Pdf Icon Changed To Internet Explorer. Recently, all of my icons on my desktop and in the start menu have changed to the internet explorer icon. Sakthi sep 30, 2011 at 02:34 am.
In this fix article, we will explore a few proven methods to solve this issue. The default icons will be the browser icon as you describe. Follow the steps below to configure internet explorer to use the acrobat/acrobat reader plugin for viewing pdfs:
When i double click on a saved web downloaded pdf file it opens normally although the file shows the ie icon instead of the adobe one.
My.package file icons (files extracted from zips and rar's) all suddenly changed to internet explorer icons. In the desktop icon settings window, select the desktop icon you want to change and click change icon. First, create or download a.ico file which you want to set as the default icon for pdf files, and save it to a permanent location. Now i can't tell the zips from the extracted files by just looking at them.