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Hello all, does anybody knows how I can get back the icons?
I only see white icons for all the shortcuts and also for the apps attached to the taskbar. Only edge in the taskbar does show the original icon.
I tried things like
- deleting the icon cache
- run sfc /scannow
without sucess.
The very strange thing: When I make a new shortcut, also this one will be shown only white.
I would never have guessed that I miss these little pictures that much 
Any help welcome.
[Edit]
Other strange thing: In case I log in with another account, also then all shortcut icons are shwon white.
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
Chemists have exactly one rule: there are only exceptions
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Try deleting all the icon cache located in %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
You might need to taskkill explorer or do it from an Administrative account.
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Thanks for your reply. That is one of the thing I allready did, but no success.
Other strange thing: In case I log in with another account, also then all shortcut icons are shwon white.
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
Chemists have exactly one rule: there are only exceptions
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Temporarily disable everything that caches to disk. Disable your hibernation file and disable Fast Boot. You may need to reboot and go into your UEFI BIOS to disable fast boot.
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I disabled hibernate with 'powercfg.exe /hibernate off' and resterted. No success so far.
The BIOS is secured by password. I have to check with our IT.
Thank you so much.
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
Chemists have exactly one rule: there are only exceptions
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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hxxps://youtu.be/nse17rRYj8c
Caveat Emptor.
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Thanks for your reply. Didn't worked.
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
Chemists have exactly one rule: there are only exceptions
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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If changing the icon does not work then there is something else going on here. Could you do one more thing?
Some security products completely take over the shell icon handler. Check the output of:
reg query hkcr\lnkfile /s Check to see if the GUID of IconHandler is something other than {00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
If you have a different GUID then most likely a security product has taken control of your shell icons.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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First of all thank you so very much for your time.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\IconHandler
(Standard) REG_SZ {86073620-2903-4112-8B55-6FCFCD1A8A4B}
So you think it is a security product issue? Our company uses 'traps'. I will ask IT to disable it for a trial.
Btw: I disabled hybernate, BIOS is secured by password. I have to check with our IT.
Thank you very much again.
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
Chemists have exactly one rule: there are only exceptions
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Ok,
It sounds like you are working at a secure facility. Don't modify the IconHandler GUID, leave it alone. There is a security related reason for taking control of the shell icon handler.
0x01AA wrote: Btw: I disabled hybernate
Ok, put everything back like it was before. The security infrastructure is causing the issue.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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0x01AA wrote: I followed that path with the iconhandler and replaced the iconhandler GUID in the registry
Alright... I take no responsibility for causing an international security incident. Next time I see someone asking for help I'm going to keep quiet. 
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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Don't worry I changed everything back, even the registry key. The Icons remain, but new shortcuts will be shown in white again. Now our IT can take over 
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
Chemists have exactly one rule: there are only exceptions
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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0x01AA wrote: Don't worry I changed everything back
Ahh, the naivety. Palto Alto generated a security incident the moment you modified that registry key. 
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Finally I got a closer picture about the facts are.
- My W10 is an upgraded W7.
- On W7 Traps registers an iconhandler
- Reinstall (update?) of traps on W10/2004 does not anymore install a iconhandler but also does not undo the one installed on W7.
I checked several W10/2004 installations in our company. Traps didn't install an iconhandler on these machines.
For me it means I can safely revert the iconhandler back to the standard windows handler.
Regards
Bruno
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
Chemists have exactly one rule: there are only exceptions
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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0x01AA wrote: Hello all, does anybody knows how I can get back the icons?
Microsoft saw all the flack they get on this site for changing icons that they finally decided to screw it and just make all icons white. It's by design.
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If there is a baby boom late in the year, in 2033 will we see the rise of the quaranteens?
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Quaran-teens?
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Bugger. Fixed!
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Fortunately I missed the original misspelling - would have been alarmed at the prospect.
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Leslie was here, and wants his message back...
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Shanah Tovah to you, too.
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And you have to laugh at these computerised systems: the tracking page is saying it's been sent by "Guaranteed 1PM Next Day" delivery, so it should be with me "by 8pm" ...
I don't think Amazon trust the Royal Mail guarantees any more than I do! 
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