.ICO files don't show up correctly in Windows Explorer

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Pedro CR

hi!

under normal circunstances, windows explorer shows the displays the icon
contained inside an .ICO file when you browse a folder.
recently, my windows explorer simply shows the dault icon (unkown) for .ICO
files which means that it is not possible to preview the icon itself when
viewing a folder.

I'm a programmer so this preview functionality is really important for me.
does anyone know how to restore it?

thanks
pedro
 
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Ramesh, MS-MVP

Hi Pedro,

Open Regedit and navigate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ico
In the right, set the (default) to "icofile" (without " )

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\icofile\DefaultIcon
In the right, set the (default) to "%1" (without " )
 

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