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the icons for html files are blank . . . how do i get them to show the firefox image

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craigkharris
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on the desktop and in directories, the icons for html files are blank . . . firefox is my default browser . . . how do i get the icons to show the firefox image ?? . . .

on the desktop and in directories, the icons for html files are blank . . . firefox is my default browser . . . how do i get the icons to show the firefox image ?? . . .

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cor-el
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You can check for issues with the Windows icon cache and try to rebuild the icon cache.

  1. Open the Task Manager (Shift+Ctrl+ESC)
  2. In the Process tab, right-click on the Explorer.exe process and select End Process.
  3. Open the file picker via "File > New Task (Run)" and click the Browse button.
  4. Type or Paste %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local (%LocalAppData%) in the File name field (AppData is a hidden folder).
  5. Select the IconCache.db file and use "Delete" in the right-click context menu to delete the file.
  6. After the IconCache.db file has been deleted, start a new explorer.exe process via "File > New Task" to get the desktop and Taskbar back.

The IconCache.db file is a hidden file, so make sure that you can see hidden files.