I hate how the subject has to be so small in these forums. We should so use bugzilla...
Anywho, the View command Refresh List Icons Cache doesn't refresh icons when a new file association is made / the icon for a file association changes.
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Re: RefreshListIconsCache doesn't refresh new file associati
Yes, I also know this, uhm, fact. If file types got new icons, only a restart of the app will update them. I tried several times to fix this but failed. Under XP, the RefreshListIconsCache is practically useless for this. Under Win95 it worked and was very useful because the system image list in those days was buggy and needed a refresh from time to time.
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Re: RefreshListIconsCache doesn't refresh new file associati
Digging up an old but still outstanding bug here. Have you tried SHChangeNotify with SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED parameter?admin wrote:Yes, I also know this, uhm, fact. If file types got new icons, only a restart of the app will update them. I tried several times to fix this but failed. Under XP, the RefreshListIconsCache is practically useless for this. Under Win95 it worked and was very useful because the system image list in those days was buggy and needed a refresh from time to time.
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Re: RefreshListIconsCache doesn't refresh new file associati
The problem in this case is not the missing notification but the difficulty of refreshing the process specific system image list.zer0 wrote:Digging up an old but still outstanding bug here. Have you tried SHChangeNotify with SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED parameter?admin wrote:Yes, I also know this, uhm, fact. If file types got new icons, only a restart of the app will update them. I tried several times to fix this but failed. Under XP, the RefreshListIconsCache is practically useless for this. Under Win95 it worked and was very useful because the system image list in those days was buggy and needed a refresh from time to time.
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Re: RefreshListIconsCache doesn't refresh new file associati
While I can't point you in the direction of a suitable solution as I don't know it, I do know that one exists. This is because another non-Explorer FM has it working. So it's not one of those Explorer's "inside" tricks. You probably have a bigger fish to fry though.admin wrote:The problem in this case is not the missing notification but the difficulty of refreshing the process specific system image list.
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