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How can I reset icons after an update?

ThomasNTexas
ThomasNTexas
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After update to 24.0 all Firefox icons were reset. Not just the Mozilla Firefox icons, but all shortcut icons, incl frequent sites, tasks, Pinned shortcuts. Shortcuts even inside the browser are set to rectangle with blue banner at the top with red and blue dots inside.

After update to 24.0 all Firefox icons were reset. Not just the Mozilla Firefox icons, but all shortcut icons, incl frequent sites, tasks, Pinned shortcuts. Shortcuts even inside the browser are set to rectangle with blue banner at the top with red and blue dots inside.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Hi Thomas, that icon doesn't sound familiar, but if it's the default icon, it could indicate some corruption in the Windows icon cache. These articles have steps to repair that, but I've never tried it myself:

Before doing that, however, I am concerned about the problems inside Firefox. Could you post a screenshot showing where those are? This article has tips: How do I create a screenshot of my problem?