Windows 7 icon recovery

I have installed a Alienware skin for my computer but while it was installing I closed it before it created a uninstaller and I can't uninstall it through control panel. I have tried to refresh the IconCache.db but it didn't work.

How I can get my icons back to normal?

Solution 1:

1.Click Start button then type cmd.exe and right click on it, select Run as administrator
2.Type sfc /scannow as mentioned below:

C:\Windows\System32>sfc /scannow

let it run... and when it says it has repaired some files, reboot. Now, all the icon will be fixed. I had the same issue with my pc, and sfc repaired it. (It fixed the problem left by Mac transformation pack , and also alienware pack)

Because skin packs modifies the DLL files , IconCache.db won't hold the skinning data's resources. Yes, it's resources, alienware skin package modifies the OS resources that is dll and exe. That's why doing sfc is must. "sfc" is the built-in System File Checker tool that checks the integrity of all windows resources with winsxs directory, and restore the original resource files.

Alternative method:

Install the same alienware skin once again, and let it run, and reboot, and now you should have the uninstaller from control panel, so that you can uninstall as usual.

If you have a system restore point before skin installation, then, restoring the system to that restore point also bring back all the icons