rem Close Windows Shell Explorer

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe

rem Clean system icon cache database

attrib -h -s -r "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\IconCache.db"

del /f "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\IconCache.db"

attrib /s /d -h -s -r "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\*"

del /f "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\thumbcache_32.db"
del /f "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\thumbcache_96.db"
del /f "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\thumbcache_102.db"
del /f "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\thumbcache_256.db"
del /f "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\thumbcache_1024.db"
del /f "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\thumbcache_idx.db"
del /f "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\thumbcache_sr.db"

rem Clear system tray memory icons

echo y|reg delete "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify" /v IconStreams
echo y|reg delete "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify" /v PastIconsStream

rem Restart the Windows shell explorer

start explorer