IE custom icons disappear

[MikeH]

This must have been discussed here but I couldn't find any messages
covering the problem.

This has been around since XP. I customize desktop IE explorer shortcut
icons from their properties dialog. All is OK for a few hours until
something happens (like a restart) that makes some of the customized icons
revert to a generic form. In the properties dialog the desired icon is
still displayed. I have tried a number of suggestions. Changing display
properties from 32 bit to 16 bit and back sometimes swaps the problem to
other icons but doesn't really correct anything. I deleted the IconCache.db
file and that didn't do anything. It doesn't do any good making the
shortcut Read Only.

Does anybody know of a cause and a fix for this problem?

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

See the following thread:
http://www.vistax64.com/vista-general/99940-desktop-icons.html

 

[fade2gray]

Soory for hijacking this thread, but only the Reply button works. Can you
offer any explanation why 'New>Question/Suggestion for Microsoft/General
Comment' doesn't work for me?

I see "javascript:fnNewReply()" in the status bar when the mouse is over the
'Reply' button, but I see "javascript:void(0)" after selecting
'New>Suggestion for Microsoft' or 'New>General Comment' though not after
selecting 'New>Question'.

 

[fade2gray]

[blush]It was a snapin tool bar with a popup blocker that was
responsible.[/blush] Don't understand why it didn't block the reply button
though.

 

[MikeH]

I tried changing icon size, both greater and smaller, through desktop
properties. It didn't do anything except move things around on my desktop.

I am able, sometimes, to make a chosen icon "stick" on the desktop.
Sometimes, though, I can't force it back from the generic. I am doing this
by first choosing an icon at random from shell32.dll then trying to change
it back to my icon.

Seems like a bug to me. The ico and bmp files I'm working with come in all
different pixel sizes and I don't see any correlation between what works and
what doesn't.

 

[MikeH]

Thanks for the tip Shawn. I was able to set up a few shortcuts this way.
Lets see if the icons persist.