Ico files not displayed as icons

[CWBillow]

I have a folder of ico files that show properly in Explorer but only as "blank" icons in Total Commander.

My config file is set to Icons/All Associated + EXE.

Why am I not seeing the icons?

My Windows version is 10, and my TC version is 8.51a.

Regards,
Chuck Billow

[sqa_wizard]

Note: At TC the shown icons at the file list are those of the associated program, not of the file content itself.

[Aezay]

The DefaultIcon property for the ICO filetype is not set correctly for your system.

I'm not certain this is always how you do it, but it's how I have it done.

• Open a registry editor.
• Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ico\
• Take a note of the default value here. Lets call that value $icoPath
• Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\$icoPath\DefaultIcon\
• Change the default value to "%1".

Note, if some of these paths does not exist, just create them.

Once done, changes may not appear right away. Windows has a function to rebuild the file associations, but since we did this change ourselves, it's not being called. So you may have to restart Windows. You'll have to restart TC under any circumstance.

[CWBillow]

OK, first I unistalled IrfanView, rebooted, and then reinstalled it with NO selected associations.

Then I went and did the regedit mods, with the resulting entries shown here:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ico]
@="icofile"
"Content Type"="image/x-icon"
"PerceivedType"="image"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ico\OpenWithProgids]
"AppX43hnxtbyyps62jhe9sqpdzxn1790zetc"=hex(0):

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ico\PersistentHandler]
@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"


-----
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\icofile]
@="Icon"
"EditFlags"=dword:00200000
"FriendlyTypeName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,\
00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,\
32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,\
00,2c,00,2d,00,33,00,30,00,36,00,30,00,31,00,00,00
"ImageOptionFlags"=dword:00000000

---

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\icofile\DefaultIcon]
@="\"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\icofile\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\icofile\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\icofile\shellex\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{43372ada-945b-4713-82db-d217b338ae6f}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\icofile\shellex\{e357fccd-a995-4576-b01f-234630154e96}]
@="{43372ada-945b-4713-82db-d217b338ae6f}"

I get the icons fine in Explorer, but in TC, after the mods and after a reboot, they still are not showing correctly.

What the heck am I doing wrong here?

Chuck Billow

[ghisler(Author)]

Please check whether the following key exists:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.ico

This one is created by Explorer when you right click on an ico file and choose "Open with" and "Always". This key takes precendence over HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ico.

[surr3a1]

I think that all these replies are completely wrong and useless!

Go to:

1. Configuration > Options > Icons
2. Make sure that you have the first radio selected: All associated + EXE/LNK

Done!

[petermad]

2. Make sure that you have the first radio selected: All associated + EXE/LNK

My config file is set to Icons/All Associated + EXE.

So what you write was already taken into consideration