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rem kill Windows Explorer

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe

rem clean local thumbcache and iconcache
attrib -h -s -r "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\IconCache.db"

del /f "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\IconCache.db"

attrib /s /d -h -s -r "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\*"

del /f "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\thumbcache_32.db"
del /f "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\thumbcache_96.db"
del /f "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\thumbcache_102.db"
del /f "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\thumbcache_256.db"
del /f "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\thumbcache_1024.db"
del /f "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\thumbcache_idx.db"
del /f "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\thumbcache_sr.db"

rem clean traynotify cache

echo y|reg delete "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify" /v IconStreams
echo y|reg delete "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify" /v PastIconsStream

rem restart Windows Explorer

start explorer