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copied!<p>When I'm replacing icons manually (i.e. NOT from the Folder Options window in explorer), the icon(s) aren't being updated. For example, if I execute this batch code:</p> <pre><code>REG ADD HKCR\testfile\DefaultIcon /ve /d "C:\test.ico,0" /f </code></pre> <p>the icon(s) show like they should in the list in Folder Options, but the icons aren't updated on the desktop or in explorer.</p> <p>The icons are updated if I just hit the "change icon" button for any file type and exit the Folder Options window. But this can't be done via batch or VBS as far as I know.</p> <p>Restarting explorer.exe DOES work, but if I do that, the application tabs in the task bar become buggy for some reason (e.g.: when an application is maximized, I can't just left click the tab in the task bar to minimize it anymore - I have to actually right click it and hit minimize...). Not to mention, if I do it that way, all open explorer windows will close down, and that's a little bothersome.</p> <p>I also have a copy of <strong>TuneUp Utilities</strong>, which has an option for reloading the icon cache, and this does work like intended. But once again, I can't access this tool via batch or VBS. And it doesn't restart explorer.exe or remove any files (like some solutions do). I'm positive of this since I don't have iconcache.db files <strong>anywhere</strong> on my OS drive.</p> <p>I also tried adding the registry entries via VBS instead, but that didn't help.</p> <p>Any batch or VBScript solutions are welcome!</p>

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