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mordred
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Jun 01, 2026

All shortcuts icons turn blank (white) in Windows 11

I turned my PC a while ago and all shortcut icons have been turned blank. I cleared the shortcut cache by deleting the IconCache.db file. Nothing Run sfc /scannow with no errors. Nothing When ...
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bugz
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Jun 01, 2026

Hello,

I suggest the following

  1. Try out DISM Tool
    Make sure to repeat (clearing icon cache) but (1st Close Terminate explorer.exe then, after clearing, start explorer.exe

  2. Reset App Defaults.
  3. Last Option, Check Registry (Need to be carefull)

  4. cleanmgr  Clear thumbnails

  5. Restart PC

Best