IconPackager broke lots of icons

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Hi :)

Installed IconPackager 4.09[b].003 (x86) via Impulse (Off Topic: Nice piece of software!), and now lot's of my icons are broken i.e. I don't have the default icon for say, as an example, World of Warcraft, it's the default icon; didn't explain that so well, but has anyone else encountered this?

I can post screenshots if that will help?  Running Vista and just upgraded my GFX card so I know that's not the problem - the joy of running Beta software I guess.

Any suggestions most welcome!

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Install Stardock Central, then install the latest beta of iconpackager, reboot, uninstall inconpackager through Stardock Central and reboot once more.

I've had this issue when uninstalling IP through Impulse on more than one occasion.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Err no edit button.

That should resolve the icon issue, I would suggest trying the newest official release once its all sorted.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hmm.. I had an issue of when I uninstalled IP it broke SEVERAL icons. The only way to fix it was to re-install IP and leave it on.
Stardock's official response: re-install OS.

Well, I had to reinstall my OS for other reasons a few weeks later.
IP is on my permanent black-list now.  :NOTSURE: 
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hmm.. I had an issue of when I uninstalled IP it broke SEVERAL icons. The only way to fix it was to re-install IP and leave it on.
Stardock's official response: re-install OS.

Well, I had to reinstall my OS for other reasons a few weeks later.
IP is on my permanent black-list now.
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You could always go to System32 and make a backup of the imageres.dll ;)
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You could always go to System32 and make a backup of the imageres.dll
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Vista Ultimate x64
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Vista Ultimate x64
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Yup, it'll work on there too.

If you didn't know with Vista x64 there is a folder mixup, the folders are System32 and SysWOW64 when they should actually be named System64 and SysWOW32.

So in other words, System32=64 bit - SysWOW64=32 bit - So backing up the imageres.dll in System32 will work, or do it for both if you want to be 100% safe.

I too use 64 bit :D
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I appreciate the tidbit Astyanax. I'm still hesitant to try it though because frankly I don't want to have to reinstall my os should that solution fail.
It's a paradox issue. If I were just going to uninstall IP, why install it in the first place?, but on the other hand there may be occasions when one needs to uninstall it for breakfixing.
In either case, I'm not at all real happy about a piece of software that forces you to reinstall your OS if you uninstall it. Of all the years I've used this software I am completely astonished at this type of activity.