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all files now have firefox icon

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jj123
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Not sure why, but for some reason almost every icon on my desktop now has a firefox logo on it, except program executable icons. This includes pdf files, jpg files, folder shortcuts. Also when I open a folder, and change the view to medium icons, every file in that folder, no matter what type shows a firefox logo. These desktop icons were not created in or by firefox and are not website shortcuts. Windows Vista

Not sure why, but for some reason almost every icon on my desktop now has a firefox logo on it, except program executable icons. This includes pdf files, jpg files, folder shortcuts. Also when I open a folder, and change the view to medium icons, every file in that folder, no matter what type shows a firefox logo. These desktop icons were not created in or by firefox and are not website shortcuts. Windows Vista

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cor-el
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Try to rebuild the Windows icon cache.

  • Open the Task Manager (Shift+Ctrl+ESC)
  • In the Process tab, right-click on the Explorer.exe process and select End Process.
  • Open the file picker via "File > New Task (Run)" and click the Browse button.
  • Type or Paste %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local in the File name field (AppData is a hidden folder).
  • Select the file IconCache.db and use Delete in the right-click context menu to delete the file.
  • After the IconCache.db has been deleted, start a new explorer.exe process via "File > New Task" to get the desktop and Taskbar back.
jj123
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That worked! Thanks! Any idea how I messed that up? It doesn't even really seem to be firefox related.

cor-el
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You're welcome.

I don't know how the icon cache got corrupted, but we've seen more reports that that cache can get corrupted.