Icons change incorrectly in WindowsArticle ID: 2396571

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SYMPTOMSSome icons in the following locations are randomly changed to other icons on a computer that is running Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7:

My Computer Windows Explorer Desktop Quick Launch bar

CAUSEThis issue occurs because the icon cache is not updated correctly.

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To fix this problem, follow these steps: 1. Close all open windows if a Close Open Programs Interaction dialog box is displayed. 2. Create the Max Cached Icons registry key and set the value of that key to 2048. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start and type Regedit in the Search box and click Regedit from the list 2. Locate and click to select the following key in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer3. On the Edit menu, click New, and then click String Value4. Type MaxCachedIcons for the registry key name and press Enter on the keyboard 5. Double-click on the Max Cached Icons registry key and type 2048 in the Value data: box and then click OK6. Close the Registry Editor

3. Delete IconCache.db thats located in the following path:

Windows XP

%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data

Windows Vista or Windows 7

%userprofile%\AppData\Local