Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2016 September 23

= September 23 =

Icons suddenly changed in XP
Why did my icons suddenly get teeny? The were big like A and now went small and on a slice of paper like B. Thanks if for any help. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 06:43, 23 September 2016 (UTC) This has happened to media file icons after I messed around with file associations for VLC and Media Player Classic. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 06:45, 23 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Where are you seeing them? If it's in Windows Explorer, there's a view option that lets you select how you want to see them (big icons, little icons, tiles, details, etc.) Matt Deres (talk) 16:54, 23 September 2016 (UTC)


 * It's also possible that changing the file association has the side effect of resetting the icon to the default size. StuRat (talk) 18:44, 23 September 2016 (UTC)


 * It's in Windows Explorer and also my preferred FreeCommander. I monkeyed around more with Media Player Classic and those icons went back to regular size. The VLC ones are still teeny, but I imagine it will eventually sort itself out after a while. Many thanks. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:58, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Anna Frodesiak, when displayed icons change, kill the hidden file of the iconcache database, located anywhere in the local or temp folder of an users or systems profile. The icon cache wil be rebuilt automaticly, but this is noting to do with the size. It is recommended when the wrong icon to a file or link is displayed. -- Hans Haase (有问题吗) 12:57, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
 * The smaller icon shoes a media file to open with VLC, not the VLC player itselves. If this was not done by setting the procedure open with… for this file extension, it might be the problem with the iconcache. VLC can be reinstalled. If this does not fix it and the other icons kept their size, kill the iconcache. Btw, You know the support for WinXP has ended years ago? No good idea to go online with such machine. -- Hans Haase (有问题吗) 18:08, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

(Windows 10­) GUI program/script to list folders where queried file is missing?
Greeting friends,

(Win10) basically I want to exclude hidden files from the results of the following* algorithm. Can this be done? Moreover, if it possible, I’d like to exclude the parent folders from the code. Namely, I don’t want D:\backup music\ARTIST, conversely to D:\backup music\ARTIST\ALBUM. Thanks!

for /r “D:\backup music” %i in (.) do @if not exist "%i\folder.jpg" echo %i (talk) 20:29, 23 September 2016 (UTC)