IconPackager doesn't apply icons correctly
Monday, December 19, 2005 by klaount | Discussion: IconPackager
I even restored to windows default icons (IP says this package is damaged, this is an old problem, and it restored all the icons except these ones).
Any ideas? Is a system restore going to work?
Reply #2 Monday, December 19, 2005 6:14 PM
Reply #3 Monday, December 19, 2005 9:04 PM
Did you use the following procedure before uninstalling IP 3.1:
1 - Start IP > Tools menu > Restore all Icons > click "Yes" in pop-up dialog to confirm > click "OK" to complete process.
2 - Repeat step #1 for the "Rebuild Icon Cache", and "Repair Icon Images" in the Tools menu.
3 - Save any IP theme folders from the "C:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\IconPackager\Themes" folder to a temporary folder.
4 - Uninstall IconPackager > reboot > remove any IconPackager folder left in "C:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop" folder.
5 - Reset any file associations and file icon images manually, that may have been set to the default handling program included in Windows.
6 - Reinstall IconPackager 3 > reboot > test for functionality.
These are the general steps to reinstalling the older version, without going into the registry - which should not be necessary. 
If you did not do steps #1 and #2 before uninstalling the newer version, you may want to reinstall it > apply a package > run the steps listed.
I know that IconPackager will restore the ".doc" icon to "Wordpad" document icon - probably due to Windows XP including the Wordpad program with the OS - so this may occur with any other associations where a program included with Windows will be reset to the default handler.
I am not a coder, so I have no competent explanation of where the 'restore' function looks to set associations.
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Reply #1 Monday, December 19, 2005 5:36 PM
I do not use Firefox, but I would say that if the ".html" used the Firefox default after installing Firefox - uninstalling and reinstalling Firefox will probably grab the ".html" file association again.
Note - this assumes you have already attempted using the following procedures, and found they would not set the association to Firefox:
1 - Use the ".html" file properties "Change Icon" button
2 - Use "Folder Options > View tab > select ".html" file > Advanced button > Change Icon button"
3 - Use "Start > All Programs > Set Program Access and Defaults > Custom category" to set Firefox as the default Web Browser
Hopefully, someone who uses Firefox will drop by with some better suggestions if these do not suffice.