when running Windows XP in classic 2000 desktop mode, when N++ is associated to files the icon gets set to the default "no icon". Setting it manually doesn't help but reverting the file association back to say, notepad.exe, and the icons change.
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I have the same problem. tried uninstalling notepad++ but that didn't fix the problem... reinstalled, tried registry hacks mentioned above, still no bueno.
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I am running XP in XP mode and have the same problem on home and work computers.
I went into Folder options in explorer to edit the .txt extension options and then into the advanced button. I clicked on Change Icon and got an error "Can't find file %1" or something like that. So then I opened the registry and went to [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Notepad++_file\Default_Icon] and deleted it.
I had to go back to Folder Options and click "Ok" in the advanced dialog again to get it to take but then all the Notepad++ icons were fixed including the ones for ".log" and ".ini" etc.
I agree with the person who said Notepad++ should clean up it's own registry entries but I have never gotten too deeply into system entries just the application ones.
Good Luck, you guys put me on the right track.
Bill Reveile S.U.G. (Standard Uber Geek)
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I also had the same problem with XP (but I wasn't running XP in classic 2000 desktop mode).
I opened the key folder in registry
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Notepad++_file
and there I found a folder with shellex/iconhandler . I think icon handler are only usefull for thumbnail things like e.g. avi files, but not for txt files.
The icon handler I found at Notpad++_file was a ms office icon handler, so I deleted the whole shellex folder structure in
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Notepad++_file
Really strange, I wonder how a ms office icon handler get into the notepad++_file registry entry.
Now I see for the first time icons for notepad++ files! :)
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Hi! I tried the versions of both of you, helpful compwizards, but I still don't see what I want. First, I edited my registry as the other thread shows (except the last part, where the "a", "b", "c" things come in because I have different programs and different preferences). I think I've made a mistake when I ran REGEDIT but I'm awfully angry because of what Notepad++ has done to my icons. They're still shown as unknown while the extension (".txt") is also shown since my registry edit. What the hell can I do by myself?
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Sorry guys for my previous crying! I finally managed to solve the problem using the first aforementioned method (deleting the iconhandler). Thanks for the community!
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when running Windows XP in classic 2000 desktop mode, when N++ is associated to files the icon gets set to the default "no icon". Setting it manually doesn't help but reverting the file association back to say, notepad.exe, and the icons change.
Yeah the e same problem with my win xp machine. What to do?
I have the same problem. tried uninstalling notepad++ but that didn't fix the problem... reinstalled, tried registry hacks mentioned above, still no bueno.
I am running XP in XP mode and have the same problem on home and work computers.
I went into Folder options in explorer to edit the .txt extension options and then into the advanced button. I clicked on Change Icon and got an error "Can't find file %1" or something like that. So then I opened the registry and went to [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Notepad++_file\Default_Icon] and deleted it.
I had to go back to Folder Options and click "Ok" in the advanced dialog again to get it to take but then all the Notepad++ icons were fixed including the ones for ".log" and ".ini" etc.
I agree with the person who said Notepad++ should clean up it's own registry entries but I have never gotten too deeply into system entries just the application ones.
Good Luck, you guys put me on the right track.
Bill Reveile S.U.G. (Standard Uber Geek)
I also had the same problem with XP (but I wasn't running XP in classic 2000 desktop mode).
I opened the key folder in registry
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Notepad++_file
and there I found a folder with shellex/iconhandler . I think icon handler are only usefull for thumbnail things like e.g. avi files, but not for txt files.
The icon handler I found at Notpad++_file was a ms office icon handler, so I deleted the whole shellex folder structure in
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Notepad++_file
Really strange, I wonder how a ms office icon handler get into the notepad++_file registry entry.
Now I see for the first time icons for notepad++ files! :)
I think notepad++ should check if the registry entries are 100% correct and there is nothing missing or nothing is too much there!
I have the same problem. It's very annoying because I have many filetypes opened by Notepad++ and none of them have its icon.
Any solution to this, yet?
What the friend two posts above deleted? I couldn't understand... did this guy finally solved the problem?
Yes, do following in regedit:
Goto:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Notepad++_file\DefaultIcon
Set:
(Default) REG_SZ "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe"
Best Regards
Jens
I got mine working; see this thread:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19026544#19040447
Hi! I tried the versions of both of you, helpful compwizards, but I still don't see what I want. First, I edited my registry as the other thread shows (except the last part, where the "a", "b", "c" things come in because I have different programs and different preferences). I think I've made a mistake when I ran REGEDIT but I'm awfully angry because of what Notepad++ has done to my icons. They're still shown as unknown while the extension (".txt") is also shown since my registry edit. What the hell can I do by myself?
Sorry guys for my previous crying! I finally managed to solve the problem using the first aforementioned method (deleting the iconhandler). Thanks for the community!