Pdf file icon issue [edited by host]

Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit. Updated to Reader 11.0.7.79 in May 2014. Now, in Windows Explorer, the icons for folders that contain pdfs show the pdfs as black squares. Previously existing icons still show the familiar adobe symbol within the folder icon. Why is this now happening? Thank you.

You are having a file association problem. While the following link is for the case when all icons become PDF icons, perhaps it can help:
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Pdf file icon issue [edited by host]

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