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The illustration above describe the mistake appears of file type icon (for JS File) on my laptop several days ago. The left picture show a wrong icon, while the right one show the true icon. I don’t know how the JS File icon change become a text file document.

I think the right question is how to change the icon for a file type in Windows? There’s nice tutorial from Ramesh Srinivasan, that you can read here. But if you confused how to do it, my other advice is by using third party tools, let say Default Programs Editor. I think this software is powerful file association utility for Windows. It is a context menu editor, an autoplay editor, and default programs association editor; essentially, the settings in the “Default Programs” Control Panel page. It’s a replacement for the “File Types” dialog in Windows XP, and brings some key features of TweakUI to Windows Vista/7.

Below is the feature of Default Programs Editor:

• File Type Settings:
  • Add, Edit, and Delete context menu items
  • Edit file type information (such as icon and description)
  • Change an extension’s associated file type
• Autoplay Settings:
  • Add, Edit, and Delete autoplay handler programs
  • Change which autoplay options are available for any media type
  • Change the default autoplay handler
• Default Programs Settings:
  • Add or Remove default associations (possible to check, but not un-check, in Windows)
• Additional Features:
  • Disable the “Search web for unknown extension” dialog
  • Standalone utility, or install as a Control Panel applet
  • Make direct changes to the system registry, or export edits as .reg files
  • Designed for Vista and Windows 7 with UAC support

Default Programs Editor is freeware, and for additional frequently asked question you always could visit the official website.

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