All the fixes mentioned above are not really going to fix the problem. The issue seems to stem from how Windows 7 handles the caching of icons. You need to increase the cache size and this should get rid of corruption: 1. Navigate to the following key in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer 2. Create a REG_SZ (string value) called "Max Cached Icons" (omit quotes but includethe spaces) 3. The default value is way too low(500). Bump it to 4096 (4MB) or more, I do 8192(8MB).(edit: you won't actually see a default value as this will be a newly created string, I meant to say it is default to Windows) 4. Reboot and you should be good to go.