How to repair the missing HTML file icons in Windows
Today, I met a strange problem with my .html and .htm file icons. These two files in Windows normally have a typical internet explorer icon. But when I have tried refreshing the icon cache using Tuneup Utilities, the icons simply have changed into a DOS application icon.
The solution for this problem is very simple and this will work for Internet Explorer versions 4.0 to till now. We have to edit the Windows registry to solve this problem.
Solution
- Press Win+R in your keyboard or select Start – > Run.
- Type regedit in the Run dialog box and hit Enter button.
- In the Registry Editor, go to the following registry entry HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}\DefaultIcon in the left side panel.
- In the right side panel, double click on the name (Default) and enter the Value data as shdoclc.dll,0
- Restart your computer and see the result.
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Oct 02, 2009 @ 6:01 PM
Even though I never experiences such a problem before, i have experienced a lot of images directly opening as Encrypted code in Notepad. Need to do some research on it.
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Oct 06, 2009 @ 11:07 PM
@Tech-Freak Stuff,
That may be a problem with the image file associations. We can rectify that easily.
Oct 03, 2009 @ 3:11 PM
Great post.. many people came across this thanks a lot
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Oct 06, 2009 @ 11:12 PM
@Devilslab,
Welcome buddy.
Oct 04, 2009 @ 9:08 AM
i had never tried it.
Thanks for sharing
Oct 06, 2009 @ 4:33 PM
Even i have faced this problem..Thanks for sharing
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Oct 06, 2009 @ 11:17 PM
@sham,
Welcome sham.
Oct 06, 2009 @ 11:36 PM
OMG! What a Surprise! The SameThing happened to me yesterday! my google chrome browser shortcut present at Start Menu was showing a DOS type of File!
Great Post..Liked it
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Oct 06, 2009 @ 11:42 PM
@Chethan,
I think you got a bit different problem than mine.
Your Chrome browser may be deleted from your system and that’s the reason for seeing its shortcut icon as a typical DOS file type.
Oct 07, 2009 @ 12:42 AM
nice way to resolve issue mate !! may this traditional style may work in same case
Tools > Folder Option > File Types > select your File type and select whatever icon you want !!
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Oct 07, 2009 @ 11:52 AM
@Abhishek,
That Folder Option trick will not work for this case dude. That’s the problem in Windows.
Oct 11, 2009 @ 1:04 AM
+1 on what Abhishek said
This happens to me all the time coz i keep playing with new browsers and softwares, installing and removing stuff from my computer..
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Oct 11, 2009 @ 1:15 AM
Thanks for the support mate !!
But i didn’t faced any such situation. as Karthik said it may be disabled some times !!
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Oct 11, 2009 @ 5:47 PM
@sharath,
Sometimes this may happen like it happened for me.