Icon for Excel files change every day - anyone know why ?

[Bomber]

Hi all,

The icons for my excel s/sheets show up as normal when I first boot up. But
during the day it seems to lose the icon and replaces it with another file
type icon.

Does anyone know why this would be occuring ?

cheers,

Adam

 

[Bomber]

I think I need to clarify this. The icon I am talking about is the small one
that appears when using Windows Explorer.

....and today it was the Word files that showed the wrong icon.

cheers.

 

[John John]

Try rebuilding the ShellIconCache. To do this find the file named
ShellIconCache and delete it then reboot the pc. The file should be in
the %SystemRoot% folder (usually Winnt). The file may be hidden, change
the file attribute or set Explorer to show all files. Windows will
recreate/rebuild the IconCache when you reboot.

John