out of curiosity

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    On the process of deinstalling-reinstalling FL, FLMM and CF I observed the following:


    even if I erased all files referring to FL or CF I could think of (MyGames, Programfiles, Programms, microsoft, microsoft games, etc.) on istallation of FL plain I don't get the FL desktop icon the pilots helmet) but the CF logo.


    Why ?


    Have I forgotten something ?



    There're no problems with the installation. It's really just out of curiosity.


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    had u uninstalled CF b4 installing FL?
    if u had not, then this might be the reason.
    i don't really know how this can happen but what i think is:
    CF is in your registry/HDD and it is designed to be embedded into FL and is it is only able to change the icon therefore it did that.
    if CF was not there after u istalled FL then something may have been left behind
    THIS I WHAT I THINK

    meh.

    Had also looked up registry, but didn't found anything there.


    Cleaned registry with wise-cleaner, cleaned HDD with CCleaner and had a defrag (not with inbuild windows defrag).


    Probably in one of the hidden microsoft-services and "restore"data I don't know where to find.


    (still living on windows XPHome SP3)


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    Originally posted by NucNuc
    Probably in one of the hidden microsoft-services and "restore"data I don't know where to find.


    (still living on windows XPHome SP3)


    The source for the icon is not hidden, NucNuc. It is right out in plain sight:


    1) Right-click on the icon.


    2) Select Properties


    3) Click the button "Change icon"

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    Am I a man ? I am. So - I got married. House, wife, children,everything.
    The FUULL catastrophy !

    "MY MACHINE": Win 7 prof 64bit , i7 3770K , vtx HD7950 X-edition , 8 GB DDR3-2400 , Sandisk 256 ultra , 2TB Seagate, BenQ BL2710PT (2560x1440)

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    Originally posted by NucNuc
    Thanks, Bullwinkle


    Any time, NucNuc. We've all been there and done that!


    At least now your registry is cleaned up and your hard drive is checked and defragged... :)




    PS: In case you are curious about the details: Icons are stored as "resources" in .exe and .dll files. In this case, the icon still points to Freelancer.exe. In a case like that, all that really needs to be done is to refresh the icon cache.


    Sometimes all you need to do is to reboot. However, that does not always do the trick, but clicking the "Change icon" button does!

    There are 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who do not.

    reboot is enough to clear the icon cache

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