[SOLVED] How do I fix my thumbnails in the start menu?

xrobwx71 · Aug 13, 2023

Click Start Button and type:- cmd

Next press the ctrl +shift+enter keys on your keyboard an elevated cmd prompt will open.

Copy and paste all the below cmds into the command prompt window, press enter.

Code:

ie4uinit.exe -show

Code:

taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F

(your desktop will go blank)

Code:

DEL /A /Q "%localappdata%\IconCache.db"

Code:

DEL /A /F /Q "%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\iconcache*"

Code:

shutdown /p

(your computer will shutdown completely, after this Restart your computer

zephyr · Aug 13, 2023

Tried it, didn't work. However after researching a bit more, I fixed it by uninstalling google drive, for some reason the sync messed up with the icons.

xrobwx71 · Aug 13, 2023

Thanks for letting us know.

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[SOLVED] How do I fix my thumbnails in the start menu?

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