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Thread: How to force Windows to reconstruct all its Icons databse ?

  1. Nov 2nd, 2000, 02:42 PM #1
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    Wink How can I force Windows to refresh its icons database ?

    This is my problem :
    1 - I create shortcuts for VB applications, with one icon named for example <MyIcon.Ico>.
    2 - I update this icon with a new one which have exactly the same name, but a this point Windows doesn't refresh the appearance of the shortcut (since the icon has the same name).

    Question : How can I force Windows, throught VB code, to reconstruct its icons database (such a function exists already in many icons editors programs) ?

    Thanks for help.


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  2. Nov 2nd, 2000, 03:12 PM #2
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    Try deleting the file ShellIconCache from the Windows folder.
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  3. Nov 3rd, 2000, 05:14 AM #3
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    Thanks for your respons, but it doesn't seem to work.
    Any other suggestion ?

    [Edited by Avatar on 11-03-2000 at 05:17 AM]
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