Windows 10: DLL file type icon and description missing after upgrading to Windows 11 24H2

After upgrading to 24H2, the dll file icon is missing, and the "type" description changed to "dllfile".How can I restore the file type icon and type description to the default settings?

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Windows 11 - 24H2 - Paint - Create .ico icon files

Your suggedtions posted here won't reach the Paint product team. Use the Feedback Hub in Windows 10/11.

Don

 

Editing File Icon and Type Description

This is a question about File Explorer in Windows 10: how do I change the icon as well as the description displayed under the "Type" column in File Explorer?

For each entry (directory or file) in File Explorer, there is an icon on the left next to the its name and a description under the "Type" column, such as "File folder" for a directory and "Text Document" for a .txt file. As an example, I have associated
.pdf files with Google Chrome as the default program for opening it. They have the Chrome logo as the icon and "Chrome HTML Document" under the "Type" column, which is a little misleading. How would I change the icon to, say, a document icon from C:\Windows\system32\imageres.dll,
and the type description to something more sensible like "PDF Document"?

I have tried to edit the registry directly via the Registry Editor that comes with Windows, editing the "(default)" entries of the relevant file types in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts,
then restarting explorer.exe each time I make a change. However, nothing seems to have changed when I opened File Explorer again. Searching through past questions on similar issues did not give me any solutions either.

Thanks.

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Note that this is not a question on:

• changing or displaying file extension;
• changing default programs; nor
• changing the column layout in File Explorer.

System information:

• Windows 10 Pro (x64)
• Administrator account

 

MSVCP100.dll and MSVCP100.dll missing

Hello,

May we know if you have made any software changes to your device prior to the missing DLL files?

As a first troubleshooting step, we suggest that you run the System File Checker tool and see if it helps with the issue. System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted
files. If a Windows Resource Protection (WRP) file is missing or is corrupted, Windows may not behave as expected.

To run the System File Checker tool, you may follow the steps below:

• Open an elevated command prompt. To do this, click Start, type
  Command Prompt or cmd, then right-click it, and click
  Run as administrator.
• At the command prompt, type the following command, and press Enter:
  • sfc /scannow
• After the process is finished, you may receive the results of the scan, if it found any corruptions within your device.

We look forward to an update from you.

Regards.