Since recently the Control Panel on my Vista Home Premium SP2 64bit system looks like this:
It’s not like this every time I open it up.
The solution is pretty straightforward: switch to the vista-like look of the control panel, then switch back to the classic one.
Try this.
go to
(make your hidden and system folders can be shown)
1.C:\Users<you>\AppData\Local
2.find: IconCache.db
3.delete it.
4.empty recycle bin.
5.reboot.