Firefox loses icon in Windows 7 – reset the Windows 7 icon cache

From time to time I have noticed that the Firefox icon on the Windows 7 taskbar goes missing and is replaced with an empty shortcut icon. Firefox still works OK but the lost icon is quite annoying. After a little research I found that the problem lies in the Windows 7 IconCache.

Here is a quick way to fix this little issue:

1. Open Task Manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or right-click the taskbar and choose ‘Start Task Manager’).
2. On the process tab, end the Explorer.exe process (this will make your taskbar disappear)
3. Click ‘File’ and ‘New Task’, type ‘cmd’ and hit OK.
4. At the command prompt type ‘cd /d %userprofile%\appdata\local’ to switch to your required directory.
5. Type ‘del IconCache.db /a’ to clear the Icon Cache.
6. Close the CMD window and return to the Task Manager.
7. Click ‘File’ and ‘New Task’, type ‘explorer’ and hit OK.
8. Your taskbar will return and your firefox icon should return to normal.