There was an
old issue about missing icons, but now seems issue is back (maybe it was fixed only for Windows 7 that time?). I'll describe it again in short here, see old thread for more information.
Some links for 64-bit applications doesn't show icon on Windows 8. This issue only affects 64-bit applications on Windows 8. It doesn't appears on Windows 7 nor for 32-bit applications. Not all links are affected, but some of them. Options "Shortcut Lnk Resolution" changes nothing here. Only applications in "C:\Program Files" are affected, not in "C:\Program Files (x86)".
Known affected 64-bit applications:
- Opera Browser
- 3DMark
- TortoiseSVN, TortoiseMerge, TortoiseIDiff
- Everything
- 3DMark
- SecureFX, SecureCRT
- 7-Zip (old version, can't reproduce with new version)
- dupeGuru
- COMODO Internet Security (icon is correct, path is not correct)
- Far Manager 3 x64
- Intel® Rapid Storage Technology
- Microsoft Mathematics
- Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool,
- Oracle VM VirtualBox,
- FastCopy
Lets look inside "bad" lnk file:
lnk_parser_cmd.exe "C:\ProgramData\Start Menu\Programs\TortoiseSVN\TortoiseMerge.lnk"
[Filename]: C:\ProgramData\Start Menu\Programs\TortoiseSVN\TortoiseMerge.lnk
[Header]
Date created: 08/10/2014 (12:10:38.0) [UTC]
Last accessed: 08/23/2014 (15:25:37.234) [UTC]
Last modified: 08/10/2014 (12:10:38.0) [UTC]
File size: 2630400 bytes
File attributes: 0x00000020 (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE)
Icon index: 0
ShowWindow value: 1 (SW_SHOWNORMAL / SW_NORMAL)
Hot key value: 0x0000 (None)
Link flags: 0x0000008f (HasLinkTargetIDList, HasLinkInfo, HasName, HasRelativePath, IsUnicode)
[Link Target ID List]
CLSID: 20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309d = My Computer
Drive: C:\
Last modified: 08/23/2014 (15:25:38.0) [UTC]
Folder attributes: 0x00000011 (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
Short directory name: PROGRA~1
Date created: 08/22/2013 (13:36:16.0) [UTC]
Last accessed: 08/23/2014 (15:25:38.0) [UTC]
Long directory name: Program Files
Argument: @shell32.dll,-21781
Last modified: 08/23/2014 (15:25:38.0) [UTC]
Folder attributes: 0x00000010 (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
Short directory name: TORTOI~1
Date created: 08/23/2014 (15:25:38.0) [UTC]
Last accessed: 08/23/2014 (15:25:38.0) [UTC]
Long directory name: TortoiseSVN
Last modified: 08/23/2014 (15:25:38.0) [UTC]
Folder attributes: 0x00000010 (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
Short directory name: bin
Date created: 08/23/2014 (15:25:38.0) [UTC]
Last accessed: 08/23/2014 (15:25:38.0) [UTC]
Long directory name: bin
File size: 2630400 bytes
Last modified: 08/10/2014 (12:10:38.0) [UTC]
File attributes: 0x00000020 (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE)
8.3 filename: TORTOI~3.EXE
Date created: 08/10/2014 (12:10:38.0) [UTC]
Last accessed: 08/23/2014 (15:25:38.0) [UTC]
Long filename: TortoiseMerge.exe
[Link Info]
Location flags: 0x00000001 (VolumeIDAndLocalBasePath)
Drive type: 3 (DRIVE_FIXED)
Drive serial number: 5238-03e0
Volume label (ASCII): System SSD
Local path (ASCII): C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\TortoiseMerge.exe
[String Data]
Comment (UNICODE): View Diff's, Merge Diff's, Resolve Conflicted Files and Apply Patches
Relative path (UNICODE): ..\..\..\..\..\..\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\TortoiseMerge.exe
[Known Folder Location]
Known folder GUID: 905e63b6-c1bf-494e-b29c-65b732d3d21a = ProgramFiles
First child segment offset: 185 bytes
[Metadata Property Store]
Property set GUID: 46588ae2-4cbc-4338-bbfc-139326986dce
ID: 4
Value: 0x001f (VT_LPWSTR) S-1-5-18
[Special Folder Location]
Special folder identifier: 38 (ProgramFiles)
First child segment offset: 185 bytes
[Distributed Link Tracker Properties]
Version: 0
NetBIOS name: xx
Droid volume identifier: 0318f7dc-7f30-4740-9e53-5ca4943e0b8d
Droid file identifier: 516e9cba-2ad9-11e4-82c8-ac220b4cafe0
Birth droid volume identifier: 0318f7dc-7f30-4740-9e53-5ca4943e0b8d
Birth droid file identifier: 516e9cba-2ad9-11e4-82c8-ac220b4cafe0
MAC address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
UUID timestamp: 08/23/2014 (15:22:39.43) [UTC]
UUID sequence number: 712
Target is "C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\TortoiseMerge.exe". The issue is in this lines:
...
[Known Folder Location]
Known folder GUID: 905e63b6-c1bf-494e-b29c-65b732d3d21a = ProgramFiles
First child segment offset: 185 bytes
...
[Special Folder Location]
Special folder identifier: 38 (ProgramFiles)
First child segment offset: 185 bytes
...
This means that link refers to a file in
FOLDERID_ProgramFiles folder, this constant is {905e63b6-c1bf-494e-b29c-65b732d3d21a} or
CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES =
0x0026 (decimal: 38).
But this constant has a
different meaning in 32-bit and 64-bit applications. If you resolve link from 64-bit application it will lead to "%SystemDrive%\Program Files", but if you resolve it from 32-bit application it will lead to "%SystemDrive%\Program Files (x86)".
That's why FARR (32-bit) searches icon in "C:\Program Files (x86)\TortoiseSVN\bin\TortoiseMerge.exe" - not existent path. So, technically this is an issue with incorrect links, but it is very common, and it will be perfect if we can make a workaround.
Thank you!