Black Icons?

Hi Everyone,

I still haven't had time to spend on the phone with Brother, but I am going to have to soon.

Anyway, I have something that has been bothering for a very long time now. I have searched the web and received so much unsuccessful instructions I stopped even trying many months ago. Why I didn't think about the real deal "Major Geeks I just don't know.

As most of you know I am running Win 7 Pro SP1.

Something happened several months ago where about half of my Icons turned black. I have messed with it so many times I just gave up. One suggestion worked great until I rebooted then bam they were black again.

Thanks in advance for helping me fix this annoying problem...

 

Have you tried this?
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...where-all-windows-7-desktop-icons-have-become

 

Hi Eldon,

Thanks for reaching out to me again.

I believe I may have tried this one once before but tried it again to be sure. When I got to the point of deleting the IconCashe.db file I had none. I did a restart anyway to no avail, still have many black icons. Like I said this problem is a dilly...

"OT"
I will be calling Brother shortly to see if I can get that problem solved once and for all. I will keep you posted on that forum.

 

It's IconCache.db.

Download and run Tweaking.com - Windows Repair.

Installer:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/tweaking_com_windows_repair.html

Portable:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/tweaking_com_windows_repair_portable.html

Take your time and follow the instructions carefully.
It's recommended to run the program in "Safe Mode With Networking". Restart and run the program a second time.

 

Hi Eldon,

Well that took a long time to do, here is what happened.

I ran it the first time and all was great. I ran it the second time and it canceled out what the first times run did and I am back to square run. The only thing I didn't do the second time was run it via Safe Mode, I had already created a Reg BU and a restore point so I just ran it through the process in normal run state.

Could this have effected my results on the second run; canceling out what the first run had done?

You have no idea how happy I was to see all of my icons back to normal, only to see them disappear again was a total bummer .

 

I would run the program again (in Safe Mode).

Why did you remove the shortcut arrows from the icons?

 

Do you mean to do it twice in safe mode. I really didn't understand why you had me do it twice when once worked, just wondering.

I just didn't like the site of the arrows over the icons. I have been doing like this for to many years to say, at least 10 that I am sure of ...

 

The author recommends running the program twice - #3.

http://www.tweaking.com/articles/pages/windows_repair_all_in_one_tips,1.html
Also...

http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html

Removing the shortcut arrows can corrupt the IconCache and rebuilding it will not help.
Why it would happen after so many years is anyone's guess.

 

Hum, that is very interesting/confusing.

I am going to run that fix you sent me again in a little while, I will let you know how I make out.