Windows 7 Desktop Shortcut Icons Missing Fix without Restart PC

     If you noticed one or more shortcut icons are not displaying correctly on your Desktop for Windows 7 like below, the reason probably is your icon cache corrupted.

To rebuild the icon cache without reboot your computer, you can follow the steps below:

1. Save all your works and close any application you working on
2. Open “Windows Task Manager” (press “Ctrl” + “Alt” + “Del”, and select “Start Task Manager”)
3. In tab “Processes”, find “explorer.exe”, right click, select “End Process”



4. Select “File” => “New Task (Run…)”, type “cmd” to open a command prompt window
5. Type and run following commands line by line
Shell

cd /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local del IconCache.db /a exit

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cd /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local del IconCache.db /a exit

6. Back to “Windows Task Manager”, select “File” => “New Task (Run…)”, type “explorer.exe” to restart the Windows Explorer