USB drives displaying weird icons (i believe in usb 3.0 ports only)

We know that this is a bug because it is widespread.
I have found it months ago. Report it in windows feedback.
And don't make workarounds because the only thing that is messed up is the icon from usb, and card readers.

Read an article with a suggestion to delete the cache...it worked! Looked in the ProgramData directory...found two cache folders dated 11/6/19 and deleted them. Reinstalled my printer and back to normal. Hopefully it stays that way...

Update 11/11/19 5:31 PM EST: It turns out that this issue is happening when the feature to download metadata and custom icons for installed devices is enabled in the "Device installation settings".
Device installation settings
Device installation settings

Microsoft must have recently made a server change on their end that replaced the icon that is downloaded for USB drives.

If you like the old icon, unfortunately once the new icon is downloaded due to the above setting, disabling the setting will not change the icon back.

Seriously Senpai told us on Twitter that you may be able to fix this by going into the %PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceMetadataCache\dmrccache folder and then into the most recently modified language folder.

Then sort those folders by date to find the one for your metadata cache for the device that recently changed and delete that particular folder.

You can determine the folder by going into it and seeing if the icon matches the one that you are now seeing. Then delete that folder.

Bobmitch said:

Read an article with a suggestion to delete the cache...it worked! Looked in the ProgramData directory...found two cache folders dated 11/6/19 and deleted them. Reinstalled my printer and back to normal. Hopefully it stays that way...

Update 11/11/19 5:31 PM EST: It turns out that this issue is happening when the feature to download metadata and custom icons for installed devices is enabled in the "Device installation settings".
Device installation settings
Device installation settings

Microsoft must have recently made a server change on their end that replaced the icon that is downloaded for USB drives.

If you like the old icon, unfortunately once the new icon is downloaded due to the above setting, disabling the setting will not change the icon back.

Seriously Senpai told us on Twitter that you may be able to fix this by going into the %PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceMetadataCache\dmrccache folder and then into the most recently modified language folder.

Then sort those folders by date to find the one for your metadata cache for the device that recently changed and delete that particular folder.

You can determine the folder by going into it and seeing if the icon matches the one that you are now seeing. Then delete that folder.

So delete folder metadata???

Bobmitch said:

Read an article with a suggestion to delete the cache...it worked! Looked in the ProgramData directory...found two cache folders dated 11/6/19 and deleted them. Reinstalled my printer and back to normal. Hopefully it stays that way...

It helps with the USB icon, but also breaks all other device icons stored under that `...\dmrccache` folder. Reinstalling the devices sometimes helps and sometimes doesn't. Now I can't restore my printer icon.

It doesn't solve the problem with that weird "Device", "Device", "Device" list at the bottom of "Devices and Printers" for each USB Hub connected to the computer. And now the icons are blank.

Bobmitch said:

Microsoft must have recently made a server change on their end that replaced the icon that is downloaded for USB drives.

It is more than just a new icon, since this bug also suppresses the ability to change icons through `autorun.inf`.

+1, I was about to ask for autorun.inf. It's broken since day 1

I tired... and shit i feeling...

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AndreyT said:

It helps with the USB icon, but also breaks all other device icons stored under that `...\dmrccache` folder. Reinstalling the devices sometimes helps and sometimes doesn't. Now I can't restore my printer icon.

It doesn't solve the problem with that weird "Device", "Device", "Device" list at the bottom of "Devices and Printers" for each USB Hub connected to the computer. And now the icons are blank.


It is more than just a new icon, since this bug also suppresses the ability to change icons through `autorun.inf`.

So helps for usb icon but gone printer icons when deleted program data metada usb icon??

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pp001 said:

+1, I was about to ask for autorun.inf. It's broken since day 1

Why broken??? And how??????

myka said:

So delete folder metadata???

In my case, there were six folders with long extension names under en-us I deleted the two dated 11/6/19 and left the rest intact. Now that it downloaded new metadata info...all the old files are gone.

However, my icons in Devices and Printers are all correct now

Bobmitch said:

In my case, there were six folders with long extension names under en-us I deleted the two dated 11/6/19 and left the rest intact. Now that it downloaded new metadata info...all the old files are gone.

However, my icons in Devices and Printers are all correct now

I disabled download new icons to usb drives.. dont fix shows still blank icon. Look in my pic device and printers. Unespecified when i plug 3 usb shows three unespecified device device device no name usb . And in this pc shows icons blank

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Go to 5 page you see my pic

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I delete device icon now i cant save as anything on windows drmcache. What to do????? The device icon gone from windows cache empty folder.....

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Now my usb flash icons blank not like before device icon is a blank not as same as like yours others human to reply this thread!




i dont have now dvice info icon ))) system restore doesnt fix now my usb icons shows that blank paper !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW RESTORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
can upload icon i ant ro paste to the folder i cant paste because i dont get it !!! HELP Me..

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i deleted device icon .ico from this folder system restore dont helped

@Bobmitch this doesn't affect only the icons. The item descriptions and names also get affected. If you disable the feature, you will keep the wrong descriptions forever, even when MS fixes the server and pushes the right information to the user.