Rebuild Icon Cache in Windows 10  

Hi. I've tried everything that is on this thread. But nothing is working. I've restarted my computer so many times. Most the icons are there. But not all of them. And most of the folders in the "All Apps" section opens, just not all of them. Is it possible that I might have to restart my computer a few more times? Just wondering.

Brink said:

Hello Theresa, and welcome to Ten Forums. :)

Please provide more details about your issue along with some screenshots showing it to see what else may be wrong.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...en-forums.html

Not sure if you can see it. But some icons have weird names on them. And in the "All Apps" section, there is a small section called "Others", which I never had before. So... Not sure what had happened when I had done what it said in this thread.

Brink said:

I'm afraid this isn't an issue with your icon cache. Instead, it shows your apps are broken. This usually happens when the PowerShell command to repair all apps had been used. There's a bug with this command that breaks them right now.

You can do a repair install to fix them without losing anything though.

Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade

Oh... Ok. But if I do this "repair install", will I lose any files or any apps I have installed?

And what if I didn't want to do this "repair install", there's no other way to fix those weird names on the apps?

Brink said:

You won't lose anything doing a repair install.

There's no other way to fix the apps without losing anything.

Oh.... Ok. Wish there was a way to fix all that without doing any repairing to my Windows 10.

Brink said:

There's really nothing to worry about though. It can take a while to finish, but a repair install is the best and safest way to fix this. :)

I guess I could try it. But I'm still afraid I'll lose all my files and apps that I have now. Also still afraid it will probably do something to my computer hard drive or anything in my computer in the near future.