Issue 692 in tortoisegit: TortoiseGit icons not showing correctly

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Status: New
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Labels: Type-Defect Priority-Medium

New issue 692 by edmilson...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not showing
correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Have a freshly installed, fully updated Windows 64bit Ultimate system;
2. Install the latest version of msysgit (1.7.3.1) and restart;
3. Install the latest 64bit version of TortoiseGit (1.6.3.0) and restart;
4. Create a folder called "test" on the desktop; open it; right-click and
select "Git Create repository here...", click "Ok";
5. Create a file called "test.txt" with the text "test" inside it and
commit it;
6. Look at the file and folder.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expected to see both the file and the directory it is in marked with a
green "V" for "ok, this is committed". Instead, both the file and the
folder are marked with a red "!" as if there are any changes. Trying to
commit or check the diff shows there are no changes at all.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
As mentioned in the "steps to reproduce".

Please provide any additional information below.
I have tried uninstalling, removing any and all traces of Git from my
system, and reinstalling from several different versions to no avail - this
behavior remains consistent. It used to work fine on this computer before
but I had to reload Windows on it. I have a larger work repository on it as
well, on another drive, that does not show any icons at all from Git, but
if I try to delete it I can't until I kill the TGitCache.exe process. I
have deleted this repository for now for the new tests (as described above)
but it made no difference.

Switching the icon overlay cache from "Default" to any other modes (shell,
shell extended, disabled) makes no icon appear at all. The rest of
tortoisegit works fine, only the file overlays appear to not work.

I'm out of things to try and fix this.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Updates:
Status: Discuss

Comment #1 on issue 692 by lzn...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not showing
correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Does it duplicate 607

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #2 on issue 692 by edmilson...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Maybe, but I think it might not be the same case. A full working repository
I have is not showing icons at all and killing TGitCache does not alleviate
the icon problems.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #3 on issue 692 by edmilson...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

After reinstalling Git and TortoiseGit several times, trying different
repositories and looking for ideas on other bug reports, I managed to fix
this by editing the shell icon overlay identifiers on the Windows registry.

What I did to fix it was:
1 - Open regedit;
2 - Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers;
3 - Rename all entries that start with "Tortoise" so they start
with "01_Tortoise";
4 - Kill explorer.exe/tgitcache, restart explorer.

Now everything works fine. I realize this is an ugly workaround, but
somehow it fixed it for me. I am aware of the limitations regarding how
many different shell icons Windows can handle, and that having another
program that uses those (like Dropbox) sometimes makes some icons stop
working, but it does not fully explain the fact that ALL icons weren't
working. Maybe changing the identifiers cleared some icon cache somewhere?

Note: icon overlays for unversioned files still do not work.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #4 on issue 692 by joelm...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Do you have MS Office 2010 installed?

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #5 on issue 692 by edmilson...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

No, I do not have MS Office 2010 (or any version of MS Office) installed.
Like I said, this happened on a freshly installed Windows 7. I barely
installed video drivers before installing msysgit and TortoiseGit.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #6 on issue 692 by joelm...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

How many entries are under the location /ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers
including the Git related entries?

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #7 on issue 692 by thegentleone: TortoiseGit icons not showing
correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Comment 3 fixed the issue for me on a Windows 7 32-bit system. Thanks!

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #8 on issue 692 by nepherim: TortoiseGit icons not showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Confirming, comment 3 fixed this issue for me on Windows 7 64-bit.

Problem in my case was that icons would show sporadically for directories,
and not at all for files.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #9 on issue 692 by dev.unle...@googlemail.com: TortoiseGit icons

not showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Also had this issue after re-installing TortoiseGit, TortoiseSVN, and
TortoiseCVS.

However, the suggested solution in #3 didn't work for me; that is, because
either TortoiseGit 1.6.5.0 or TortoiseSVN adds entries prefixed with
numbers already. Which one doesn't matter, as both are using the shared
TortoiseOverlays; but for the sake of completeness, the CLSID was
registered by TortoiseSVN. Actually, all entries exist twice, once
prefixed with integers, and once more without the prefix. The CLSIDs of
both sets are identical though. Anyway, nothing to rename.

Searching the net some more, I found
http://superuser.com/questions/153141/how-do-i-fix-tortoisesvn-displaying-random-icon-overlays,
and the following steps resolved the issue for me:

1. Increase the shell icon cache from 500 to 2000, as explained in
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q132668/

- Open regedit.exe
- Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
- Add a new string key "Max Cached Icons" with value "2000"

2. Kill Windows Explorer in order to restart it later.

- Open Task Manager
- End all explorer.exe processes
- Keep Task Manager open

3. Force rebuild of shell icon cache. (only implemented by TortoiseSVN)

- Choose File » Run...
- TortoiseProc.exe /command:rebuildiconcache

4. Restart Windows Explorer.

- Choose File » Run...
- explorer.exe


Note: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q132668/ also applies to Windows 7;
ignore the notice.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #10 on issue 692 by robert.p...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Is this still an issue with a current build?
(When testing be aware of other current problems, like issue 861, issue
862.)

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #11 on issue 692 by diego.li...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Confirming, comment 3 fixed this issue for me on Windows 7 64-bit Home
premium no other Tortoise version installed i.e SVN, Hg

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #12 on issue 692 by diego.li...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Confirming, comment 3 fixed this issue for me on Windows 7 64-bit Home

premium no other Tortoise version installed i.e SVN, Hg running
TortoiseGit 1.7.3.0
git version 1.7.6.msysgit.0

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #14 on issue 692 by jonathan...@btinternet.com: TortoiseGit icons

not showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

I have a Win 7 64-bit system, and I have tried the above suggestions to no
avail.

I have noticed something that might be of interest. I have a feeling the
icon overlays may have problems that are permissions-related.

Yesterday I installed Tortoise & Git for the first time ever, and created a
GIT repository for an existing folder tree. This has shown icons perfectly
throughout 8 hours of usage and about 15 commits.

Today I created a second GIT repository for a totally separate folder tree,
on a removable USB drive. [FYI - this drive has a history of requiring
elevation of priveleges to perform some operations in Explorer, because it
was formatted up on a different machine, I think].

My first repository is still showing overlays fine. The second
repository's overlay icons are showing the exact errant behaviours the OP
reported, even if it is copied onto the local hard disc.

If I view the affected repository in Explorer, or in Visual Studio 2010's
Open File dialog, I get errant icon overlays. ** But if I run visual
Studio 2010 with elevated ADMIN priveleges, I see the correct icon overlays
in VS2010's Open File dialog. ** Right now, I have Explorer and VS2010's
windows side by side, showing different overlays for the same repository,
on the same machine.

I'm sorry I can't share these commercial repositories.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #15 on issue 692 by jonathan...@btinternet.com: TortoiseGit icons

not showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Additional - I can reproduce the inconsistent overlay views I mentioned in
Comment 14 by running two copies of Notepad.EXE, one as a regular user, and
the other elevated, and comparing what their Open File dialogs are
showing. A VS2010 installation is not required to reproduce the problem.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #16 on issue 692 by Brookman...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

I'm running Windows 7 Professional and I:
- Installed the latest version of msysgit (1.7.7.1)
- Installed the latest 64bit version of TortoiseGit (1.7.5.0)
- Created a repository, added files, committed
and no icons.

I only had to do step 1 from Comment 9 by dev....@gmail.com:

- Open regedit.exe
- Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
- Add a new string key "Max Cached Icons" with value "2000"

closed/restarted explorer and icons display!
Thanks

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #17 on issue 692 by Bach...@acidgreen.com.au: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

For Windows 7 Professional 64 bit:

I did what #16 did.
Did not have to run Point 3 (i.e. only for TortoiseSVN, not TortoiseGit) in
#9.
It worked.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #18 on issue 692 by sstrickr...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

As this issue still valid/can we close this issue?

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #19 on issue 692 by tschie...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Stumbled upon this issue today with (1.7.9.0) 64bit on Windows 7.

Comment #3 fixed it for me.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #20 on issue 692 by fernando...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

#3 works for me too

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #21 on issue 692 by sstrickr...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Is this issue is still valid for 1.7.12?

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #22 on issue 692 by r...@synapse.com: TortoiseGit icons not showing
correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

I simply killed the TGitCache process then restarted Explorer and it fixed
things.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #23 on issue 692 by siddtharth: TortoiseGit icons not showing
correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

I just updated to 1.7.12.8, still having this issue.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #24 on issue 692 by brian...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

I still get this as well. Once TortoiseGit messes up the icons, the only
way to get it to recognize the current status of folders is to kill and
restart TGitCache.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #25 on issue 692 by robert.p...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

@brian428 and other commenters:
Your problems can be tackled *much easier* when you give more information,
like:
* What are the exact symptoms you see?
* Which TortoiseGit version did you use? On which operating system?
And, most valuable:
* Please try to reproduce the problem. Can you reproduce it starting with a
newly created repository? Or by cloning some public (open source)
repository? What are the exact steps for reproducing?

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #26 on issue 692 by charbom...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Well, I think I have the same issue here:

After a fresh install of TortoiseGIT 1.7.14 and msysgit 1.8.0 on windows 7:
-Right click on an empty "test" folder, select "create repository here..."
-Fill repository with some files (txt and docx)
-Create a subfolder --> funny the green "v" icon appears.
-Right click and add files --> no icons appears (I expect to see "+")
-Right click and commit (Tortoise asks me to set mail and name)
-Still no icon overlay
-Refresh explorer --> no change
-Restart Windows --> no change

Only folders (the repository and the subfolder) show the icons overlay.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #27 on issue 692 by charbom...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Got something interesting concerning my previous comment (#26)
- I created the "test" directory on a network drive.
- When copying the directory to a local drive, everything works (icon
overlay are displayed)

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #28 on issue 692 by Stefanie....@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons

not showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

I can confirm #26 and #27, same behavior here with the same versions of
TortoiseGit and msysgit on Windows 7/64 bit and Windows XP/32 bit.
It seems to be a problem with the overlay on Folders, that are not on local
harddisc.

Looking at the folder with Git Bash I can see, that Git itself is working
as expected.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #29 on issue 692 by sstrickr...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

For network paths: Have you checked that overlays are enabled for those in
TortoiseGit settings?

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #30 on issue 692 by charbom...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Well it works with this setting checked.

I guess most of people here are, like me, not aware of this parameter.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #31 on issue 692 by briefcas...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Comment 9 worked for me on WinXP!

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #32 on issue 692 by arnusc...@xylon.de: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

I can confirm this with TortoiseGit-2013-01-08-f57f9a5-64bit running on
windows 7 64bit ultimate.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #33 on issue 692 by arnusc...@xylon.de: TortoiseGit icons not

showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

I can confirm this with TortoiseGit-2013-01-08-f57f9a5-64bit running on

Windows 7 64bit Ultimate. Git repos is on a local drive. On the side, I am
using Git Bash.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #34 on issue 692 by jeremy.c...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

I had the same problem with TortoiseGit-1.8.2.0-32bit on Windows 7
Professional.
Comment #16 worked for me.

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Comment #35 on issue 692 by yuv...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not showing
correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Hi,

I think the issue might happen because we didn't restart the system, and
expect everything to work flawlessly.

I also had this issue. All i did is killing explorer, and restarting it.
and the overlay appeared. no registry editing was required.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #36 on issue 692 by NetAndro...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

The setting via regedit is only possible to value 4096
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/132668) but i have a folder with 10 K
files. The icons are wrong again.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #37 on issue 692 by pete.klo...@googlemail.com: TortoiseGit icons

not showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Windows 7 Professional 64 bit

TortoiseSVN 1.8.2
Git 1.8.4
TortoiseGIT 1.8.5

Icons overlay worked for TortoiseSVN. Added TortoiseGIT and those icons
were missing.
Step 1 and 4 from comment #9 by dev....@gmail.com made the missing icons
appear.

Thank you!

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #38 on issue 692 by pete.klo...@googlemail.com: TortoiseGit icons

not showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Sorry, #37 didn't work (alone). It seems that the Tortoise cache processes
TGitCache.exe and TSvnCache.exe do not work well together. Setting

TortoiseSVN, Settings, Icon Overlays, Status Cache -> Shell
TortoiseGIT, Settings, Icon Overlays, Status Cache -> Default

did the trick. Both SVN and GIT directories now have icon overlays.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #39 on issue 692 by nyyo...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

TortoiseGIT> Settings> Icon Overlays> choose Drive Type> Networks, RAM
Drive and Other

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #40 on issue 692 by robert.b...@heronsystems.com: TortoiseGit icons

not showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Mine was set to TortoiseGIT, Settings, Icon Overlays, Status Cache ->
Default

and I changed it to

TortoiseGIT, Settings, Icon Overlays, Status Cache -> Shell

Icons now show. None of the previous fixes worked for me.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #41 on issue 692 by bruce.en...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

I've done all above, still icons not showing!!
Win.7. Professional 64 bit
TortoiseGIT 1.8.10.0

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #42 on issue 692 by brendan....@climate.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

I had this problem and none of the fixes here worked for me. It turned out
that it was installing BoxSync from Box.com (which has it's own icon
overlays) that broke TortoiseGit icons. Uninstalling BoxSync fixed the
problem - I didn't try adjusting settings in BoxSync.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #43 on issue 692 by wskellen...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

I had no overlay icons displaying suddenly after it was working for quite
some time.

I remobed ALL of the icons from key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers

...then did a "repair" install of tortoisegit, restarted explorer -- this
didn't solve the problem.

Comment #16 then resolved the issue for me, adding the "Max Cached Icons"
String value to the key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

Note: on my machine, there was already a string value called "Max Icon
Cache" with a value 8192 -- but you need to add "Max Cached Icons" and then
restart explorer.exe, did the trick...

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #44 on issue 692 by Dante38...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

I have the same problem for several days, I have no more icon that appears
to the Git folder :(

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #45 on issue 692 by Dante38...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

I find solution :)
Add sign " " in

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers

on 1TortoiseNormal and etc...
I understood the problem, seeing as Dropbox and it worked regedit there was
the sign ("") to Dropbox but not tortoise.
So I added the signs, close explorer.exe and hop it was good :)

Attachments:
tortoisegit folder regedit.jpg 146 KB

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Comment #46 on issue 692 by bl.horiz...@googlemail.com: TortoiseGit icons

not showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Hey Dante38, adding those double quotes worked for me (after an explorer
restart obviously). Thanks.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #47 on issue 692 by christia...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Wowww @Dante38

This awesome, your solution also worked for me (after explorer.exe restart
too) like @bl.horiz did.

My environment for 2 notebook (both with OS Windows 7 Service pack 1 64
bit):
Notebook 1 install with TortoiseGit 1.8.11.0 (64 bit) & Git version
1.9.4-preview20140611
Notebook 2 install with TortoiseGit 1.6.5.0 (64 bit) & Git version
1.7.4-preview20110204

Seems like all our trouble can be solve with this solution for this all
discussion issue

Thank you arigatou!

Attachments:
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Comment #48 on issue 692 by r...@vubeology.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Comment #45 from @Dante38 worked great for me.

Windows 8.1 Pro x64
TortoiseGit 1.8.11.0
git version 1.9.4.msysgit.1

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Comment #49 on issue 692 by rober...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

#45 works also for me (Windows XP).
Thanks @Dante38

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #50 on issue 692 by ch.zwe...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

The important thing seems to be that the keys of Dropbox must be
alphabetically after those of Tortoise in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers.
In newer versions of Tortoise, the keys already start with digits, but
newer versions of Dropbox use quotes which sort before digits in ascii
code. So the solution is to either remove the quotes from the Dropbox keys
or add quotes to the Tortoise keys. I can confirm that this solved the
problem for me.

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #51 on issue 692 by Z...@algomasystems.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

@#45 Dante38...@gmail.com -->

THANKS! worked for me :>

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #52 on issue 692 by engg.al...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

My issue is also resolve with the solution provided by #45
Dante38...@gmail.com.

Thanks a lot, awesome :)

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #53 on issue 692 by ste...@menschdanke.de: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Comment #45 from @Dante38 worked great for me.

Windows 8.1 Pro x64

git version 1.9.4.msysgit.1
TortoiseGit 1.8.11.0

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #54 on issue 692 by dh...@optionmetrics.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

#45 worked for me, I removed the quotes from DropBox icon names
Windows 7 x64

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #55 on issue 692 by sury...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

#45 worked for me as well, removed dropbox quotes
Windows 10 Technical Preview x64
TortioseGit 1.8.11.0

[torto...@googlecode.com]

Comment #56 on issue 692 by mozgo...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

#38 worked for me.
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
TortoiseGit 1.8.11.0
TortoiseSVN 1.8.7, Build 25475 - 64 Bit

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Comment #57 on issue 692 by pnp.anc...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

With suggestion #45
After my mate solved his problem on Windows 8 following suggestion #45
I tried it out on Windows 7 to see if it screwed up things there:
It doesn't, after changing reg keys and logging out and in, it still works.
TortoiseGit 1.8.11.0 (C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin\)
git version 1.9.0.msysgit.0 (C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin)
Windows 7 Ultimate, 64 bit

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Comment #58 on issue 692 by cain...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

#45 worked!!
Thanks @Dante38

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Comment #59 on issue 692 by dmc71...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

#45 Worked for me. Thank you!

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Comment #60 on issue 692 by trandang...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Great. Thanks @Dante38

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Comment #61 on issue 692 by wskellen...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

As a follow-up to my last comment in #43 -- Also restart tgitcache.exe from
the task manager.

This issue seems to happen to me after Windows gets closed improperly (i.e.
blue screen, battery runs dead, etc.)

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Comment #62 on issue 692 by solohike...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Again, #45 worked.

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Comment #63 on issue 692 by artza...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

#45 worked.
Big THANX!!

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Comment #64 on issue 692 by boris.gl...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

After Drop Box Installation, Icon Overlay stopped Working,
Removing "" from reg key, #45 worked, Thank you.

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Comment #65 on issue 692 by doo...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not showing
correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

#45 FTW!

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Comment #66 on issue 692 by elvis...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

#45 awesome :)

thanks.

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Comment #67 on issue 692 by jeff...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

#45 WORKS.

thanks!

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Comment #68 on issue 692 by vows...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

#45 Works for me.
Windows 8.1 x64
TortoiseGit 1.8.12.0 (C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin\)
git version 1.9.5.msysgit.0 (C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin)

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Comment #69 on issue 692 by particul...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

#45 works on me also
big thanks!!

Windows 7
64 bit
git version 1.8.1.msysgit.1
TortoiseGit Git client for Windows Version 1.8.3

changed the 1TortoiseNormal to "1TortoiseNormal ", then it works fine !!

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Comment #70 on issue 692 by chal...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

#45 works for me. Thank you!

Windows 8.1 64 bit
TortoiseSVN client

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Comment #71 on issue 692 by cshaneje...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

If anyone still has this problem, you might have more than 15 icon overlay
icons in your registry.

Try this:
http://superuser.com/questions/542116/why-are-icon-overlays-from-3rdparty-apps-not-showing-up-in-the-win8-explorer

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Comment #72 on issue 692 by teell...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

#45 Worked for me!

Windows 8.1 64bit

Thanks Dante38, adding double quotes worked for me too!

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Comment #73 on issue 692 by pulledou...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

#45 worked on Windows 10 Tech Preview 10041.

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Comment #74 on issue 692 by sstrickr...@googlemail.com: TortoiseGit icons

not showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Please do not add further comments that comment #45 works.

Added a new entry in the FAQ.

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Comment #75 on issue 692 by sstrickr...@googlemail.com: TortoiseGit icons

not showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/wiki/FAQ#TortoiseGit_icons_are_not_displayed_%28correctly%29

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Comment #76 on issue 692 by arkangle...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Adding double quotes around the reg keys didn't work for me. I have a
number of entries for the ownCloud client that had two spaces at the
beginning of their keys. I added two spaces in freont of the GIT keys and
then they worked, and ownCloud now doesn't :-(

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Comment #77 on issue 692 by yuelinho...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Only the first N reg keys are working correctly.
Using the double quotes makes them go first then others.
And, others are not working anymore.
That's why the way of comment #45 works for most people.

(I'm not sure the value of N, perhaps 15, or less.)

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Comment #78 on issue 692 by arnout.s...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

Seems that Dropbox doesn't use "" quotes anymore around their icon overlay
keys... they are now using a single space before the key name. This way,
they still get sorted and used first EVEN if you add "" quotes around the
Tortoise keys.

Solution: add a single space before the Tortoise key names, or delete the
Dropbox ones.

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Comment #79 on issue 692 by djamepra...@gmail.com: TortoiseGit icons not
showing correctly
https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=692

After install windows 7 service Pack 2 SVN icon's are not viable . After
long search i got solution in this site. Thanks Lot

Solution :
In
registry "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers"
Add "".

Example :

"1TortoiseNormal"
"2TortoiseModified"
"3TortoiseConflict"
"4TortoiseLocked" extc..

and then restart explore.exe




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