Icons for ICO files won't display

[Bob Davis]

In this XP Pro system, icon files (.ICO) display only an image of an eyeball
with "ico" above it in Windows Explorer, not the actual image of the icon,
regardless of which "view" is selected (thumbnail, icons, detail, list,
etc.). All other common image formats (JPG, TIF, BTM, GIF, etc.) display
properly, and the ICO files do display in ACDSee (image viewer). How can I
get this functionality for ICO files in Windows Explorer?

 

[Alex Nichol]

In this XP Pro system, icon files (.ICO) display only an image of an eyeball
with "ico" above it in Windows Explorer, not the actual image of the icon,
regardless of which "view" is selected (thumbnail, icons, detail, list,
etc.).

Make the following, after - - start and before - - end into a file by
cut/paste to NotePad. Make sure there is a blank line at the end. Save
as "Patch.reg" then right-click on this file and take Merge to enter it
into the registry.

- - start
REGEDIT4

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



- - end