This has happened to me after I tried using StyleXP (Genius! Lets use a WinXP program on Windows Vista! *FACEPALM*). I haven't tried too much to fix it yet, I just thought it was rather interesting. Here are some pictures.

As you can see here, the small icons in the list view shows directories as a recycle bin. However, on the bottom left, the larger icon still comes up as a FOLDER. Also, on the left pane there, all the icons (The C: drive being an exception) are incorrect.
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Tiles, medium, large, and extra large are all OK though..
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And for some reason, some files on my desktop have the recycle bin overlaid onto them.

Everything seems to be functioning properly, at least. The only THINGS I've tried to fix this is rebuilding the icon cache, and trying to restore the defaults with Winbubble. Even though I have the registry opened, I haven't tried anything with it yet. If anyone KNOWS exactly how to fix it, don't be afraid to speak up



Postscript: Please pardon the ponies.http://filetypesman.en.softonic.com/If the above doesn't WORK, you can Delete HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\Shell Icons.
Quote from: Allan on August 17, 2012, 08:12:24 AM

http://filetypesman.en.softonic.com/

If the above doesn't work, you can Delete HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\Shell Icons.

If the above doesn't work, you can Delete HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\Shell Icons.