Help, IconPackager a disaster (packages not working, wrong icons, missing icons, etc.)

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I think Iconpackager is completely screwed up. I started with Iconpackager 3.0a and am now using the latest IP 3.1 shareware on WinXP. Some packages like the Gris&Glow1.5 and Marcintesh don't work. When I try to apply them IP will just automatically close with no error messages. It looks like nothing happened but then I notice a few extensions like .rar, .zip, and .dll did get changed. The rest are the default icons. For the packages that can be loaded and applied, they don't seem to work very well. There are always some icons that stay at default and refuse to change no matter what, and/or they get changed to the incorrect icon for that particular format. For example, a mp3 file will get a .wav icon or .wma icon or a .cda icon. Anything but the appropriate icon. And many times the changes aren't consistent. When a file does get the right icon I might change to another package to compare, and then change back and the file won't change or change to the wrong icon! And lots of times the package's icons are missing for a particular extension even when it has an applicable icon for it. For example, when I go to Icons and Cursors/Files I will see that the .mpeg format has the correct icon for it, but the .mpg format is unassociated or blank even though it's set in my video player (Media Player Classic). I see many icons like that in the window. It's like everything's messed up.

I've tried the Restore all Icons, Rebuild Icon Cache, Repair Icon Images, rebooting. I have tried uninstalling, deleting the folder, cleaning out registry with Registry Mechanic, but nothing works. Do I have to go into the registry and clean everything out manually? Do I have to set the file associations manually? What do I have to do to wipe everything clean and start anew? (Short of reformatting that is)
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
I'm using the registered version (3.10.101) and I agree. This version is really screwed up. I tried installing old Icon packages I have and some icons were correct, others were not. Trying to create a new icon package was even worse ... saving the package crashed the application.

I deinstalled and reinstalled and it no longer crashes, but trying to save an icon package and then applying it does not produce the desired results.

I've had to resort to using the standard windows icons for now. I hope someone from Stardock is monitoring the forums and can produce a version that is fixed. This one is broken.