How to Fix Blank White Icons on Desktop (Windows 10) thumbnails

It is a known issue with 1709 but interestingly we couldn't find it online.

1-Open your notepad, copy the below content to it and save it with the name iconfix.bat

@echo off
regedit /s c:\tasprovidericon.reg

2-Open your notepad, copy the below content to it and save it with the name of tasprovider_icon_fix.reg

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\IconHandler]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

 

You have to save both these files on the C drive.

open another notepad and copy all the below content and save it as : tasprovidericonfix.xml

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<Task version="1.2" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">
<RegistrationInfo>
<Date>2022-08-08T10:46:20.4984644</Date>
<Author>TAS-PEGAH\Pegah</Author>
<URI>\tasprovidericonfix</URI>
</RegistrationInfo>
<Triggers>
<BootTrigger>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
</BootTrigger>
</Triggers>
<Principals>
<Principal id="Author">
<UserId>S-1-5-21-3357406236-2511505370-1857863199-1004</UserId>
<LogonType>InteractiveToken</LogonType>
<RunLevel>LeastPrivilege</RunLevel>
</Principal>
</Principals>
<Settings>
<MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy>
<DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>true</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>
<StopIfGoingOnBatteries>true</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>
<AllowHardTerminate>true</AllowHardTerminate>
<StartWhenAvailable>false</StartWhenAvailable>
<RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>
<IdleSettings>
<Duration>PT10M</Duration>
<WaitTimeout>PT1H</WaitTimeout>
<StopOnIdleEnd>true</StopOnIdleEnd>
<RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>
</IdleSettings>
<AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
<Hidden>false</Hidden>
<RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>
<WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>
<ExecutionTimeLimit>PT72H</ExecutionTimeLimit>
<Priority>7</Priority>
</Settings>
<Actions Context="Author">
<Exec>
<Command>C:\iconfix.bat</Command>
</Exec>
</Actions>
</Task>

Open Task Scheduler and  import the XML file into the Task Scheduler and reboot the computer.

 

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