Download the above script or copy the above lines to Notepad and save the file as refreshicons.vbs.

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject('Wscript.Shell') WScript.ScriptFullName & Chr(34) & ' uac', '', 'runas', 1 ObjShell.ShellExecute 'wscript.exe', Chr(34) & _ Set objShell = CreateObject('Shell.Application') 'Forces a refresh of the shell icons by resetting. This causes Windows to refresh the shell icons. This triggers the SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED event, which instructs the Shell to invalidate the icon and thumbnail cache. This script resets the file association settings for. You can use the following VBScript to refresh the icons quickly. Note: If you’re looking for information on how to completely clean and rebuild the icon cache, check out this post How to Rebuild the Icon Cache in Windows.

This should fix the incorrect file type icons issue. This command can be useful if you make a change in the registry related to the shell file types (e.g., change file type icons, taskbar icon), and you want that your changes will take effect immediately even without restarting the Explorer shell.

The “ Nircmd.exe shellrefresh” command initiates a general refresh for Explorer shell (user interface).

You can specify one of the following values: “ environment” – for refreshing the environment variables, “ policy” – for policy settings, “ intl” for locale settings.

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