PRB: Icon Handlers in Start Menu Do Not Match Those in Explorer

• Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK), used with:
  • Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

Icons shown on items in the start menu may not match those shown in Windows Explorer for the same items if an icon handler is being used to generate the icons and the GIL_DONTCACHE flag is present.

RESOLUTION

There is a problem in the Start menu code handling the GIL_DONTCACHE flag. If that flag is removed from the code, the start menu will work correctly. If the GIL_DONTCACHE is being used to ensure that the right icons are geting cached, you can solve that same problem by using SHChangeNotify(SHCNE_UPDATEDIR, SHCNF_PATH, ...) to notify the shell whenever the handler code makes a change to the icons.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

Additional query words: shell extension icon handler

Keywords          : kbExtension kbIcon kbWinOS95 kbGrpShell 
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Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: March 7, 1999