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By using a very old program called Types, I was able to eliminate the Class and the Perceived Type of the troublesome extensions. In turn, the icon assigned to a particular extension no longer effects the icons of files with similar content. Ergo, I'm happy again.

Re: ... completely ignored the link from MS ... No. I went to the link and then I force-fed the following ... I also noticed that the link said "Icons can also be assigned on an application-specific basis". I see the word "can". Not the word "must". But, like it says in...

Well, as it turns out, I don't even have a HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile But the .txt has ... After a backup, I deleted HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt and all the others that pointed to the same application with the idea of reconstructing them from scratch. SURPRISE: Nothing changed at all (!?)...

Hi dalchina Thanks for stopping by. I like your recommendation however the problem remains. I need to know how to break up the mandatory relationship between the various text files with differing extensions. This program is a ..."Change one and they all change". Re: Nirsoft's...

At one time, I had different homemade icons for each of ... .txt .srt .vtt .ass etc. Then, out of the blue, if I now change any one of them, the system will change all the others as well. Just because they are all simple text files, Windows thinks I want the same icon for each...

I don't know if it matters but the problem began when I temporarily removed a Logitech 720p USB camera from one computer (Win'11) and added it to another (Win'10). It didn't come up. Later, I returned it to the Win'11 system and it no longer functions. I then went thru my "junk box" of older...

Hello x509 (any acquaintance to 007?) - Welcome to Registry Bashing 101 So far, I've succeeded in the miraculous disappearance of ALL except "Documents" (because it was passed my bedtime). Please set a RESTORE POINT or some other complete Registry Back-up before following this amateur's...

Following my complete failure at removing Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures and Videos from Explorer, I'm now directing my impotent hammer at the right-click context menu. No matter what utility I've used, none will display ALL the unsolicited junk that robs our real-estate and...

So . . . Are we having fun yet? NOP! I did the . . . . . . with the "keep-my-stuff" option and using the on-line method. What a disaster! Program Files and Program Files (x86) were wiped clean of all my installed applications. It would take me a month to put everything back. While...

Hi Ghot, Been there. . . Done that . . . Did it again (third time) . . . All I got was another T-shirt. Re-started Explorer.exe . . . Re-Booted CPU . . They're STILL there. What you have is exactly what I had before my 23H2 went totally bananas.

UPDATE: 2 down, 6 to go. I deleted the link to "OneDrive" by deleting the App itself . . . Settings > Apps > Apps & features > Microsoft OneDrive > . . . Uninstall And I got rid of "Quick Access" by adding ...

Hello Ghot, Remove_all_folders_from_This_PC_in_File_Explorer.reg Remove_Libraries_from_navigation_pane_in_File_Explorer.reg Remove_Quick_access_from_File_Explorer_Home_for_all_users.reg All done without success. I even opened RegEdit to make sure that the keys had been deleted and the others...

Hi Rollback_Jockey, That looked like a solution. I did a right-click/delete on them but "they all came back". (wasn't that a song?) Anyway, even after a re-boot, there they are (laughing at us). Thanks. It was a good try. Peter

I've recently had to roll my system back to 21H2 (Build 22000 2538) and have been unable to remove unwanted objects in Explorer. I have tried . . . Remove_Libraries_from_navigation_pane_in_File_Explorer.reg and Remove_Quick_access_from_File_Explorer_Home_for_all_users.reg and several older...

Hi guys, Re: Get-ACL C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll | fl Re: shell32.dll and imageres.dll Are alive and well and full of icons. Re: DefaultIcon(s) HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\DefaultIcon does not have a \DefaultIcon...