Illustrator cs4 application icon disappeared...

Hello,
Recently the illustrator application icon has dissapeared on me...
I'm running win7 64bit.
I've found several threads discussing this problem in Vista with cs2 and cs3, but no solutions...
Has this problem been solved?
If so, how do I get that icon back?
thnx,
S

Hi Mylenium,
Thanks for the response!
Removing and re-adding the link to the taskbar doesn't solve the problem unfortunately...
I don't think it has anything to do with the taskbar, because the icon is also gone (i.e. replaced by an "unknown item" icon) in windows explorer.
There is a .ico file (AI_Application_Icon.ico) in the support files\contents\windows folder that does display the icon, but the illustrator.exe file does not.
Also changing illustrator.exe icon to this .ico file has no effect.
I'm also running illustrator as an administrator with full rights (tried every other way of running it, to no avail...).
What's more, all my other cs4 applications don't have this problem...
I use illustrator all the time, so don't think non usage is the reason either.
I'm at a loss :'(
S

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