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Why do my shortcut icons get broken on Windows 7?

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202664821 views
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I have a strange problem. My icons seem to disappear randomly on my Windows 7. They were there a while back, now they ain't. It happens often and quite randomly. Anyone know a fix?

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Fix for: Why do my shortcut icons get broken on Windows 7?

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I figured it out. Here's the answer: Run "regedit" Go to Change "Max Cached Icons" to 10000 or more. Upper and Lowercase SENSITIVE! If it doesn't exist create it as new "string" Reboot After that Go to " " Delete IconCache.db Reboot again Or try thi…

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