Quote - Icons can change if the file has been associated with a new program

Good point.  Or even uninstalled one?  Some of those programs and their installs are like freaking parasites and take over association of everything and then it's literally jumping through hoops to try and get your file associations back the way they were.

I remember I had installed some graphic program. It took over file association of everything graphic and all of the icons looked the same!  I uninstalled the program and even that didn't help.  All that did was give me icons without file association. I couldn't get back my default Windows icons no matter what I did.  I went to the companies website and found out that there is no way to get back the association of default Windows without running a patch that the company created because too many people were complaining.  Never installing that thing again!  

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi