LnS icon quirk

[n8chavez]

Anyone have any idea why the icons for any *.exe are not showing up as they are supposed to in LnS popups?

[Frederic]

Hi,

Maybe you need to increase the number of icons in the cache:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/132668/en-us

Otherwise, I don't know what could affect the icon display. Look 'n' Stop uses a standard Windows function to get the icon from the exe file, and if this function had failed another internal icon (a "?") would be displayed.

Regards,

Frederic

[n8chavez]

How would that problem be explained by the second screenshot? There the correct application icon is displayed on the right hand side but not on the left, which i.s the list of active applications

[Frederic]

A new icon handle is asked to the system when an application is added to the list of connected applications. So, the two lists are independant.

Frederic

[n8chavez]

I still haven't been able to correct this issue.

[Frederic]

Look 'n' Stop doesn't create this kind of icon by itself, so there is something else giving this icon when Look 'n' Stop asks Windows for it (through a standard function).
Since the executable file has to be open to get the icon from its resource, maybe another security software prevents the Windows function from opening the file and a default icon is returned instead.

No other idea so far, and not reported yet by another user.

Regards,

Frederic

[Phant0m]

The two lists are independent, but why does the right list retrieve the icons and the left list doesn't? What's the shared method for icon retrieval between left list and the application filtering alert screen?

The executable name and path have a space, is the space removed or added? Before, while or after the icon retrieval?

Also n8chavez's problem isn't with Cached Icons limit.


Regards,
Phant0m``

[Phant0m]

Where are yea Fred... ;D

[Phant0m]

Here's your fix, please create txt file named exefile and paste the below in it and save and rename the file extension to .reg .

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile]
@="Application"
"EditFlags"=hex:38,07,00,00
"TileInfo"="prop:FileDescription;Company;FileVersion"
"InfoTip"="prop:FileDescription;Company;FileVersion;Create;Size"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\DefaultIcon]
@="%1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open]
"EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\DropHandler]
@="{86C86720-42A0-1069-A2E8-08002B30309D}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\PifProps]
@="{86F19A00-42A0-1069-A2E9-08002B30309D}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\ShimLayer Property Page]
@="{513D916F-2A8E-4F51-AEAB-0CBC76FB1AF8}"


Now merge the exefile.reg file and change the color display from 32bit to 16bit and apply and back again and apply.


*** Edited to include key deleting with the reg file merging process, instead of manually having a user visit the registry.

[Frederic]

Thanks Phant0m for your support on that issue.
It was a difficult one, and I had no idea why the Windows API was giving a bad icon.

Frederic

[Phant0m]

Hey Fred,

Anytime, and you certainly welcome!



Regards,
Phant0m``