topic Re: DWG Icons Blank in Windows Explorer in AutoCAD Forum

DWG Icons Blank in Windows Explorer

jlaidle1 — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 17:41:39 GMT

DWG's are set to the 'AutoCAD DWG Launcher', but some of our users still have their DWG icons displaying blank.

Re: DWG Icons Blank in Windows Explorer

Jonathan3891 — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 18:03:37 GMT

You may have to re-associate the default program for dwg files.

Right click file > Open With > Choose Default Program > Choose AutoCAD.exe or whatever you're using.

Re: DWG Icons Blank in Windows Explorer

jlaidle1 — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 20:41:57 GMT

We have that set for 'AutoCAD DWG Launcher'.

Re: DWG Icons Blank in Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 09:39:00 GMT

what happens if your users try to open one of the dwgs?

1. By double clicking in windows explorer

2. By 'open' command in AutoCAD

Once they have a drawing open, does the icon show?

It's possible that they just don't have the icon stored on their machine for some reason.

Here's an article for how to change a filetype icon in windows 7, 8 & 10 (requires additional free software to make the changes) https://www.maketecheasier.com/change-file-type-icon-in-windows/

Re: DWG Icons Blank in Windows Explorer

harrison7JJX7 — Thu, 21 May 2020 14:11:14 GMT

This is a little off. I solved this issue by doing the following:

Right Click on any .dwg file > Properties > General Tab > Change the "Opens with" from "Unknown App" to "AutoCAD DWG Launcher" > OK

That worked for me.

Re: DWG Icons Blank in Windows Explorer

britneyVTKSU — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 18:34:51 GMT

This did not fix the issue.

Re: DWG Icons Blank in Windows Explorer

pendean — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 18:45:24 GMT

Read this https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/generic-icons-show-for-autocad-files.html

Re: DWG Icons Blank in Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Thu, 06 May 2021 11:52:27 GMT

I used this method to correct the icon file location. This issue occurred after install autocad 2022 and remove 2021. The icon location remained as 2021 folder. So edited with FileTypesMan software.

Re: DWG Icons Blank in Windows Explorer

jayadinash — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 16:57:57 GMT

That did not work.

Re: DWG Icons Blank in Windows Explorer

facturasFE4UU — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 07:55:22 GMT

Changing the default app from the context menu didn't work for me but doing the same from Windows Settings > Aplicactios > Default Apps sorted out the issue.

Re: DWG Icons Blank in Windows Explorer

biancab — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 06:52:22 GMT

That worked, thank you!