Windows 7 for won't refresh custom icons if they are .

ico files The problem was reported for beta and still does not
work.

The workaround is a bit time consuming and has to be reaplied each time you assign custom .ico files.


First, find this key in your registry (its quicker to search manually than with the Find option):


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-
00AA002F954E}\DefaultIcon

you should see under this entry something like this:


full=%SystemRoot%\Resources\Themes\bluemoon\full.ico,0
empty=%SystemRoot%\Resources\Themes\bluemoon\void.ico,0

The ,0 part will be absent. RIght click and modify each entry (no space after ico) and Windows will beging to refresh
the bin on its own