So I clicked Rebuild Icon Cache & IP changed my wallpaper
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It's true... but Rebuild Icon Cache is the 2nd of 2 issues. I'm using IP 3.00.090, but the 1st problem began several builds ago. It's the reason I was fooling around with features I'm unsure of.
1) IP replaces the icons on my .exe files (& consequently all their shortcuts) with the generic icon from the pkg I loaded. If I try to change shortcuts back to the default icon manually (thru properties setting}, they revert to the generic setting.
I looked in the list of IP Settings & can't find anything that addresses .exe's. (Not the same thing, but I always selected Only load File Icons for regestered file types.)
There's no access to .exe icons or to program shortcuts in Icons & Cursors
I'm assuming there's a setting I missed somewhere, but how do I get IP to leave my .exe's alone?
2) In trying to find an approach to (1) above, I clicked Rebuild Icon Cache. Can't find documentation for this feature, but I assumed it would reset the cache of Loaded icons back to the pkg I had selected if I had made any changes. Wasn't sure if it would also change the applied icons or not. Anyway, I clicked it to see what it does & after a couple of flashes, the wallpaper changed-- and to a picture I don't remember ever seeing before (I'm sure I just forgot I had it)
I would like to suggest that StarDock make documentation available that at least identifies the intended functionality of each feature exposed to the user. I've worked in software & I know there's only so much time, but as a user, it's not reassuring to have to guess what might happen if I push this button. (Though it's a safe to guess that IP isn't a wallpaper changer...)
1) IP replaces the icons on my .exe files (& consequently all their shortcuts) with the generic icon from the pkg I loaded. If I try to change shortcuts back to the default icon manually (thru properties setting}, they revert to the generic setting.
I looked in the list of IP Settings & can't find anything that addresses .exe's. (Not the same thing, but I always selected Only load File Icons for regestered file types.)
There's no access to .exe icons or to program shortcuts in Icons & Cursors
I'm assuming there's a setting I missed somewhere, but how do I get IP to leave my .exe's alone?
2) In trying to find an approach to (1) above, I clicked Rebuild Icon Cache. Can't find documentation for this feature, but I assumed it would reset the cache of Loaded icons back to the pkg I had selected if I had made any changes. Wasn't sure if it would also change the applied icons or not. Anyway, I clicked it to see what it does & after a couple of flashes, the wallpaper changed-- and to a picture I don't remember ever seeing before (I'm sure I just forgot I had it)
I would like to suggest that StarDock make documentation available that at least identifies the intended functionality of each feature exposed to the user. I've worked in software & I know there's only so much time, but as a user, it's not reassuring to have to guess what might happen if I push this button. (Though it's a safe to guess that IP isn't a wallpaper changer...)
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