Windows Icons Cache Refresher

Windows Icons Cache Refresher is a lightweight and portable application designed to repair the Windows icon cache to resolve issues concerning misplaced or mismatched icons in Windows Explorer or any other file navigator you have installed, due to a corrupt icon cache.
It comes packed with the necessary and suffice options for making this happen, so previous experience with OS fixing utilities is not required.

Refresh the icons cache with one click

The interface is clean and intuitive. Made from a single window that contains a large button for refreshing the icons cache, the application informs you that it was specially designed for machines running Windows 8, 7, Vista or XP, so it cannot make guarantees for other OS versions.
Any open instances of Windows Explorer shall be closed by the program before it attempts to repair the icons cache, and you can confirm this action or cancel it to save any unsaved work. It may be necessary to restart the PC to finalize the task if the changes don't become visible right after the process is over.

Doesn't need installation

The downloaded pack contains just one .exe file that can be copied anywhere or stored on a USB flash drive to launch Windows Icons Cache Refresher on any machine with as little effort as possible.
It doesn't create additional files or folders on the computer without letting you know about it, and it doesn't need DLls or other components to work properly. To uninstall the product, it's only necessary to delete this file.

Evaluation and conclusion

It worked well in our testing, without crashing, freezing or indicating errors. Tasks were carried out fast while system resources usage was minimal.
All in all, Windows Icons Cache Refresher delivers a straightforward solution for attempting to repair broken icons by refreshing the icon cache in the operating system. It can be handled with ease by all sorts of users.