Windows – How to recover the .xml default icon

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My XML files are showing the unknown programs icon.

Why can't I change the icon? I looked it up in the registry, but I found no error. Look at the following: 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xml] 
@="xmlfile" 
"Content Type"="text/xml" 
"PerceivedType"="text" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xml\PersistentHandler] 
@="{7E9D8D44-6926-426F-AA2B-217A819A5CCE}" 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile] 
@="@C:\\Windows\\System32\\msxml3r.dll,-1" 
"EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00 
"FriendlyTypeName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,\ 
  00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,\ 
  32,00,5c,00,6d,00,73,00,78,00,6d,00,6c,00,33,00,72,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,\ 
  00,2c,00,2d,00,31,00,00,00 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\BrowseInPlace] 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\CLSID] 
@="{48123BC4-99D9-11D1-A6B3-00C04FD91555}" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\DefaultIcon] 
@="C:\\Windows\\System32\\msxml3.dll,0" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\shell] 
@="open" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\shell\edit] 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\shell\edit\command] 
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\OFFICE11\\MSOXMLED.EXE\" /verb edit \"%1\"" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\shell\Open] 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\shell\Open\Command] 
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\OFFICE11\\MSOXMLED.EXE\" /verb open \"%1\"" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\shell\Open\ddeexec] 
@="" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\ShellEx] 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\ShellEx\IconHandler] 
@="{AB968F1E-E20B-403A-9EB8-72EB0EB6797E}"

Can you find something wrong? Or can you paste your registry values?

I need default registry values about xml which is with the default associated exe.

Best Answer

Yes this time it has nothing to do with the icon cache. As this post correctly pointed out to me: http://www.sevenforums.com/microsoft-office/152972-no-icon-xml-files.html#post1315413

the problem is due to the IconHandler, apparently installed by some Office suite version. So it's enough to remove the IconHandler sub-key from xmlfile key, and leave a reasonable predefined string value in DefaultIcon key (like the one you already have).

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