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How to fix broken icons in Windows

Full Story Blog Post Wednesday, July 31, 2019 in Tools   View No Comments No Comments
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Its due to a corrupted IconCache. You can delete the icon cache database file below and reboot.
NAME
Open Notepad and paste the below code.

taskkill /F /IM explorer.exe
cd /d %UserProfile%AppDataLocal
attrib -h IconCache.db
del IconCache.db
start explorer

save the file as a .bat file on your desktop.

Lastly, double click on the .bat file that you saved on your desktop and all icons should be restored.
Another workaround is temporarily setting your windows DPI Scale to medium (120 ppi)/or any other than default in advanced display settings

"Control PanelAppearance and PersonalizationDisplay"

Log off and revert to your old DPI scaling