I use QCD as my player and have MP3Ext installed. Most of my music files are mp3's and some wma's.
Now the strange thing is that after installing MP3Ext, most of my mp3's have the nice mp3ext. icon, indicating the bitrate, but not ALL. Some files keep the icon of my player, being QCD, although these files HAVE a .mp3 extension and when I rightclick them, there is a mp3info tab.
When I install MP3EXt. again (over the old one) it stays the same, although then other files loose their "special" icon and others get it instead.
What could I do to let all mp3 files get the icon indicating the bitrate ?
Full Version: Problems with icons. Please help.
It's most likely due to the icon cache. The icons are read from the cache and don't get refreshed. On Win9x, try deleting the hidden file "ShellIconCache" in the Windows folder (maybe you need to go into MS-DOS mode for that), then reboot. On WinXP, cache flushing is done via registy, but i don't know how, off-hand.
You can use Xteq Systems X-Setup to easily deal with your icon cache. Once you've installed the program, you'll have an expandable directory structure of all the available plugins. Go to "Appearance" > "Interface" > "Icons" and tweak one or more of the following:
Hope this helps.
- M.
Edit: Forgot to close one of the quotes, and it was screwing with the display....
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Icon Cache: Clear
Select an item to clear.
Select an item to clear.
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Icon Cache: Size
Every icon accessed by Windows is cached in the file 'ShellIconCache'. If this file exists, Windows reads the icons from the cache instead of searching for the actual files, which speeds up access time significantly, especially at bootup.
In certain cases a (too) small cache size leads to an incorrect display of some icons.
This setting specifies how many icons should be cached, the default value (also the minimum) is 500 icons, and theoretical maximum is 2000, but on some systems it is possible to increase this number up to 8000.
You need to restart your computer if you change this setting, and sometimes more than once, until the new icon cache 'catches on'.
Every icon accessed by Windows is cached in the file 'ShellIconCache'. If this file exists, Windows reads the icons from the cache instead of searching for the actual files, which speeds up access time significantly, especially at bootup.
In certain cases a (too) small cache size leads to an incorrect display of some icons.
This setting specifies how many icons should be cached, the default value (also the minimum) is 500 icons, and theoretical maximum is 2000, but on some systems it is possible to increase this number up to 8000.
You need to restart your computer if you change this setting, and sometimes more than once, until the new icon cache 'catches on'.
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Reset Icon Customizations
If you have changed any shelled Windows icons, and made a mess of things, you can use this plug-in to remove all changes.
Please be aware that ALL shell icon changes will be lost when you click on the button!
Alternatively, you can click on the second button to only remove unnecessary entries - this won't change any customized icons but will get rid of references to 'uncustomized' icons.
NOTE: Some settings may not take effect until you restart the computer.
If you have changed any shelled Windows icons, and made a mess of things, you can use this plug-in to remove all changes.
Please be aware that ALL shell icon changes will be lost when you click on the button!
Alternatively, you can click on the second button to only remove unnecessary entries - this won't change any customized icons but will get rid of references to 'uncustomized' icons.
NOTE: Some settings may not take effect until you restart the computer.
Hope this helps.
- M.
Edit: Forgot to close one of the quotes, and it was screwing with the display....
Without installing any software on Win9x you can change the display bit depth to 16 colors, then reboot, then change them back to the original setting and reboot once again to flush the icon cache.
On Win9x you can also start in Safe Mode which will load only 16 color icons, and then reboot into Normal Mode which will load the original color settings, thus flushing the icon cache.
On Win9x you can also start in Safe Mode which will load only 16 color icons, and then reboot into Normal Mode which will load the original color settings, thus flushing the icon cache.
Thanks for your answers.
I first tried Citay's method and it works ! All mp3's now have the (mp3ext.) icon with the bitrate indication.
Thanks again.
Ton
I first tried Citay's method and it works ! All mp3's now have the (mp3ext.) icon with the bitrate indication.
Thanks again.
Ton
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