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No icon for my SSD in Windows 11 file explorer
I had to reset my pc and I turned off device encryption which is when I noticed the change in icons. I tried even to set it myself manually and it won’t let me do that. I really just want to find the...
1. Force the disk display to be refreshed
Shortcut: Win + R → Enter:
shell
ie4uinit.exe -show
Then press Enter and the icons should reload.
2. Rebuild the icon cache
Close File Explorer
The administrator runs CMD and executes it in order:
cmd
del /f /q “%localappdata%\IconCache.db”
taskkill /im explorer.exe /f
start explorer.exe
3. Check disk allocation
Win + X → Disk Management → Make sure the SSD is assigned a drive letter.