IconPackager doesn't apply icons correctly

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I installed IconPackager 3.1 the other day to try it, and uninstall it the same day, returning to version 3. Now all the the icons of associated file types (say, .html associated with firefox always has the "default" icon, even when I change the icon to Firefox default) are not customizable, locked in a strange way. I tried also the "rebuild icon cache" option, which didn't work of course.
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?
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

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.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hm, the problem is that this happens with many files, .mp3 .zip and so on...
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

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.