My Four Biggest Icon Problems

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There are four icon types with which I tend to have a lot of problems (in order): ZIP, PDF, TIF and RAR. The problem I have with these is that even if a package author has included icons for these types of files, about half the time those file type icons still don't skin on my computer (ZIP and TIF tend to display the package author's default icon, while PDF and RAR files tend to display the default icons for those two programs). Rebuild Icon Cache, Repair Icon Images, and Repair Shell Icons do not help in these cases. I'll grant you I don't have the most powerful CPU or video card (a 1.8 GHz Pentium 4 and a 64MB ATI Radeon 7000), but they are perfectly adequate for my purposes as I am not a gamer, and the drivers and BIOS are up to date (as they are for all my hardware). I have enough RAM to choke a goat (1.5 GB). Anyone have any ideas on why it is always those four file types that are affected?
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have a hunch on .pdf. I have never been able to have this icon skinned (given the default looks great with my current icons). I think it may be because when viewed in tile mode, a preview is given >_>. I have never been able to get "preview" type files to be skinned. This includes all picture / video / most adobe stuff / etc.

That is why I am led to believe its a preview problem >_>. As for the other things, I'm sorry I can't help there :/. It works for me (not sure about .tif, I never use it).

Hope you get to the bottom of this problem !

(also, are you sure the package has those icon types images avaliable?)
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Just open iconpackager, go to icons and cursors, then files, then scroll down and fine the problem icons and you can change them to the appropriate icon. I consistently have the problem with .pdf's, but it's easy enough to make the change.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Just open iconpackager, go to icons and cursors, then files, then scroll down and fine the problem icons and you can change them to the appropriate icon. I consistently have the problem with .pdf's, but it's easy enough to make the change.


Well, yes, and I usually do, but I shouldn't have to. In addition, it doesn't really answer my curiousity as to why it's alsways the icons for those four file types (assuming the package writer has included any or all of them, of course).

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Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Here's something that works -- I discovered it accidentally. Unzip the .ip into the same directory, then delete the original .ip file. (Or, like I do, zip it with WinRAR or the zipping program of your choice just in case things don't work right.) This has fixed the problem with every icon set I have -- with the exception of the frickin' PDF icon, which is something I still can't figure out...