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Patrick Humphreys

Pale Moon Shortcut Icon Disappearing in Windows 7

Unread post by Patrick Humphreys » 2018-05-01, 21:53

I have just started using Pale Moon, having installed it earlier today.

I am running Windows 7 Pro on a ThinkPad X220, and followed the quick installation procedure when installing the browser. I have optimised the browser to my own taste somewhat, merely by switching to dark theme and moving the layout around. I have not tinkered with anything important.

After having the browser installed for only a few hours, I noticed that the 'moon' shortcut icon had disappeared and been replaced by an 'image not found' icon. The same is true when I locate Pale Moon in the Start menu or palemoon.exe in Program Files. However, when I right click and go into Properties, the 'moon' icon is present, but only within the Properties window. Attempting to change the icon via Properties does nothing to the shortcut icon itself. No matter what, any Pale Moon shortcuts on my system show an 'image not found' icon, as if the icon file had been lost. But I checked, and it's still there. It's as if the shortcut doesn't want to remember the 'moon' icon, and it just fails to load.
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Re: Pale Moon Shortcut Icon Disappearing in Windows 7

Unread post by billmcct » 2018-05-01, 22:32

Have you tried restarting windows? This happens to me with other programs and a restart solves it.
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Patrick Humphreys

Re: Pale Moon Shortcut Icon Disappearing in Windows 7

Unread post by Patrick Humphreys » 2018-05-01, 22:49

That was the first thing I tried. To no avail, I'm afraid.

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Re: Pale Moon Shortcut Icon Disappearing in Windows 7

Unread post by BlueOwl » 2018-05-01, 23:06

@Patrick Humphreys, I've had this issue before. See if this helps: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/hel ... ave-become

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Re: Pale Moon Shortcut Icon Disappearing in Windows 7

Unread post by Patrick Humphreys » 2018-05-01, 23:26

Success! Thank you very much.

I figured it was a Windows issue more so than a browser issue. Loving my Pale Moon experience so far, by the way.

Thanks for the help!

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