Just about 1 day ago, I realized that several icons associated with several apps (Office, PDF, TurboTax, Snagit, and a few other things) look very weird. Here is an image. I tried to do a System restore; could only go back 1 days and after the Restore, I still have the same problem. I right clicked on the icons, checked Properties and such. Everything seems fine. I can't tell what is causing this issue. Is there a quick fix for all of these weird-looking icons? I don't want to uninstall and reinstall each app (it will take a long time because it seems to be affecting several different programs). I Googled around for a solution for about an hour today; still without a solution. I don't even know what happened to cause this issue. Any ideas, anyone? I would appreciate any help with this!!

Rebuilding the Icon Cache Database: 1. Close all folder windows that are currently open. 2. Launch Task Manager using the CTRL+SHIFT+ESC key sequence, or by running taskmgr.exe. 3. In the Process tab, right-click on the Explorer.exe process and select End Process. 4. Click the End process button when asked for confirmation. 5. From the File menu of Task Manager, select New Task (Run) 6. Type CMD.EXE, and click OK 7. In the Command Prompt window, type the commands one by one and press ENTER after each command: CD /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local DEL IconCache.db /a EXIT 8. In Task Manager, click File, select New Task (Run) 9. Type EXPLORER.EXE, and click OK. Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Rebuilding the Icon Cache Database: 1. Close all folder windows that are currently open. 2. Launch Task Manager using the CTRL+SHIFT+ESC key sequence, or by running taskmgr.exe. 3. In the Process tab, right-click on the Explorer.exe process and select End Process. 4. Click the End process button when asked for confirmation. 5. From the File menu of Task Manager, select New Task (Run) 6. Type CMD.EXE, and click OK 7. In the Command Prompt window, type the commands one by one and press ENTER after each command: CD /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local DEL IconCache.db /a EXIT 8. In Task Manager, click File, select New Task (Run) 9. Type EXPLORER.EXE, and click OK. Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.