Re: Why does ICONCACHE.DB keep growing?

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On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:16:33 +0000, Nightowl <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:

Can anyone tell me why the file keeps growing like this when I'm not
adding any programs or icons to the system? Could the icon cache in
memory be somehow adding copies of itself to the file on disk instead of
replacing them?

Some lite reading for you:

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-1035_11-5164407.html

You can also delete ICONCACHE.DB and windows will rebuild it. If it
had become bloated due to corruption then it will be rebuilt properly.

Regards,
Stan
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