File icon not shown in Total Commander

[barrykuma]

Hi,

some file extensions do not show their respective icon in Total Commander (both 32 and 64 bit) although their icon is correctly shown in Explorer. TC just displays a blank icon instead.

I hope that someone can tell me how to fix this as I'm running out of ideas after having tried the following things:

- reasscociate the file
- remove the extension from the registry under the CU explorer extensions
- rebuild the Windows icon cache
- changed the icon to anotherone

thanks!

[sqa_wizard]

some file extensions do not show their respective icon in Total Commander

Which ones are you missing ?

[barrykuma]

.mkv and .flv are missing.

[sqa_wizard]

Let me guess: Do you use PowerDVD 13 or 14 for this extensions?

[barrykuma]

I use Zoom Player 9.2 MAX, PoverDVD isn't installed.

[sqa_wizard]

The registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mkv points to the registry entry of the assigned program and its icon.
Please provide those entries.

[barrykuma]

I had already checked those, but I can't see anything wrong here:

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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mkv]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mkv\OpenWithProgIds]
"ZPMKVFile"=hex(0):

And the contents of ZPMKV are:

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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZPMKVFile]
@="Matroska Audio/Video File"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZPMKVFile\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Zoom Player\\zplayer.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZPMKVFile\shell]
@="open"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZPMKVFile\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZPMKVFile\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Zoom Player\\zplayer.exe\" \"%L\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZPMKVFile\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZPMKVFile\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZPMKVFile\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ZPShellExt]
@="{ABE00001-0123-ABED-1248-0248ADFA1909}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZPMKVFile\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ZPShellExt]
@="{ABE00001-0123-ABED-1248-0248ADFA1909}"

[sqa_wizard]

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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZPMKVFile\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Zoom Player\\zplayer.exe"

I don't know if it makes a difference: it points just to the program, the icon position is missing

Try something like 0 or 1:

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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZPMKVFile\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Zoom Player\\zplayer.exe",0

[barrykuma]

I didn't like the icons which came with Zoom Player so I changed all the files to directly point to the program instead. For as far as I know, it only doesn't work for the .mkv and .flv files. All the others also only point to the .exe but work fine.

Before I made these changes it all extensions were pointing to an icon file, including a position. However, at that time it also wasn't working for these two files.

I've just made the change, killed and restarted explorer but it still isn't fixed so I've removed the change in the registry as it must be something else....

thanks!

[ghisler(Author)]

There are a lot of ways to associate files with programs. I have never heared about this one (to my knowledge, this is ONLY used for the context menu - open with):

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mkv\OpenWithProgIds]
"ZPMKVFile"=hex(0):

That's currently not supported by TC. Solution:
1. Start regedit
2. Go to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mkv
3. Double click on (default) in the right panel
4. Enter the following: ZPMKVFile
5. Click OK

[barrykuma]

I've changed the (Default) key but it doesn't help.

Strangely, when you export the complete .mkv key it won't show up in the export:

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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mkv]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mkv\OpenWithProgIds]
"ZPMKVFile"=hex(0):

Do I need to add another key?

I don't understand why the other ZP associated keys are properly showing in TC, for example .avi displays the ZP icon just fine.

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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi]
@="WMP11.AssocFile.AVI"
"Content Type"="video/avi"
"PerceivedType"="video"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\OpenWithProgids]
"AppXhjhjmgrfm2d7rd026az898dy2p1pcsyt"=hex(0):
"Microsoft.PhotoManager.videotype"=""
"WMP11.AssocFile.AVI"=hex(0):
"ZPAVIFile"=hex(0):

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

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\ShellEx\{3D1975AF-0FC3-463d-8965-4DC6B5A840F4}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11D1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{9DBD2C50-62AD-11D0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\ShellEx\{e357fccd-a995-4576-b01f-234630154e96}]
@="{9DBD2C50-62AD-11D0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"

which points to:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZPAVIFile]
@="Audio Video File"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZPAVIFile\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Zoom Player\\zplayer.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZPAVIFile\shell]
@="open"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZPAVIFile\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZPAVIFile\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Zoom Player\\zplayer.exe\" \"%L\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZPAVIFile\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZPAVIFile\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZPAVIFile\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ZPShellExt]
@="{ABE00001-0123-ABED-1248-0248ADFA1909}"

thanks for looking into it!

[ghisler(Author)]

Try importing this:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mkv]
@="ZPMKVFile"

This has to be saved in notepad in "Unicode" format, otherwise it cannot be imported as a .reg file.

[barrykuma]

Thank you! That solved the problem

[twoflowers]

I have a similar problem with .indd files (Indesign Document). They show fine in properties and explorer but i have no icon in total commander.

Image: https://i.ibb.co/qk5JZsY/indd.jpg

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.indd]
@="InDesign.Document"

so i don't really know what is causing this problem. Any help would be great.

[Dalai]

2twoflowers
Please export the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InDesign.Document and post it here. Also check if, in that key, the referenced file in DefaultIcon exists and contains an icon.

Regards
Dalai