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»Re: [WIN7] Recycle Bin

Seems Windows 7 won't refresh custom icons if they are .ico files. The problem was reported for beta and still does not work.

So here is what you do:

Go to Search Programs and type in regedit and then start it up by clicking on it.

Then find this key in your registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\DefaultIcon

full=%SystemRoot%\Resources\Themes\bluemoon\full.ico,0

empty=%SystemRoot%\Resources\Themes\bluemoon\void.ico,0

Second, the above key shows a comma and 0 after the example .ico files. Yours won't have the comma and 0 so you must add to make it look like the above values. So click on the reg entry (See picture below) right click it and the select modify. Now add the comma and zero then click Okay and when done exit regedit,

And that will fix the problem.


Feedback received on this FAQ entry:
  • Just Change the icons file extension from .ico to .dll

    2017-04-26 13:43:32

  • This works for Windows 10, too! I had to remove the recycle bin from the desktop, apply the registry changes and add the recycle bin back to the desktop.

    2015-08-19 13:30:56

  • It dosent work I need help

    2015-07-14 15:16:41

  • This worked! I wonder if when adding that "0" at the end, Ends the string in regedit making it refresh automatically. Thanks!!

    2015-06-17 13:09:47

  • Just Change the custom recycle bin (both full & empty) icons file extension from .ico to .dll

    2014-04-03 00:59:10

by FastEddie See Profile edited by Kramer See Profile
last modified: 2010-02-02 20:22:42