Reader Barry is running Windows 7 Professional. Out of the blue, his system started displaying generic icons for various files and folders. Thankfully, he was kind enough to include a screenshot ...

explorer loads the icon for each and every file - every time. So I would like to force the use of generic icons/prevent the use of embedded(?) icons.<BR><BR>Is there a way to force windows to use ...

This method also works for most Finder alias files - giving you the generic icon image of the thing the alias points to. Preview makes large, clean, perfect images from the copies and it's far ...

but you don't want to have to keep hovering your mouse over their generic blue icons to identify which is which. Carbon Folders by necramar To customize a file or folder icon, simply follow the ...

or preview icons are turned off then it displays a generic icon for the file. This function can be turned on and off in Finder -> View -> Show View Options by checking the box next to Show Preview ...

As noticed by many users on the web and also by the 9to5Mac staff, the Apple Weather Lock Screen widget has been showing a generic file icon. Interestingly, this only happens when the weather ...

Windows users can choose to replace the generic icon of Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) with the Thumbnail preview of the first page while saving the file. Follow the instructions ...