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OK, great. Thanks so much for your help, Aneesh.

I will look out for a new update. Please let me know in this thread when/if they fix it. In the meantime, I will just uncheck the option for File Associations in preferences. That's the easiest way for me.

Aneesh -- 1) Is the reason your developers couldn't replicate the problem was because I keep custom icons in a non-system partition? 2) Is there a more global fix? I would like to give custom icons to many file types but if I have to make an exception for each one in AU then I will simply keep "File...

Ok, I ran just the registry scan, with all options checked, and the log is attached. It shows where Ace Utilities is changing the registry entries for the .txt file icons. You know, If I had run the registry scan by itself, instead of only under the comprehensive wizard, I probably would have pinpoi...

Aneesh, this issue had been happening repeatedly and regularly. It only happens for icons changed via Tools>Folder Options>File Types . I can repeat the problem every time too. I did not have this issue for custom folder icons that I applied with a utility called Folder Marker. Nor did Ace Utilities...

Thanks for your reply Aneesh. I found the solution. I unchecked "File Associations" under "Clean System Registry" and now the custom icons stick. FYI, I am running XP Home SP-3 and Ace Utilities 4.2.0.457. Acelogix may want to look into this as I'm sure the intention was not to undo custom icons tha...

Hi ... I am having a problem with file types keeping their custom icons and I am pretty sure I have narrowed it down to Ace Utilities when I run the wizard for cleaning. What I did was give .txt documents a custom icon via the Folder Options in Windows. Every couple of days I noticed the files would...