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I just cannot get the google coloured circle icon back. Uninstalled/ reinstalled google twice. deleted IconCach.db twice. Reset Settings twice, and a few other tricks.
Is this a Windows or a Google problem?
Please can someone help me?
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Google what (Chrome, Maps, Earth, Plus, Cars, Glass, ...)?. I see no google icon on my taskbar at all, so it must be something I haven't installed.
Kees
Open Windows Explorer, go to %userprofile%\AppData\Local, delete IconCache.db.
Open Task Manager, go to Processes tab, highlight explorer.exe, and click End Process. Your desktop will "disappear."
Still in Task Manger, select File > New Task (Run...), type explorer.exe, and click OK. Your desktop should reappear, with the previously missing icons.
(1) opened Windows Explorer, went to %userprofile%\AppData\Local = no 'IconCache.db' to be found
(2) In Task manager, no explorer.exe to be found.
So - (3) does not apply ?
Any useful suggestions?
1. Test it in a new user account. Make it an admin one.
2. Refresh (not reset) Windows 10 AFTER I backup my files. Here's how.
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4090-refresh-windows-10-a.html
The following Directory in Explorer:
C:\Users\(Username)AppData\Local
You should see a file called IconCache.db inside that folder Go ahead and right-click on it and choose Delete
Go ahead and restart the computer and see if that fixes your problem.
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