Posts under Icons tag.

Word icon is not showing on .doc & .docx document files

It has been observed that conflicts with the default program settings in Windows can cause plain white icons to be displayed on your ‘.docx‘ files. As such, you may not see any Microsoft Word icon. If Microsoft Word icon is blank […]

Restore desktop icon layout to original position in Windows 10

We all love our desktops and the way we arrange icons on it. Sometimes, the arrangement of the icons is lost either because something in the system changed, or because you did with the right click and sorted it. Many a […]

What are these 2 small blue arrow overlays which appear on desktop icons?

If you have noticed an icon with 2 small blue overlays, then know that it has been placed there by the Windows OS to indicate that the file or folder has been compressed to save disk space. If you are […]

Black background behind Folder icons in Windows 10

Windows 10 File Explorer provides a variety of ways to organize the contents of files and folders of the system. The Window users can use some efficient styles to view the contents of the file system as per the user’s […]

Desktop icons moved from Primary Monitor to Secondary Monitor in Windows 10

If you have recently updated your computer to Windows 10 v1803 and then found that all the Desktop icons had moved from the Primary Monitor to the Secondary Monitor, here is a simple suggestion that will help you bring back all […]

Iconoid helps you better manage your Windows desktop icons

Decluttering is important, be it your room or your desktop. A clean and tidy desktop is not just pleasing to eyes, but it also increases your productivity. It is always easier to find things on a clean desktop as compared […]

Google Chrome icon too large on Windows 10

Maybe Google Chrome wants to stand out in a crowd, and that is why it displays such a large icon in the Start Menu of Windows 10. Whether you display a small icon or a medium icon, the logo takes […]

How to remove Lock Overlay Icon on Encrypted Files in Windows 10

One of the best ways to keep your data safe is to encrypt all the important files and folders. Microsoft offers a simple tool for this purpose called, EFS (Encrypted File Service). The built-in tool from Microsoft is pretty straightforward […]

How to increase Icon Cache size in Windows 10/8/7

Some Windows 10 users have been reporting that their desktop or explorer icons load slow when they start the PC. If you are facing such an issue or if you find that your icons look weird or corrupted, you may […]

Thumbnail and Icon Cache Rebuilder for Windows 10

Thumbnail and Icon Cache Rebuilder for Windows 10 is a portable freeware that will purge, clear and delete your Thumbnail and Icon Cache in a click. If your icons appear blank or look corrupted or do not refresh correctly, when […]

Change desktop icons view in Windows 10 to Details and List view

On your Windows desktop, we place icon shortcuts to our oft-accessed programs, files and folders. While the default icons view is that they are displayed as icons in Medium size, there are other ways too, that icons can be displayed. […]

Rebuild Icon Cache, Clear Thumbnail cache in Windows 10

If your icons appear blank or look corrupted or do not refresh correctly, when they should, then it is quite possible that your icon cache database may have become corrupted in on your Windows 10 PC. The same thing applies […]

Allow or Prevent themes from changing Desktop icons in Windows 10

The Windows operating system offers you great liberty in customizing its user interface. Users like to change themes, windows colors, icons, mouse pointers, desktop wallpapers and even tweak the Windows Registry or hack system files to give it and its […]

Disable Flashing Taskbar buttons or icons on Windows taskbar

Notifications in Windows are present to draw your attention to programs or areas that require your immediate attention. While this helps in resolving issues quickly it can annoy some. Especially the taskbar icons or buttons which flash, once the program […]

Create or Make icons from image or extract image from icon with Quick Any2Ico

Quick Any2Ico is a tiny portable free icon creator & converter software that lets you create ICO icon files for your programs, websites or any other purposes, as well as extract images from icon resource files. It works very efficiently […]

Junior Icon Editor: Freeware to create and edit Icons in Windows 10/8/7

Creating and saving icons, has always been a tough job for amateurs. But now it is no longer difficult to create, edit and save icons. With Junior Icon Editor you can easily create or edit icons like you edit a […]

Icons From File: Freeware to extract Icons from DLL, EXE Files

Most of the software we come across in our everyday life having many things embedded in themselves. Generally the software for Windows have executable (.exe) format, and they have some dynamic link libraries (.dll). If you’re looking for the tool […]

Resize Desktop icons or Change Explorer View type quickly in Windows 10/8/7

The list of Windows shortcuts is long! It never seems to end. Whenever you feel you know all the Windows shortcuts, another just comes along to prove the notion wrong. Here’s another quick tip that will help you quickly resize explorer […]

Cannot remove Drop Shadows for Icon Labels on Windows desktop

We have earlier, talked about tweaking Visual Effects, disabling Show content while dragging objects and disabling Font Smoothing in order to enhance the performance of Windows 10/8.1/8/7. We came around an issue, where some users were facing problems trying to disable drop […]

Desktop Icons not working in Windows 10/8/7

Are you facing and issue, where you find that your desktop icons are not working or showing in Windows 10/8/7? Usually, this happens if the file associations are messed up. Before telling you how to fix it, I will in […]