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Author Topic: FARR isn't displaying icons correctly on Windows 8.1  (Read 7059 times)

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FARR isn't displaying icons correctly on Windows 8.1
« on: October 12, 2013, 08:10 PM »
Hi all,

Since I installed Windows 8.1, none of the icons for non-system EXE and LNK are displayed correctly.

Examples:





However, icons for built-in system applications display just fine.

So far, it seems to be affecting only FARR.

I have tried rebuilding my icon cache, running an SFC, and also tried a fresh installation of FARR with the same results.

Any suggestions on how to fix this is highly appreciated!
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Re: FARR isn't displaying icons correctly on Windows 8.1
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2013, 12:14 AM »
Bump.

Will offer a nice bounty for a solution that doesn't involve re-installation of the OS.
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Re: FARR isn't displaying icons correctly on Windows 8.1
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2013, 06:10 AM »
How strange..
But these items launch correctly?
Are the icons missing even when they are displayed in small-icon mode?
Do the icons show correctly in windows file explorer?
Any other clues about why some icons are showing correctly and others aren't?

ps. That's a nice looking dark FARR window  :up:

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Re: FARR isn't displaying icons correctly on Windows 8.1
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2013, 07:34 AM »
Cheers for the reply!

Yeah, the items do launch correctly, and explorer and all other programs show them correctly.
I suspect the issue could be due to my icon theme.. I'm using IconPackager, and if I change the icon theme, the icons in FARR change as well.
The icons in the screenshot is basically the icon for default/unknown file types.
I have tried reverting back to the system icons and even tried uninstalling IconPackager, but that only changed the default icon and the issue basically remained. (Note that IconPackager doesn't actually modify any system files).

Anyways, it still doesn't explain why some icons show up and some don't. And also, why it appears to be affecting only FARR.

Does FARR use a non-standard method to display icons?
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Re: FARR isn't displaying icons correctly on Windows 8.1
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2013, 05:04 PM »
Fixed it!

Just had to delete the Iconhandler for .exe files. :)

Found the solution here: http://forums.wincustomize.com/390822
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Re: FARR isn't displaying icons correctly on Windows 8.1
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2013, 05:10 PM »
Thanks for posting the solution -- that will help others in the future I'll bet.  :up:

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Re: FARR isn't displaying icons correctly on Windows 8.1
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2014, 11:00 AM »
i have a similar problem:

FARR no Icons.jpg

no icons at all, and i don't have iconhandler on the registry.

any other ideas?

Eli

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Re: FARR isn't displaying icons correctly on Windows 8.1
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2015, 04:08 AM »
I'm about ready to run screaming into the night with what could be a connected problem.  I've not found a fix yet.  I need to rebuild my icon cache in Windows 8.1 Pro.  I know where the iconcache*.db files are located: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\.  Most of my icons have been replaced by the plain vanilla, generic (blank sheet of paper) variety.  I'd muchly appreciate any guidance, wisdom, incantations, and/or any other assistance.  Bless you .... and no, I'm not slobbering all that badly .... yet .... <wink>

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