How to Restore Hard Disk File Icon? Windows 7

One day when I opened My Computer I saw a strange icon for drive D: instead of the usual icon.

How can I restore the original icon? Here is a screenshot:

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6 Answers

1. Launch a Command Prompt with administrator privileges, and navigate to the root of drive D:

2. Run the following:

   attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf
   del autorun.inf

This will most likely solve your problem.

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Here's the solution that worked for me. (Windows 8.1) Open registry editor and navigate to

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \Applications \explorer.exe \ Drives\

First backup and then delete all Key with names of Drive for which the icons you need to restore. For example to restore drive icon of C: drive, delete Key "C". Once you are done restart your computer. In my case the culprit was hard disk sentinel which had left overs even after uninstall.

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"right click -> properties" on D drive,
Under the "Customize" tab there is a area named "Folder pictures"
choose "Restore Default"

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If the drive is external: After following the solution with Command Prompt above, reconnect the drive to make the icon restore.

Right Click > Properties > In the name Field, type any name and apply and then tap ok

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1. right click on the start menu
2. open disk management
3. right click on the disk
4. select change drive letter and paths
5. click on new
6. finally assign new drive letter

problem solved.

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