Learn how you can clear, purge & rebuild the Icon cache in Windows 8/7, manually or using Icon Cache rebuilder tool. Repair corrupt IconCache.db file.

In Windows 7 and 8, you could customize icons in the “system tray” to permanently show on the taskbar, or hide them away in the pop-up drawer. These options have moved in Windows 10.

Like previous versions of Windows, File Explorer has a space-wasting OneDrive icon in the left sidebar. If you don’t use OneDrive, you can remove this icon with a simple registry tweak.

Question: I have a laptop HP Envy x360. It’s about 4 years old, I think. It’s been updated to Windows 11. For some reason, my shortcut icons on the home screen don’t open up as fast as they ...

It's referred to as the 'spinning wheel of death', 'loading icon' or 'buffering symbol'' by many – but did you know the pesky graphic actually has a technical name too?

Hate that green loading bar when browsing a local folder? Makes no sense, right? An old Windows fix for an equally ancient Windows issue. This Windows Explorer "bug" goes back to the days of ...

Repair and Rebuild icon cache in Windows 7/8. If you are having problems with icons not displaying correctly, run Icon Cache Rebuilder.