed a desktop theme, big mistake, it changed the folder icons to a
picture related to the desktop theme. The desktop theme has been removed,
set the desktop theme to default and it still shows a picture as the icon for
the file
folders. Is there a way to reset or change the file folder icons back to the
standard one? I have cats all over the place and it's driving me insane!!

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Angel,

Do you have the third-party .Theme file in the hard disk? If so, post the
contents here.

 

[Guest]

no I delete it after I found out what the theme did, I thought it would clear
things up

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Angel,

One of the areas where the folder icon is set is in this part of the
registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Icons

Open Regedit.exe and navigate to that key. Backup the key to a REG file.

Then, delete all the values you find in the right-pane. Restart Windows.

 

[Guest]

thanks for your reply, I did something similar finally, I deleted the
iconcache and reboot, it went back to normal.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Well, then it looks like the Theme has been uninstalled clean already, but
the iconcache needed a cleanup. Thanks for posting back!