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It could be that your Windows is hiding file extensions and you created somefile.reg.txt?


I'm pretty sure that is not the case. The instructions that Microsoft gives on recreating the icon specifically warns about this, and as Tony said earlier I always have my file extensions displayed. Also, the applet that Microsoft provides that creates the file automatically would most likely do it correctly, and neither the manually created nor the automatically created icon works.

Interestingly enough, Windows hides the .scf extension even though filetype extension display is turned on in Explorer. SCF, I believe, stands for Shell Command File, and these seem to be "special" files. The icon is not an ordinary shortcut pointing towards an executable, but seems to be part of the executable itself.

Looking at the filename from a DOS prompt does show the .scf extension, and a peek at my Windows Registry does seem to indicate that the .scf file association is intact.

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