# icons in Windows Vista

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icons-in-windows-vista/451379>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 1, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icons-in-windows-vista/451379 "2008-06-01T19:14:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icons-in-windows-vista/451379/1 "2008-06-01T19:14:52Z")

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I hate Vista. :mad: I’ve had worse problems than this, but this is bugging me right now.

I keep on losing my icons. For instance data files and some and start menu shortcuts show a default icon instead of the associated program. They still work when I click on them, it’s just the icon that’s broken.

Is there any way of repairing them?

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**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icons-in-windows-vista/451379/2 "2008-06-01T20:30:32Z")

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[Rebuilding the Icon Cache in Vista](http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/117229-icon-cache-rebuild.html)