Windows 7 .ico file being replaced with cached version

Question

I'm having a problem exactly like the one in this very short video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=912c6sQAsH0

I do not feel comfortable running a downloaded .exe file from a third party unknown developer as suggested by the link from the youtube page.

Does anyone know how to manually solve this problem?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Another way to rebuild the icon cache in Windows 7 without a restart is to change momentarily the screen color depth to 16 bits, for example, and when Windows asks you whether you want to keep the changes or not, click "No" to restore the original settings. This will invalidate the icon cache and Windows will recreate it instantly.