topic Drive Icons Missing in PCs & Accessories

Drive Icons Missing

chris_lewis — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:41:43 GMT

I have an RS-322e Desktop, I recently transferred all my data from my old pc to this one by connecting the old HD, when it showed in control panel the drive registered as the memory stick!!! (drive g) everything worked and transfered fine but when the old HD was removed so was the memory stick icon, strangley when i insert a memory stick into the card reader it shows as a compact flash card the data is still availiable but does anyone have a idea how to get the icon back??

thanks

Chris Lewis

Re: Drive Icons Missing

jammold — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:21:04 GMT

Just a case of the Icon cache getting confused in Windows XP. I have this problem in XP where my USB device used to have a drive icon associated with it, and now nothing appears.

Google isn't helping much either...

Re: Drive Icons Missing

robpaxton — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:01:20 GMT

It's a registry job to restore the icon. There is however this little progette that should do it for you.

Re: Drive Icons Missing

jammold — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:37:40 GMT

Thanks Rob! I had a nasty feeling the registry would be involved in this somehow.

Re: Drive Icons Missing

kee-lo_ — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:41:47 GMT

Good old registry, remember to back up before you go ahead and do it.

Re: Drive Icons Missing

jammold — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:50:13 GMT

System restore should keep my bases covered - although I will export the whole C:\Windows directory to several CD-R disks just to be safe.

The registry appears to be similar to Win9X - and I know a lot about that format.:smileynerd:

Re: Drive Icons Missing

robpaxton — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:42:45 GMT

Use the program in my previous post - it's easier

Re: Drive Icons Missing

jammold — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:52:09 GMT

Hmm I just have a pile of icons and not a clue what to do with them!

Re: Drive Icons Missing

kee-lo_ — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:01:22 GMT

I don't collect icons LOL

Re: Drive Icons Missing

robpaxton — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:02:17 GMT

Oops - sorry, the following should help:

Create (if it does not already exist) the registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer\ DriveIcons\ X\ DefaultIcon

where 'X' is the drive letter of the drive for which you wish to change the drive icon.

Change the key's default value to hold the fully qualified name of the icon file (e.g. 'c:\myicons\cdrive.ico').
If the file contains more than one icon then follow it with a comma and the zero-based index of the icon (e.g. 'c:\myicons\mylib.dll,2').

To see the affect restart windows - although, depending on the version of windows simply refreshing the window might be sufficient.

Re: Drive Icons Missing

kee-lo_ — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:04:27 GMT

Nice...

Re: Drive Icons Missing

jammold — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:10:50 GMT

Rob you are a star! Thanks!:smileylaugh:

Re: Drive Icons Missing

robpaxton — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:14:15 GMT

I had to sort it out - it'll teach me to check my links better :smileyblush:

In 2000 and XP you can also change the label used for the drive as well:

Navigate to (or create):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion \Explorer\ DriveIcons\ X\ DefaultLabel

where 'X' is the drive letter of the drive for which you wish to change the label.

Change the key's default value to hold the required label.

Re: Drive Icons Missing

kee-lo_ — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:19:43 GMT

I'll bookmark this...

Re: Drive Icons Missing

jammold — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:25:38 GMT

Rob you are simply brilliant! Thanks - BTW I am the worlds worst for posting out-of-date links so you are not alone there!:smileylaugh:

Re: Drive Icons Missing

robpaxton — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:27:33 GMT

But I am the linkmeister and dodgy links are right out :smileynerd:

Re: Drive Icons Missing

kee-lo_ — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:30:31 GMT

Yep, Rob is the linkmeister, and if you post a wrong link you can be sure to get a yellow card....

Re: Drive Icons Missing

robpaxton — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:34:31 GMT

I will lob the Holy Hand Grenade Of Antioch

Re: Drive Icons Missing

jammold — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:46:23 GMT

I promise to be a good boy from now on and post VALID links!

Re: Drive Icons Missing

kee-lo_ — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:52:45 GMT