Same icons for files as in WE

[ivan]

I've searched the forum, wiki and FAQ and don't seem to see the answer or mentioning. My apologies in advance if I overlooked.

On my system I have VLC player set as default to play MP4 files. This resulted in the icon for all MP4 files changing to a standard VLC player icon. However, when I view the same list of files in XYplorer the icon is still shown as QuickTime player (the previous default player for this type of files). Double-clicking still opens in VLC, but the icon remains the same. Would be great if icon settings are migrated over...

[j_c_hallgren]

I've got to run an errand but just a quikie suggestion: Check on the "Cache specific icons" on the Advanced panel of Config...not sure if any connection but it's a off-the-top-of-head idea to look at.

[ivan]

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I already have it ticked, but the one below called "Use generic icons" isn't though. I ticked that one as well and all displayed "properly". I guess it's the phrasing "Use generic icons" that threw me off a little. Something like "Use default Windows icons" would have sounded better but that's just IMHO

Edit: would be great to have them on a per-application basis rather than sweeping across the board, but a man can dream...

[admin]

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I already have it ticked, but the one below called "Use generic icons" isn't though. I ticked that one as well and all displayed "properly". I guess it's the phrasing "Use generic icons" that threw me off a little. Something like "Use default Windows icons" would have sounded better but that's just IMHO

Edit: would be great to have them on a per-application basis rather than sweeping across the board, but a man can dream...

Hmm, I doubt that ticking "Use generic icons" will give you the expected results. I guess what you experienced was a caching issue that should be resolved by a restart.

[ivan]

Funnily enough, ticking the generic box did the trick, didn't have to restart either because it refreshed the window in real-time. All well than ends well

[admin]

Funnily enough, ticking the generic box did the trick, didn't have to restart either because it refreshed the window in real-time. All well than ends well

Well, go to XYplorer.exe's icon now... do you like what you see?

[ivan]

Yep, changed back to default one. I guess there are 2 ways of doing it depending on if the rest matters or not

[ivan]

A little glitch in this seems to have resurfaced. Same problem as last time, the correct icon isn't being displayed in XY.

wmp_icon.png

When viewed in WinRAR it shows just fine.

vlc_icon.png

However, in WE the same icon as in XY is shown. Ticking/unticking combinations of "Cache specific icons" and "Use generic icons for super-fast browsing" unfortunately didn't help like it did before