Rebuild Icon Cache in Windows 10  

Brink said:

Hello vbcrayon, and welcome to Ten Forums. :)

The .bat download seems to be working fine for me.

https://www.tenforums.com/attachments...icon_cache.bat

What browser are you using? Any download managers?

Anyone (I tried Chrome, Mozilla, Internet Explorer, etc). No.

Can you put the bat's content here for me, please?

Thanks!!! First link does not work. But second (Rebuild_Icon_Cache.zip), no problem!

Need Help!
I tried the BAT file option (which I've done successfully in the past with Windows 7 from sevenforums), now I'm having trouble with the entire Windows display. Here's what happened:

1. I followed Shawn's instructions for Rebuild_Icon_Cache.bat (option 1). It showed the brief flash and then disappeared.
2. Then, if I recall correctly, it was the Task Bar which also disappeared. So I tried rebooting.
3. The system came back to the Windows login screen and I logged in as usual. Then, when Windows started loading, it gave me only a black screen and white window. No Task Bar. No Start Menu. I tried keyboard shortcuts to see if that would launch some application, but I nothing ed.
4. I came back to it a couple hours later and this time tried to open the Task Manager with Ctrl-Alt-Del. It displayed the Task Manage fine and revealed there were three applications open- A JPG image--that turned out to be the "white window" I was seeing (but no JPG was visible---it was literally a 100% white, re-sizable window with the min-max-close buttons showing upper right).
5. The two other applications that were open were MS Outlook and a screen capture program (Snag-It) I have. I'm thinking those might have been launched as I was trying "Quick Keys", because they actually work fine.
6. Bottom line, O/S screens parts are showing--task bar, menu, clock, background image, etc., and I cannot get them to display. While Ctrl-Alt-Del opens its normal menu, the Task Manager does NOT show when clicked---nothing happens.

At this point I'm thinking if we can reverse the effects of Shawn's BAT file, that might be the best place to start, but I need to how to do that and open to any other ideas. Thanks. --Bill

Brink said:

Hello Contego, and welcome to Ten Forums. :)

It sounds like something interrupted the explorer process from starting.

You can do this below to start it:

• Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc)
• Click on File (menu bar) in Task Manager.
• Click on Run new task.
• Type explorer, and click/tap on OK.

Thanks for the suggestion, Brink. As I was trying Ctrl-Shift-Esc, nothing was happening---so I was not even getting Task Manager. I tried multiple times and was then clicking around the black screen on the few windows that were visible. Something I did caused the system to reboot, and this time Windows came back (unlike the first two times)! So I don't know exactly the cause or the solution, but my screen is back up. Will re-post if that changes. Many thanks!

Brink said:

Hello Al, and welcome to Ten Forums. :)

It sounds like something may be using up your system resources causing the slow down.

It depends on your system specs, but you might see if troubleshooting with a clean boot may help to reveal a cause.

Troubleshoot Problem with Clean Boot in Windows 8

I have a very similar, but slightly different issue. The proper icons for certain applications (calculator, calender, camera, store, settings--the ones that I know about--which are applications (.exe), right?) do not display in the Windows search field; Instead, the default icon for images is displayed. Is this an issue of file association in the registry?