Blank game icons

[ryzanek]

Hello!
I have a small problem - all of my steam games have no icons.
I tried reinstalling steam, i verified the integrity of the files, yet nothing worked.
I checked the icon folder, and 80% of the icons are just gone.
Is there a way i can get them back WITHOUT having to install all the icons by hand and adding them to every game or reinstalling all of the games? (i have so many installed it would take ages)

[HIVEmind]

I have the same problem. I reinstalled windows. I reinstalled steam. My server is same account, and is perfectly OK. It seems it's localized to my gaming computer.

[adrian5909]

Originally posted by ryzanek:

Hello!
I have a small problem - all of my steam games have no icons.
I tried reinstalling steam, i verified the integrity of the files, yet nothing worked.
I checked the icon folder, and 80% of the icons are just gone.
Is there a way i can get them back WITHOUT having to install all the icons by hand and adding them to every game or reinstalling all of the games? (i have so many installed it would take ages)

Windows Key + R

"%localappdata%"

delete the iconcache.db file, it is hidden so you need to turn the view hidden files feature on

[xarvn]

Try instructions in following comment:
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/4031348273658006638/?tscn=1728071765#c4031348273663363784
Note some shortcuts do not have an associated image and must be manually linked to one through the shortcut's properties.

[Squintopotamous]

Adding any of your program executable will result in No icon or blank icon and it cannot be fixed through trying to add the shortcut again.

The icon initially might show up, when Steam is restarted it becomes blank again.

I reported this to Steam support since this happened after Steam families beta ended and an update was released. I provided them all the information including screenshots where the problem is.

Hope for a fix is best you can do.

[xarvn]

Originally posted by Squintopotamous:

Adding any of your program executable will result in No icon or blank icon and it cannot be fixed through trying to add the shortcut again.

The icon initially might show up, when Steam is restarted it becomes blank again.

I reported this to Steam support since this happened after Steam families beta ended and an update was released. I provided them all the information including screenshots where the problem is.

Hope for a fix is best you can do.

Manually adding game files such as the game executable does not replenish the .ico files. If you only have a few games with blank shortcuts, you can manually assign images to the shortcuts through their properties:

1. Right-click the shortcut and select "Properties."
   
2. Click the "Web Document" tab if not already selected.
   
3. Click "Change Icon."
   
4. Click "Browse" and navigate to "...Steam\steamapps\common\<game folder>."
   
5. Find a .ico file if one is available or find the game .exe file, select it and click "Open." Note that the file may be buried in subfolders.
   
6. Click "Okay" buttons to exit as necessary.

If you have many games with blank shortcuts, then the above process can be quite tedious. Here the instructions linked in my comment #3 can be used to fix game icons one-Library-at-a-time.

[Iceira]

Originally posted by m.kataro:

I have the same problem. I reinstalled windows. I reinstalled steam. My server is same account, and is perfectly OK. It seems it's localized to my gaming computer.

Then you wipe steam own icons them will go Blank ( then you reset reinstall steam you need to go vist them icon so windos learn they are there. , this is know as refresh content ) old windows usre know this. ( its not windows itself there is the problem then you reset it or reinstall it you cauce issue with new system dont knwo them icon at steam locatoion you are the issue not windows ) and be happy with this reply , this has been explaned several time over many year's and it dont see to help at all. ( now we bend this is NEON so you get it )
be happy for the hard and tough loves here. only way to get though here.

Steam devs know this , so should and experience tech dude. you cant just wipe windows icon cache or steam own icon folder or reinstall windows , "HOW THE HELL SHOULD WINDOWS KNOW STEAM OWN FOLDER" capital letter is not a mistake here.

Many know this, but how to explan so all get it. ( without have to explan every little detail.)

take a digital map with Roads and house's, who said the road is made and house's is build or not have been removed demolished in real world but not added or removed from the digital map.. ( its that simple to explan )

Proof is here. where ever you install steam.
?:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam\games

You go into this steam folder and scroll down so all them icon get added to windows cache.
assume you did not wipe steam folder. or have steam as backup before you reset windows or reinstall windows.

If there is another English person that can re-type all this in a simple way go ahead and do so, i will not stop you.

All this is basic IT knowledge from the past, then i and other use win3,11 and Icons was funny and new to add to extract from files,maybe someone still think this is so, then i'm sorry , i and other has just moved on and dont do this anymore .

[Iceira]

Originally posted by metamec:

Open Windows Powershell. Copy/Paste this.

Remove-Item "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\IconCache.db" -Force

Reboot.

OP do make backup first, this will not bring back delete steam icon you did, and same with next steam user with windows.

@ryzanek replyed
"I checked the icon folder, and 80% of the icons are just gone." OP did say this.
You did this wipe icon folder , if you dont have steam backup with steam icon then its a NO you can't.


@m.kataro replyed
"I reinstalled windows."
windows do not know past windows icon added to windows cache database.

Maybe we should start report pll here for harmfull advice. ( if you dont know the process of what is going on here, i see no other way to stop BS here. and we will let steam moderator deal with it.

This is actual not about me, this is the process of what happend and why it is so.
Any tech dude will know this.

ps.
This is the consequence of wipe steam own icon folder, and reset windows, it has been done by steam user for years + old guides that dont care or know the other userdata, and still your problem for not take backup of steam userdata before you fiddle with it.

Ask any person that know make a backup file before edit or change the content , its more a fail safe if you dont know how to correct it.

Why we have so many crap advice with remove cache then this is not the issue in first place i do not know, and how will you fix a cache issue then a user just reinstall windows its already empty..

Either we have to many bots here or ppl that has no clue at all, in things in why things happend like this.

So yeah your advice is harmfull then you delete things again or even suggest it.