Computer symptom: WIN7 system, the icon on the desktop is not normal, the shortcut shows the unknown program. The shortcut icon does not appear when the program default icon is not visible. Workaround: Remove the program icon cache. Copy the following to Notepad, save as "Repairicon.bat" and then double-click to run:
rem Close Windows shell Explorertaskkill/F/im Explorer.exerem Cleanup System icon Cache database attrib-h-s-R"%userprofile%\appdata\local\iconcache.db"del/F"%userprofile%\appdata\local\iconcache.db"attrib/S/D-h-s-R"%userprofile%\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\explorer\*"del/F"%userprofile%\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\explorer\thumbcache_32.db"del/F"%userprofile%\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\explorer\thumbcache_96.db"del/F"%userprofile%\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\explorer\thumbcache_102.db"del/F"%userprofile%\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\explorer\thumbcache_256.db"del/F"%userprofile%\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\explorer\thumbcache_1024.db"del/F"%userprofile%\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\explorer\thumbcache_idx.db"del/F"%userprofile%\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\explorer\thumbcache_sr.db"rem Clean system tray memory icon Echo y|reg Delete"hkey_classes_root\local settings\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\traynotify"/v Iconstreamsecho y|reg Delete"hkey_classes_root\local settings\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\traynotify"/v pasticonsstreamrem Restart Windows Shell Explorerstart Explorer
Fix Win7 software icon does not display--win7 icon exception, shortcut does not show workaround