Missing icons in Visual Studio 2015 after installing extension

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I followed the steps to create a Visual Studio extension, however after installing the extension in VS2015, Visual Studio does not display any icons in toolbars in menus. Any idea what could be the cause and how to restore icons.

Same for me, although I did a fresh installation of Visual Studio 2015 and doesn't show any icons in the toolbar nor anywhere else (e.g. solution explorer, server explorer, etc...) — Maurits van Beusekom, Aug 04 '15 at 07:27
@Maurits van Beusekom: I have a hint it is caused by hardware rendering. What video card are you using? — AlexRoz, Aug 05 '15 at 16:00
@AlexRoz: I have resolved my problem with the help of Microsoft Support. Turns out that in my case the environment variable %LocalAppData% did not map to a valid location on my harddisk. Fixing this issue resolved the problem I was experiencing with the icons not loading in Visual Studio 2015. Thank you however for offering your assistance. — Maurits van Beusekom, Aug 06 '15 at 05:56
@Maurits van Beusekom, Thank you! But in my case the %LocalAppData% is set correctly — AlexRoz, Aug 06 '15 at 17:07

score 19 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 01 '17 at 06:59

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I had same issue and it was resolved by just remove the ImageLibrary.cache file from

C:\Users\< user ame>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\ImageLibrary and re-open the visual studio

answered Mar 01 '17 at 06:59

nativegrip

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This helped me in VS 2017 too. AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\15.0_e263f642\ImageLibrary\ – Deepak Mariswamy Jul 17 '17 at 17:44
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Same goes for me, also worked in VS 2017. FYI - the subfolder in VisualStudio is not always the same, but go for the 15.[then some alphanumeric sequence]. And for those who can't locate their AppData\Local, just type in `%localappdata%` from File Explorer. – Ricardo Virtudazo Jr Sep 12 '17 at 09:31
@SHADOW.NET, which Visual Studio you use? – nativegrip Mar 22 '18 at 05:56
Different visual studio has different directory name. Please refer above comment of @RicardoVirtudazoJr – nativegrip Mar 22 '18 at 06:09
It's a very helpful solution. Thanks for saving my time. – Rejwanul Reja Sep 15 '19 at 05:50
This was the answer for me as well. Thanks. – BmyGuest Sep 01 '20 at 11:25

Benson · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-29T05:17:22.753

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EDIT: Download the fix from Microsoft.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3095681

edited Oct 29 '15 at 05:17

answered Sep 25 '15 at 20:46

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 28 '15 at 11:48

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Microsoft released a solution yesterday. Here is the link. I had to close and reopen VS for the update to take effect. Worked like a charm!

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3095681

answered Oct 28 '15 at 11:48

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 09 '15 at 11:57

I had this issue on a windows 10 upgrade and installing an extension. VS couldn't seem to find the files required under my windows profile. I realized that I was logging in through my windows Live login (my email) and not my local user account. I logged in under my local account and it now has no issues finding all files it needs. Hopefully this helps someone with this issue.

F Snyman · Answer 5 · 2015-07-30T23:05:59.820

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I've experienced the same issue intermittently. Updating the computer's display drivers may resolve the issue.

edited Jul 30 '15 at 23:05

answered Jul 30 '15 at 00:15

F Snyman

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Updated NVidia drivers, did not help. Re-install Visual Studio, the problem is still there – AlexRoz Jul 30 '15 at 14:21

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 10 '15 at 09:02

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I have solve the issue after asking on Msdn forum I got some suggestion and got myself sorted. Here is the link with the explaination. Link MSDN

answered Aug 10 '15 at 09:02

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Thank you, @user5177742: I run as administrator but the problem occurs when installing/uninstalling extension (VSIX) – AlexRoz Aug 10 '15 at 17:31

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Nov 15 '17 at 06:26

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In Visual Studio 2017 solve this ; Open this folder

C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\15.0_533da44c\ImageLibrary

than remove the ImageLibrary.cache file

answered Nov 15 '17 at 06:26

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 25 '19 at 08:15

In Visual Studio 2015, 2017 solve this ; Open this folder

Press Windows Key + R (Open Run from).

Type "%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\".

Go to "15.0_......" (Your random name) Directory.

Go to "ImageLibrary" Directory.

Remove "ImageLibrary.cache" file.

Starting VS2015 or VS2017.

Missing icons in Visual Studio 2015 after installing extension

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