Strange .xml icon: the icon is shown as folder ?

[ghisler(Author)]

The following entry tells programs to load the icon from the file itself:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\DefaultIcon]
@=""%1""
But xml files don't contain any icons. There is also a reference to an icon handler:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\ShellEx\IconHandler]
@="{AB968F1E-E20B-403A-9EB8-72EB0EB6797E}"

This points to an OLE object to load the icon. Strangely both the Explorer and Total Commander show a standard icon, the Explorer shows a standard blank file icon, and Total Commander shows a standard blank folder icon...

[tuska]

After assigning "Microsoft Edge" as the default app for .xml files (can't remember ever having made a setting)
the icon on my PC looks like this: Image.

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Windows 11 Pro (x64) Version 23H2 (OS build Build 22631.2715) | TC 11.02 x64/x86