Blank Icon Shown for HTML Files

Running Vista 64 Ultimate. After installing Office 2007, all of my *.htm,
*.html and *.mht files are now shown in Explorer as the blank white icon. I
confirmed that the Default Icon settings under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT match those
of another Vista machine, yet something is preventing Explore from
displaying the appropriate icons for the aforementioned file types.

I could just force the file types to reference the correct icons within the
Internet Explorer executable, but I would rather get to the cause of the
situation, and leave the registry settings at there default value of "%1",
just like my other Vista machine.

Any clues on how to remedy this behavior?

Thanks!
Bryan

 

Bryan wrote:

> Running Vista 64 Ultimate. After installing Office 2007, all of my *.htm,
> *.html and *.mht files are now shown in Explorer as the blank white icon.
> I confirmed that the Default Icon settings under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT match
> those of another Vista machine, yet something is preventing Explore from
> displaying the appropriate icons for the aforementioned file types.
>
> I could just force the file types to reference the correct icons within
> the Internet Explorer executable, but I would rather get to the cause of
> the situation, and leave the registry settings at there default value of
> "%1", just like my other Vista machine.

Maybe this will apply to Vista, too.

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/htmicon.htm - Incorrect or generic Windows icon
displayed for HTM and MHTML files

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

 

Neither technique was applicable. Vista does not have a "File Type" tab.
And "htmliconfix.exe" only runs in XP.

 

Bryan wrote:

> Neither technique was applicable. Vista does not have a "File Type" tab.
> And "htmliconfix.exe" only runs in XP.

Then see if any of the file type fixes from MVP Ramesh help:

File Association Fixes - http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ