[SOLVED] Where are my Office shortcut icon images?

relztrah · Oct 7, 2022

I made shortcuts to Office applications, but the icons have no image. Where do I find them and how to I attach them to my shortcuts?

xrobwx71 · Oct 7, 2022

What happens when you click one of the icons?

relztrah · Oct 7, 2022

The application launches normally. But there is still no image.

xrobwx71 · Oct 7, 2022

Ok, try the following.

Go to search 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 after each.

ie4uinit.exe -show

taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F (your desktop will go blank)

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

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

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

relztrah · Oct 7, 2022

You're a genius! Thank you.

xrobwx71 · Oct 7, 2022

I actually learned that from a user named @Jenae. It's the proper way to clean and restore the icon cache.

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[SOLVED] Where are my Office shortcut icon images?

relztrah

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