Last Updated: February 25, 2016
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· barnettjw

Icon Cache Rebuild on Windows 7

Windows 7 sometimes seems to have issues displaying icons correctly, the simple solution is to rebuild the icon cache.

Search for cmd on the Start Menu
Right-click on CMD and choose Run as administrator

Paste in the following commands:

taskkill /IM explorer.exe
cd /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local
del IconCache.db /a
explorer.exe

more info: http://www.winvistaclub.com/t71.html