Low-res File Icons In Finder!

Not all of my file icons are high-res in Finder. For example Web Internet Location files, Disk Image files and MP3 files all have low-res icons. Is this a Leopard bug or did something go wrong during the upgrade from Tiger to Leopard on my machine?
How can I get all of these icons showing up in high-res?

While Quick Look decodes a surprisingly large number of file types, it doesn't decode them all. Oddly enought, considering that webloc files are created in Finder out of Safari, it doesn't do anything with them: one would think it would at least display the URL, but it doesn't. It also doesn't display Safari's webarchive files, which is even stranger (and worse, in my opinion). Apple needs to write the code to get these to display in Quick Look. I'm sure they will, especially for Safari's own webarchives. The same thing for various other file types that don't currently display in Quick Look: someone has to write some code to create QuickLook generator plug-ins. There are many that are simply buit-in, and I have two add ons from Apple: one for GarageBand files and one for iWork files, they are here:
"/Library/QuickLook"
As developers begin to take advantage no doubt more will show up when you update your third-party programs.
Francine
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