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re: most[...]small icons have disappeared
Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 5:30 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Experimenter
(179 messages posted)
Tnx, will try soonest.
On Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 2:24 am, Lee wrote:
>Changing Icon size as you did most likely corrupted your ShellIconCache file which
>now needs to be rebuilt properly. This can only occur if you use the Start Menu|Shut
>Down Windows dialog box and not a desktop shutdown shortcut that uses either SHExit
>Windows or exit Windows functions. The ShellIconCache file is ONLY ever created
>or re-written when the Shut Down Windows dialog box shows and at no other time is
>this file written.
>
>Sometimes this process gets trapped in limbo and one needs to delete the ShellIconCache
>file manually from the Windows folder in order to start over. It will have it's
>hidden attribute set so in order to even find it, you have to have Windows Explorer
>set to "show all files" via View|Folder Options|View, round checkbox sometimes called
>a bolt in British english. BUT the last time I tried to delete it using Windows,
>it just got recreated at shut down just a fast as I was deleting it and it was the
>same 5 meg size as it was before which means, it was NOT a new file as I wanted.
>
>So I'm thinking if you delete ShellIconCache file from true, boot up DOS mode it
>should work first time, every time. So re-boot to DOS mode and do this:
>attrib c:\windows\shellI~1 -h
>attrib c:\windows\ttfcache -h
>del c:\windows\shellI~1
>del c:\windows\ttfcache
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>Then press Ctrl-Alt-Delete and reboot into Windows and then use the Shut Down Windows
>box to reboot into Windows for a second time and your quick launch icons should
return.
>
>As you explore various folders, the need for more icon storage requires a larger
>ShellIconCache file, each time you shutdown Windows with the Shut Down Windows box,
>the file grows in size and one can observe this by having Explorer on the Windows
>folder in the right pane while opening the Shut Down Windows box and watching the
>file show up at the bottom of the folder after canceling out of the the Shut Down
>Windows box. My DOS mode instructions includes deleting the ttfcache file as it
>too can become corrupted and then it needs to be renewed as well and in the same
>way as the ShellIconCache file.
>
>TweakUI's
>rebuild all Icons function also deletes the ShellIconCache file but I'm sure using
>TweakUI to rebuild your icons would give the best overall results with less hassles
>too. You will still need to start using the Shut Down Windows box at least occasionally.
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