Generic icons for A - pplications

Anyone know which cache (or is it something else?) I have to delete or flush etc so that newly installed apps will display their own icons - and not the generic 'A' - in the Finder under 10.5.2, please?
Restarting always shows application-specific icons. As does Get Info on the errant app.
What else could it be?
TIA!

Could be that the Finder is just being a sluggard about redrawing the icon. It gets that way sometimes. Try simply relaunching the Finder--hold down the Option key, click and hold on the Finder icon in the Dock until the pop up menu appears, and select "Relaunch" at the bottom. All Finder windows will close, and, with any luck, the Finder will wake up and draw the correct icon.
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Curt,
Thank you for the reply.
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