PRB: Icon Handlers in Start Menu Don't Match Those in Explorer

Last reviewed: January 10, 1996
Article ID: Q142276

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit for 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 reference words: 4.00 shell extension icon handler
KBCategory: kbui kbprb
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Last reviewed: January 10, 1996
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