TortoiseGit icons not showing correctly
By edmilsonm... on January 29, 2011 14:39 (imported from Google Code)
What steps will reproduce the problem?
- Have a freshly installed, fully updated Windows 64bit Ultimate system;
- Install the latest version of msysgit (1.7.3.1) and restart;
- Install the latest 64bit version of TortoiseGit (1.6.3.0) and restart;
- Create a folder called "test" on the desktop; open it; right-click and select "Git Create repository here...", click "Ok";
- Create a file called "test.txt" with the text "test" inside it and commit it;
- 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.
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Comment 3 by edmilsonm... on January 31, 2011 17:40
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.
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Comment 7 by thegentle... on April 22, 2011 18:40
Comment #3 fixed the issue for me on a Windows 7 32-bit system. Thanks!
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Comment 8 by nephe... on April 27, 2011 03:58
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.
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Comment 9 by dev.unleashedm... on June 08, 2011 19:35
Also had this issue after re-installing TortoiseGit, TortoiseSVN, and TortoiseCVS.
However, the suggested solution in Comment #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:
- 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"
- Kill Windows Explorer in order to restart it later.
- Open Task Manager
- End all explorer.exe processes
- Keep Task Manager open
- Force rebuild of shell icon cache. (only implemented by TortoiseSVN)
- Choose File » Run...
- TortoiseProc.exe /command:rebuildiconcache
- Restart Windows Explorer.
- Choose File » Run...
- explorer.exe
Note: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q132668/ also applies to Windows 7; ignore the notice.
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Comment 10 by robert.pol... on September 06, 2011 15:22
Is this still an issue with a current build?
(When testing be aware of other current problems, like issue #861 (closed), issue #862 (closed).) -
Comment 13 by robert.pol... on October 21, 2011 15:01
Issue #925 (closed) has been merged into this issue.
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Comment 14 by jonathan.markl...@btinternet.com on October 24, 2011 10:09
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.
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Comment 15 by jonathan.markl...@btinternet.com on October 24, 2011 10:30
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.
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Comment 16 by Brookman.G... on November 30, 2011 12:45
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.unle@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!
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Comment 17 by Bach...@acidgreen.com.au on March 07, 2012 05:00
For Windows 7 Professional 64 bit:
I did what Comment #16 did.
Did not have to run Point 3 (i.e. only for TortoiseSVN, not TortoiseGit) in #9 (closed).
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Comment 22 by roy.spr...@synapse.com on September 09, 2012 05:29
I simply killed the TGitCache process then restarted Explorer and it fixed things.
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Comment 25 by robert.pol... on October 05, 2012 07:34
@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?
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Comment 26 by charbom... on October 31, 2012 15:59
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 changeOnly folders (the repository and the subfolder) show the icons overlay.
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Comment 27 by charbom... on November 02, 2012 16:12
Got something interesting concerning my previous comment (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) -
Comment 28 by Stefanie.Stoelt... on November 19, 2012 11:14
I can confirm Comment #26 and Comment #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.
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Comment 29 by @mrtux on November 19, 2012 11:21
For network paths: Have you checked that overlays are enabled for those in TortoiseGit settings?
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Comment 33 by arnusc...@xylon.de on January 10, 2013 11:34
I can confirm this with TortoiseGit-2013-01-08-f57f9a51-64bit running on Windows 7 64bit Ultimate. Git repos is on a local drive. On the side, I am using Git Bash.
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Comment 36 by NetAndroi... on September 09, 2013 06:16
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.
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Comment 37 by pete.klop... on October 18, 2013 11:13
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
TortoiseSVN 1.8.2
Git 1.8.4
TortoiseGIT 1.8.5Icons overlay worked for TortoiseSVN. Added TortoiseGIT and those icons were missing.
Step 1 and 4 from comment 9 by dev.unle@gmail.com made the missing icons appear.Thank you!
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Comment 38 by pete.klop... on October 18, 2013 13:49
Sorry, Comment #45 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 -> Defaultdid the trick. Both SVN and GIT directories now have icon overlays.
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Comment 40 by robert.b...@heronsystems.com on May 08, 2014 13:44
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.
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Comment 42 by brendan.orou...@precisionplanting.com on August 13, 2014 15:39
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.
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Comment 43 by wskellen... on August 15, 2014 13:51
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\ExplorerNote: 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...
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Comment 45 by Dante38... on August 28, 2014 01:53
I find solution :)
Add sign " " in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifierson 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 :)
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Comment 47 by christianhang... on September 02, 2014 15:54
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-preview20110204Seems like all our trouble can be solve with this solution for this all discussion issue
Thank you arigatou!
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Comment 48 by r...@vubeology.com on September 03, 2014 00:06
Comment 45 from @Dante38 worked great for me.
Windows 8.1 Pro x64
TortoiseGit 1.8.11.0
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Comment 49 by rober... on September 07, 2014 10:04
Comment #45 works also for me (Windows XP).
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Comment 50 by ch.zwersc... on September 10, 2014 08:13
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.
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Comment 51 by ...@algomasystems.com on September 15, 2014 08:00
@Comment #45 Dante38...@gmail.com -->
THANKS! worked for me :>
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Comment 52 by engg.al... on September 17, 2014 16:25
My issue is also resolve with the solution provided by Comment #45 Dante38...@gmail.com.
Thanks a lot, awesome :)
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Comment 53 by ste...@menschdanke.de on September 19, 2014 08:55
Comment #45 from @Dante38 worked great for me.
Windows 8.1 Pro x64
git version 1.9.4.msysgit.1
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Comment 54 by da...@optionmetrics.com on October 02, 2014 13:41
Comment #45 worked for me, I removed the quotes from DropBox icon names
Windows 7 x64
TortoiseGit 1.8.11.0 -
Comment 55 by sury... on October 08, 2014 02:33
Comment #45 worked for me as well, removed dropbox quotes
Windows 10 Technical Preview x64
TortioseGit 1.8.11.0 -
Comment 57 by pnp.anc... on November 01, 2014 20:59
With suggestion Comment #45
After my mate solved his problem on Windows 8 following suggestion Comment #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)
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Comment 61 by wskellen... on December 11, 2014 19:16
As a follow-up to my last comment in #43 (closed) -- 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 64 by boris.glig... on January 20, 2015 20:12
After Drop Box Installation, Icon Overlay stopped Working,
Removing "" from reg key, Comment #45 worked, Thank you. -
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Comment 68 by vows... on February 06, 2015 15:14
Comment #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) -
Comment 69 by particula... on February 12, 2015 04:00
Comment #45 works on me also
big thanks!!Windows 7
64 bit
git version 1.8.1.msysgit.1
TortoiseGit Git client for Windows Version 1.8.3changed the 1TortoiseNormal to "1TortoiseNormal ", then it works fine !!
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Comment 70 by chal... on February 18, 2015 02:46
Comment #45 works for me. Thank you!
Windows 8.1 64 bit
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Comment 71 by cshanejenni... on February 20, 2015 16:44
If anyone still has this problem, you might have more than 15 icon overlay icons in your registry.
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Comment 72 by teell... on March 03, 2015 17:00
Comment #45 Worked for me!
Windows 8.1 64bit
Thanks Dante38, adding double quotes worked for me too!
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Comment 73 by pulledoutp... on March 22, 2015 05:42
Comment #45 worked on Windows 10 Tech Preview 10041.
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Comment 74 by @mrtux on March 29, 2015 02:14
Please do not add further comments that comment 45 works.
Added a new entry in the FAQ.
Status: Done
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Comment 75 by @mrtux on March 29, 2015 02:21
https://tortoisegit.org/faq#TortoiseGit_icons_are_not_displayed_%28correctly%29
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Comment 76 by arkangles... on May 01, 2015 01:18
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 by @YueLinHo on May 01, 2015 06:41
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 by arnout.standa... on June 12, 2015 06:32
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 by djameprad... on July 24, 2015 10:33
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
mentioned in issue #2548 (closed)
mentioned in issue #2548 (closed)
mentioned in issue #2548 (closed)
mentioned in issue #3265 (closed)
The problem I encounter is, the work tree is clean and TortoiseGit told me on folder status is modified.
This following setting works for me with
TortoiseGit 2.10.0.2 (C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin)
git version 2.26.2.windows.1 (C:\Program Files\Git\bin; C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64; C:\Program Files\Git\etc\gitconfig)
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.778]TortoiseGIT, Settings, Icon Overlays, Status Cache -> Shell
