Icons not displaying in Detail View like they used to

[Doug]

When browsing through folders using the 'Details View', I used to always see
what actual .ICO icon files looked like right there on the listing of the
file (it also showed what the actual icon was to the left in the 'Preview'
pane' if I clicked it). In other words, I could actually see what they ALL
looked like, just looking at them in Detail View (or ANY view for that
matter).

Yesterday, I was setting 'Folder Options / File Types' to have .ICO files to
open with a product that can create/modify .ICO files. It worked fine and
still displayed all of the .ICO files at a glance when browsing them in
folders (detail view).

THEN, I went back and decided to play around with setting the default icon
for File Type .ICO to something else, such as the icon within an EXE file.

NOW, when I browse to open .ICO files, etc., I do NOT see what the actual
icon is, but see the same icon for all of them (the one I set it to). I DID
play around and get it back to basically a 'nothing' icon, but I REALLY miss
not being able to see exactly what the .ico files look like at a glance
(without having to CLICK them, or changing the view to Thumbnailes).

If I switch to 'Thumbnail' view, they display, but of course they are huge,
and I can see only a few per screenful.

Does anyody know how to restore my system registry so that when I browse
folders in Detail View, the actual icons next to the icon filenames display
the actual icons of the files?

I would appreciate this SO much if anybody could help me.

(e-mail address removed) <- please reply if you can

 

[David Candy]

Type regedit in Start Run, Navigate to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\icofile\DefaultIcon
and change it to %1. %1 is the file clicked so it tells windows the file is also the icon.

 

[Doug]

Dave.

I ran RegEdit:

HKEY_Classes_Root\icofile\DefaultIcon\Default

The 'Default' string value for 'DefaultIcon' was empty. I changed this to
%1. Didn't change my view. Do I need to reboot?

There was also a HKEY_Classes_Root\ico_auto_file\DefaultIcon that had a
value of "shell32.dll,0"

Any other idea?

Type regedit in Start Run, Navigate to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\icofile\DefaultIcon
and change it to %1. %1 is the file clicked so it tells windows the file is
also the icon.

 

[David Candy]

If you have an ico_autofile then you probably used Open With on Windows 98 machine and it was carried over to XP. XP only creates this under certain circumstances, and those circumstances won't apply to ico files. 98 did it anytime you used Open With.

Therefore either change
HKCR\.ico to equal icofile (it should be reading ico_autofile) to reset to the factory specs, or edit ico_autofile to %1. Got have %1 in the one you're using.

 

[Doug]

Dave.

To duplicate this problem, try this: Open File Types, select ICO, click
'Advanced', click 'Change Icon', and select one from an EXE file..

You'll see that Icon files don't display their respective Icon in file
listings.

When I tried the '%1' attempt, now if I click 'Change Icon', it says
'Windows cannot find the file %1'.

Well, it seems I can't change the icon to anything now. They all appear as
the 'empty/blank' icon.

There are a few other settings under IcoFile:
BrowserFlags = 8
EditFlags = 10000
ImageOptionFlags = 0

Any other ideas? I really appreciate the help.



Type regedit in Start Run, Navigate to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\icofile\DefaultIcon
and change it to %1. %1 is the file clicked so it tells windows the file is
also the icon.

 

[David Candy]

[Repeat and clarify last line]
specs, or edit HKCR\ico_autofile to %1. Got have %1 in the DefaultIcon one you're using,

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http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm
If you have an ico_autofile then you probably used Open With on Windows 98 machine and it was carried over to XP. XP only creates this under certain circumstances, and those circumstances won't apply to ico files. 98 did it anytime you used Open With.

Therefore either change
HKCR\.ico to equal icofile (it should be reading ico_autofile) to reset to the factory specs, or edit ico_autofile to %1. Got have %1 in the one you're using.

 

[Doug]

David.

I rebooted with %1 in both icofile and ico_auto_file's 'DefaultIcon', and it
solved it !!!

Last question... can I just delete the entire ico_auto_file stuff in the
registry?

Lastly, do you have a PayPal account? I'd like to drop a little something
in it for your help.


[Repeat and clarify last line]
specs, or edit HKCR\ico_autofile to %1. Got have %1 in the DefaultIcon one
you're using,

--
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http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm
If you have an ico_autofile then you probably used Open With on Windows 98
machine and it was carried over to XP. XP only creates this under certain
circumstances, and those circumstances won't apply to ico files. 98 did it
anytime you used Open With.

Therefore either change
HKCR\.ico to equal icofile (it should be reading ico_autofile) to reset to
the factory specs, or edit ico_autofile to %1. Got have %1 in the one you're
using.

 

[David Candy]

Work out from the default value at HKCR\.ico whether to do icofile or ico_autofile.

You may need to do this. The error message it correct and irrelevent - of course it can't find a non selected file.
To refresh the icons in the system change the size of icons in Start - Control Panel - Display - Appearance - Advanced, click apply then change the size back.

 

[David Candy]

Look at the default value for HKCR\.ico. The default value is the name of the progid, and is where most entries go (.ico is where a Win 3.1 program expects to find stuff, icofile is a 95 or later program - but it isn't merely that simple).

You have two possible ProgIDs, icofile (factory default) and ico_autofile (probably created by Win 95/98/NT4's Open With command).

It doesn't matter which as long as it has all the info you want. Editflags control what you can change in FileTypes dialog, BrowserFlags (is irrelevent for an ico file) controls OLE (ie View and/or edit a Word Doc in an IE window or not). You can lose em and nothing will notice. A normal file is 0 for both. Yours is set to Confirm Open After Download (10000).

As long as HKCR\.ico default value is NOT the one you delete.

If you live in the US donate to John Kerry or some homeless service if JK offends you.



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http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm

David.

I rebooted with %1 in both icofile and ico_auto_file's 'DefaultIcon', and it
solved it !!!

Last question... can I just delete the entire ico_auto_file stuff in the
registry?

Lastly, do you have a PayPal account? I'd like to drop a little something
in it for your help.


[Repeat and clarify last line]
specs, or edit HKCR\ico_autofile to %1. Got have %1 in the DefaultIcon one
you're using,

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm
If you have an ico_autofile then you probably used Open With on Windows 98
machine and it was carried over to XP. XP only creates this under certain
circumstances, and those circumstances won't apply to ico files. 98 did it
anytime you used Open With.

Therefore either change
HKCR\.ico to equal icofile (it should be reading ico_autofile) to reset to
the factory specs, or edit ico_autofile to %1. Got have %1 in the one you're
using.



--
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http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm

Dave.

I ran RegEdit:

HKEY_Classes_Root\icofile\DefaultIcon\Default

The 'Default' string value for 'DefaultIcon' was empty. I changed this to
%1. Didn't change my view. Do I need to reboot?

There was also a HKEY_Classes_Root\ico_auto_file\DefaultIcon that had a
value of "shell32.dll,0"

Any other idea?

Type regedit in Start Run, Navigate to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\icofile\DefaultIcon
and change it to %1. %1 is the file clicked so it tells windows the file is
also the icon.

 

[Doug]

Thank you for your help. Where did you learn about all of this Registry
magic?

Look at the default value for HKCR\.ico. The default value is the name of
the progid, and is where most entries go (.ico is where a Win 3.1 program
expects to find stuff, icofile is a 95 or later program - but it isn't
merely that simple).

You have two possible ProgIDs, icofile (factory default) and ico_autofile
(probably created by Win 95/98/NT4's Open With command).

It doesn't matter which as long as it has all the info you want. Editflags
control what you can change in FileTypes dialog, BrowserFlags (is irrelevent
for an ico file) controls OLE (ie View and/or edit a Word Doc in an IE
window or not). You can lose em and nothing will notice. A normal file is 0
for both. Yours is set to Confirm Open After Download (10000).

As long as HKCR\.ico default value is NOT the one you delete.

If you live in the US donate to John Kerry or some homeless service if JK
offends you.



--
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http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm

David.

I rebooted with %1 in both icofile and ico_auto_file's 'DefaultIcon', and it
solved it !!!

Last question... can I just delete the entire ico_auto_file stuff in the
registry?

Lastly, do you have a PayPal account? I'd like to drop a little something
in it for your help.


[Repeat and clarify last line]
specs, or edit HKCR\ico_autofile to %1. Got have %1 in the DefaultIcon one
you're using,

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm
If you have an ico_autofile then you probably used Open With on Windows 98
machine and it was carried over to XP. XP only creates this under certain
circumstances, and those circumstances won't apply to ico files. 98 did it
anytime you used Open With.

Therefore either change
HKCR\.ico to equal icofile (it should be reading ico_autofile) to reset to
the factory specs, or edit ico_autofile to %1. Got have %1 in the one you're
using.



--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm

Dave.

I ran RegEdit:

HKEY_Classes_Root\icofile\DefaultIcon\Default

The 'Default' string value for 'DefaultIcon' was empty. I changed this to
%1. Didn't change my view. Do I need to reboot?

There was also a HKEY_Classes_Root\ico_auto_file\DefaultIcon that had a
value of "shell32.dll,0"

Any other idea?

Type regedit in Start Run, Navigate to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\icofile\DefaultIcon
and change it to %1. %1 is the file clicked so it tells windows the file is
also the icon.

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http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm
always
see they
ALL files I
DID REALLY
miss

 

[David Candy]

In the 8 years I've read or posted here and the experiments I've run.

While 2000/ME/XP added to how it works the base info is same as 95.

www.mvps.org/serenitymacros
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http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm

Thank you for your help. Where did you learn about all of this Registry
magic?

Look at the default value for HKCR\.ico. The default value is the name of
the progid, and is where most entries go (.ico is where a Win 3.1 program
expects to find stuff, icofile is a 95 or later program - but it isn't
merely that simple).

You have two possible ProgIDs, icofile (factory default) and ico_autofile
(probably created by Win 95/98/NT4's Open With command).

It doesn't matter which as long as it has all the info you want. Editflags
control what you can change in FileTypes dialog, BrowserFlags (is irrelevent
for an ico file) controls OLE (ie View and/or edit a Word Doc in an IE
window or not). You can lose em and nothing will notice. A normal file is 0
for both. Yours is set to Confirm Open After Download (10000).

As long as HKCR\.ico default value is NOT the one you delete.

If you live in the US donate to John Kerry or some homeless service if JK
offends you.



--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm

David.

I rebooted with %1 in both icofile and ico_auto_file's 'DefaultIcon', and it
solved it !!!

Last question... can I just delete the entire ico_auto_file stuff in the
registry?

Lastly, do you have a PayPal account? I'd like to drop a little something
in it for your help.


[Repeat and clarify last line]
specs, or edit HKCR\ico_autofile to %1. Got have %1 in the DefaultIcon one
you're using,

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm
If you have an ico_autofile then you probably used Open With on Windows 98
machine and it was carried over to XP. XP only creates this under certain
circumstances, and those circumstances won't apply to ico files. 98 did it
anytime you used Open With.

Therefore either change
HKCR\.ico to equal icofile (it should be reading ico_autofile) to reset to
the factory specs, or edit ico_autofile to %1. Got have %1 in the one you're
using.



--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm

Dave.

I ran RegEdit:

HKEY_Classes_Root\icofile\DefaultIcon\Default

The 'Default' string value for 'DefaultIcon' was empty. I changed this to
%1. Didn't change my view. Do I need to reboot?

There was also a HKEY_Classes_Root\ico_auto_file\DefaultIcon that had a
value of "shell32.dll,0"

Any other idea?

Type regedit in Start Run, Navigate to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\icofile\DefaultIcon
and change it to %1. %1 is the file clicked so it tells windows the file is
also the icon.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm
When browsing through folders using the 'Details View', I used to always
see
what actual .ICO icon files looked like right there on the listing of the
file (it also showed what the actual icon was to the left in the 'Preview'
pane' if I clicked it). In other words, I could actually see what they
ALL
looked like, just looking at them in Detail View (or ANY view for that
matter).

Yesterday, I was setting 'Folder Options / File Types' to have ..ICO files
to
open with a product that can create/modify .ICO files. It worked fine and
still displayed all of the .ICO files at a glance when browsing them in
folders (detail view).

THEN, I went back and decided to play around with setting the default icon
for File Type .ICO to something else, such as the icon within an EXE file.

NOW, when I browse to open .ICO files, etc., I do NOT see what the actual
icon is, but see the same icon for all of them (the one I set it to). I
DID
play around and get it back to basically a 'nothing' icon, but I REALLY
miss
not being able to see exactly what the .ico files look like at a glance
(without having to CLICK them, or changing the view to Thumbnailes).

If I switch to 'Thumbnail' view, they display, but of course they are
huge,
and I can see only a few per screenful.

Does anyody know how to restore my system registry so that when I browse
folders in Detail View, the actual icons next to the icon filenames
display
the actual icons of the files?

I would appreciate this SO much if anybody could help me.

(e-mail address removed) <- please reply if you can