White/Blank Icons (Solved)

Solved, well, kinda.....

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Guys, on my Dell AIO touchscreen I have installed Windows 8.1. I get mostly plain white paper icons and I do not have Icon Packager installed.

 

These icons are the ones in the folders, not the ones on taskbar or start menu. Desktop icons are fine as well.

 

Any ideas why?   Any help would be appreciated.   O:)

 

Please, keep the h8r off topic comments to a minimum. I know a lot of you will blame it on the OS, but 8.1 is fine on my main rig.   :)

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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks for the link, DaveRI.

 

I have tried that already and the IconCache.db file doesn't exist in that directory, and a search doesn't find it anywhere on my system.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Tried SFC /scannow. I will try a repair install. I think that'll be a tad tricky on Windows 8. I think 8 will want to reset my system, and lose my installed apps. Don't wanna do that unless I have to.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Ok, I went and ran a search on my main rig, and guess what?

IconCache.db apparently does not exist on Windows 8.1. I have no icon troubles on my main rig Win 8.1.

 

Since I am dual booted with 7 on both rigs, both searches do find IconCache.db on 7, but not on 8.1.

 

Back to google..... X|

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

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Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Jim...did some checking for you and found 3 methods to restore the icons. Not sure, but you might have tried one or two already:

Method1:

Login as an administrator

a- Run the System File Checker Scan.
b- Press the ‘Windows + X’ key on the keyboard.
Select Command Prompt (Admin)
c- Into the Command prompt window, type "sfc  /scannow"
d- Check the results.

 

Method 2: I would suggest you to perform a system restore.

a       Press ‘Windows + R’ key to open ‘Run’.

b      In the ‘Run’ type ‘rstrui’. Click ‘OK’ to bring the ‘System Restore’ interface.

c      Following the steps as mentioned in the interface to restore the computer to a previous point.

Note: When you perform System Restore to restore the computer to previous state, programs and updates you installed are removed.


Method 3:Run the Modern UI App troubleshooter and check.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/2/4/F24D0C03-4181-4E5B-A23B-5C3A6B5974E3/apps.diagcab

 

Hope one of the 3 helps. :)

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

None of those helped Doc, sorry. I had already done those, but thanks. I did the unthinkable. I reinstalled 8, then upgraded to 8.1. All is fine now.

 

Guess I should have edited this thread to say that.

 

Thanks to everyone who tried to help!  :beer: