Fixing incorrect Vista icons

I'm getting quite regular corruption of Vista icons - refer to URL for the
fix I seem to have to keep doing (say, once every 1-2 months).
http://i.nconspicuo.us/2007/08/28/re...g-wrong-icons/
(I did a quick search and this problem has been reported with other, similar
fixes before).

Is this a known Vista bug? Is there an ETA for a fix? I'm applying all
Vista updates as soon as they are released (lots of fun being on the bleeding
edge) and it's still happening.

Fairly basic OS functionality, I would have thought.

You are simply over-reaching the bounds of the default number of icons. You
can lose a tiny bit of desktop performance, but expand the icon cache size
with a hack of the registry entry for that.

hkey_current_user/software/microsoft/windows/currentversion/explorer/
IconCacheSize= "<put in a larger number here, like 2000>"

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"gth" <> wrote in message
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> I'm getting quite regular corruption of Vista icons - refer to URL for the
> fix I seem to have to keep doing (say, once every 1-2 months).
> http://i.nconspicuo.us/2007/08/28/re...g-wrong-icons/
> (I did a quick search and this problem has been reported with other,
> similar
> fixes before).
>
> Is this a known Vista bug? Is there an ETA for a fix? I'm applying all
> Vista updates as soon as they are released (lots of fun being on the
> bleeding
> edge) and it's still happening.
>
> Fairly basic OS functionality, I would have thought.

There's a limit on the number of icons? Did someone decide that no-one would
ever need more than 64?

This is fairly trim machine with Office '07 + a couple of Adobe apps. Guess
it's not hard to break Vista, huh?

Doesn't anyone else think that users seeing a script or executable with the
icon of a document as a potential risk? Remember all those default users who
Vista *hides* file extensions from?!

If some registered icons reverted to the system default that'd be a bit more
understandable, but the icon cache seems get totally fecked when this limit
you speak of is breached, resulting in a what looks to be a totally random
icon being chosen for any given extension - rather poor coding, n'est pas?

- G.

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> You are simply over-reaching the bounds of the default number of icons. You
> can lose a tiny bit of desktop performance, but expand the icon cache size
> with a hack of the registry entry for that.
>
> hkey_current_user/software/microsoft/windows/currentversion/explorer/
> IconCacheSize= "<put in a larger number here, like 2000>"
>
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> "gth" <> wrote in message
> news:47BF3CE4-515A-4D81-AE3C-...
> > I'm getting quite regular corruption of Vista icons - refer to URL for the
> > fix I seem to have to keep doing (say, once every 1-2 months).
> > http://i.nconspicuo.us/2007/08/28/re...g-wrong-icons/
> > (I did a quick search and this problem has been reported with other,
> > similar
> > fixes before).
> >
> > Is this a known Vista bug? Is there an ETA for a fix? I'm applying all
> > Vista updates as soon as they are released (lots of fun being on the
> > bleeding
> > edge) and it's still happening.
> >
> > Fairly basic OS functionality, I would have thought.
>

Yes, for intensive users the Vista paradigm of 'baby-sitting the user' is a
bit irksome.

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"gth" <> wrote in message
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> There's a limit on the number of icons? Did someone decide that no-one
> would
> ever need more than 64?
>
> This is fairly trim machine with Office '07 + a couple of Adobe apps.
> Guess
> it's not hard to break Vista, huh?
>
> Doesn't anyone else think that users seeing a script or executable with
> the
> icon of a document as a potential risk? Remember all those default users
> who
> Vista *hides* file extensions from?!
>
> If some registered icons reverted to the system default that'd be a bit
> more
> understandable, but the icon cache seems get totally fecked when this
> limit
> you speak of is breached, resulting in a what looks to be a totally random
> icon being chosen for any given extension - rather poor coding, n'est pas?
>
> - G.
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> You are simply over-reaching the bounds of the default number of icons.
>> You
>> can lose a tiny bit of desktop performance, but expand the icon cache
>> size
>> with a hack of the registry entry for that.
>>
>> hkey_current_user/software/microsoft/windows/currentversion/explorer/
>> IconCacheSize= "<put in a larger number here, like 2000>"
>>
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>> Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web
>> interface.
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>> Mark L. Ferguson
>> .
>>
>> "gth" <> wrote in message
>> news:47BF3CE4-515A-4D81-AE3C-...
>> > I'm getting quite regular corruption of Vista icons - refer to URL for
>> > the
>> > fix I seem to have to keep doing (say, once every 1-2 months).
>> > http://i.nconspicuo.us/2007/08/28/re...g-wrong-icons/
>> > (I did a quick search and this problem has been reported with other,
>> > similar
>> > fixes before).
>> >
>> > Is this a known Vista bug? Is there an ETA for a fix? I'm applying
>> > all
>> > Vista updates as soon as they are released (lots of fun being on the
>> > bleeding
>> > edge) and it's still happening.
>> >
>> > Fairly basic OS functionality, I would have thought.
>>