How to change the file icon?

[piatan]

Hi,
In my fs plugin I use custom file icons. Sometimes I would like to be able to change the icon. Unfortunately FsExtractCustomIcon function isn't called when I force rereading the directory. Is there any possibility to flush the icon cache without changing displayed directory?

[ghisler(Author)]

No, unfortunately not - the icons are cached for speed reasons. If these are some sort of commands (not files), you may consider to change the text a bit, e.g. "option xyz (on)" to "option xyz (off)", then you can have different icons.

[piatan]

Yes, changing a file name solves the problem. I use the character of code 127 - it seems not to be displayed, so the file name looks unchanged. Thank you for hint.