Monday, February 27, 2012

Fix for Blank or White Icons on desktop

To refresh and reset the icons cache, go to the following folder:
C:\Users\\AppData\Local\
1. Once inside the folder delete IconCache.db
2. Create a new text file
3. Rename it IconCache.db
4. Right click the file and select properties
5. Check the box for "Read Only" attribute
6. Click Ok


*reboot or continue



7. Open task manager (ctrl+alt+delete)
8. Click Process tab
9. End all process called "explorer.exe"
10. Click File, then New Task (Run)
11. type explorer.exe