Win 10 Pro - Drive icons are missing. How can I restore them?

Access Denied said:

Hence the EDIT and Oops

I deleted as you edited

Compumind said:

Insane...

I had to select Properties on the internal HDD "D" Drive and then click on the Customize tab.
Once done, I was able to select the appropriate icon from here:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\imageres.dll

I then used this program, IconsExtract, to extract the Icon Set from the above .dll:

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/iconsext.html

Finally, I picked and saved the Icon that I wanted from the set.
And used Customize (for the "D" drive) to find and apply the new .ico file.

Here is the result, except that I created a custom 16x16 Icon for my external "G" USB Drive.
Which is a WD Passport in black.

Attachment 194586

And that's the story.
Thanks for all the help and commentary.

Good news so far.

I find that using 256x256 pixel .ico files work best for icons.

Shawn, did you see Win 10 Pro - Drive icons are missing. How can I restore them? - Windows 10 Forums

@Access Denied -

Sure. I really wanted that icon, though!
What's is your process?

I can do...

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\d\DefaultI con

f14tomcat said:

Shawn, did you see Win 10 Pro - Drive icons are missing. How can I restore them? - Windows 10 Forums

Yeah, it does the same as what's currently in the tutorial.

Brink said:

I find that using 256x256 pixel .ico files work best for icons.

Depends on your Monitor Resolution and your View settings.
In my case everything is set to my liking.

Compumind said:

@Access Denied -

Sure. I really wanted that icon, though!
What's is your process?

I can do...

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\d\DefaultI con

Attachment 194590

It is clearly outlined in the tutorial but here is a screen shot that might help as well.

Same thing, right?

Compumind said:

Same thing, right?

Yep just make sure to create the keys, letter for letter. I posted the screen shot so you could compare on your end.

I appreciate it anyway! Thanks.