All the desktop shortcuts in the computer have become the same icons

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Author: User
  1. Press the key combination "win+r " to bring up the Run Command box, type in " open " field regedit.exe , enter, open Registry Editor.


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    (if you eject the User Account Control window, allow to continue)

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  2. In the Registry Editor that opens, navigate to the hkey_current_user/software/microsoft/windows/currentversion/explorer/fileexts/.lnk path. (as shown in the following illustration) remove all but openwithlist and openwithprogids .

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  3. Expand openwithlist and openwithprogidsrespectively. In the Right detail window, delete all key values except the default key values.

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    Exit the registry after the modification is complete.


Check to see if the icon for the shortcut has been restored?

If there are icons that are not displayed properly, try our second workaround:

  1. Right-click on the desktop space to select personalization .

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  2. On the left side of the window, click Change Desktop Icon .

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  3. in the Pop-up Desktop Icon Settings window, click "" and press " save changes.

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