Questions about using and changing icons on your computer.
Questions tagged [icons]
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Refresh Icon Cache Without Rebooting
Normally, to refresh the icon cache in Windows, we have to reboot.
Is there a way to refresh the icon cache in Windows 7/8 without rebooting?
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How to download favicon from website?
When you browse a website, the "favicon" icon shows up in the tab or next to the URL (or next to the bookmark).
If I want that graphic, is there a way to download it directly from the site? I'd prefer to download it directly from the web, but if all…
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Two blue arrows at top right of icons
On some icons I am seeing a two blue arrows at the top the right pointing towards each other. I first noticed it on the icons on folders which I archived which happened randomly. I archived the folder and the text went blue as expected, then when…
Dominic JL
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Windows 7 Taskbar Icon Highlight Sticks
After running Win 7 for some unknown period of time, the taskbar icon highlight starts to stick (video demo here: http://screencast.com/t/l5LhJ2uM). If I restart or kill explorer.exe and relaunch, it goes away.
Any idea what might be causing this?
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Where are my icons in Windows 7?
In previous versions of Windows when I right click on a shortcut and dived in to change the icon the initial list populated with a whole catalog of default icons.
On Windows 7 (RTM) here is what I see:
I found those icons useful when making…
Josh Comley
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Windows 10 icons appearance changed
A cat slept on the keyboard and all my desktop icons are now looking like in the picture : Three lines of text description to the right of the image. How can I fix it to see the normal behavior ( one line below the picture) ?
Edit: Ctrl + Mouse…
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How to fix broken taskbar icons in Windows 7
I have a program pinned to the taskbar. After I upgraded the program (I think) the icon broke. What I get now is what you see below; that ugly default application icon thing.
If I unpin it, I get the correct icon. If I then right-click on it, the…
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How to force Windows to save desktop icon positions?
Is there a way to force Windows to save desktop icon positions?
Jelle Geerts
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Icon Adobe Reader DC on taskbar is wrong
My icon adobe reader is now icon of Windows Photo Viewer on Taskbar.
How can I fix it?
I tried to uninstall or repair but it didn't work.
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How can I change an application icon in Mac OS X?
I've just created an AppleScript simple application and I'd like it to have a nice icon (besides the rolled paper it is by default). How can I change an icon for this application (or any other application in my dock)?
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Why does the Outlook taskbar envelope icon sometimes remain active, even if I have no unread email?
Outlook has a nice envelope icon that displays on top of the taskbar icon when I have new mail. Sometimes this icon comes up when I get a new message, but then doesn't go away when the message is marked as read.
The only ways I know of to get rid of…
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What is this icon from shell32.dll
I'm curious what this icon represents. I imagine it's an ancient disk reader. Anyone know what is it?
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Can I change the icon used to identify profiles in Google Chrome web browser?
I'd like to make the profile icons in chrome more meaningful.
E.g. a pic of the profile's user, my company's logo for my work profile.
Edit: I've changed the accepted answer to reflect application updates.
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How do I reduce the desktop icon size in Windows 7?
How can I reduce the size of my desktop icons if the video resolution is already on the highest setting?
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How can I change the user icon in Chrome Browser?
I have more than one user in Chrome Browser (chrome://settings/ Add new user) and can't find out how to specify a custom icon for each user. Chrome allow me select an icon from a list of icons set, but I want set my own image.
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