Re: HTML File Icon Not Displaying



Open Start, Run, type without quotation marks 'regsvr32 /i shdocvw.dll' and click OK. See if HTML files have recovered their right icon.

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Greetings,
Daniel Martín
Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User


"Sporty" <Sporty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:9DEADA40-B421-4A8C-BC60-7BE05A668282@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks for replying. I had read that too and tried it. Did not work.
>
> "Daniel Martín [MVP Windows]" wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> Read this article by MVP Ramesh Srinivasan:
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>> Incorrect or generic Windows icon displayed for HTM, HTML and MHT files
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/htmicon.htm
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>> Greetings,
>> Daniel Martín
>> Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
>>
>>
>> "Sporty" <Sporty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:33A3C0B2-1967-4F72-88A1-91C5E2D803FC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I have a brand new Dell 9150 - XP Home, Service Pack 2 - and I cannot get the
>> > icons to display for .htm or .html file types. All other file types are
>> > displaying their correct icons. I have tried & retried to change it using the
>> > Folder Options/File Type app in the Control Panel. I downloaded & ran the
>> > TweakUI - no changes. It is *really* bugging me when I open up folders with
>> > lots of HTML files and instead of the "e' icons, it just shows the "broken"
>> > icon. I do web-dev, but I am not too educated on the systems side of the
>> > computer. Any help or suggestions? Thanks!!!
>>
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