File icons missing

Hi everyone -
I'm using File.icon to render filesystem icons in an
ItemRenderer - this works fine, except for when the file does not
have an associated icon - for such files Windows Explorer will
normally use an icon from shell32.dll or similar, but this icon
doesn't seem to be what AIR receives from the system, instead it
gets blank BitmapData, where all pixel values are 0. Examples are
.TMP, .EXE or any file-type where there's no strict association
with a program. Any idea why this happens and whether there's a
workaround, other than testing for blank pixels and replacing with
my own icon?

Yes I have seen this same issue. Exes and other extensions,
don't have an associated icon.

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