The Firefox *.htm/*.html icon is missing in Windows 7 x64 and no fixes I've seen have helped, what should I do?

Question

Hi, I am having similar problem to other people that I have found on this forum in that on my computer, when Firefox is first installed from fresh, Windows 7 displays the correct icon for htm/html files, but when I restart, these icons are replaced with the generic "I don't know" icons. So far I have tried to fixes this issue with the following methods to fox this issue, none of which have worked:
- rebuilding the icon cache by deleting iconcache.db
- setting defaults programs from Firefox to IE then back to Firefox
- adding the registry keys Old Icon -> FirefoxHTML -> DefaultIcon from HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597} to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}
- changing the Windows Zoom settings from 100% to 150% and back
- Using the programs Types, to delete and recreate the htm associations.
Also, I know that I have been able to fix this issue before when I have had to reinstall Windows before, but I cannot remember how exactly, aprt from that I did involve editing the registry, but possible not in the way I found on the forum.

Answer 1

Steve1951 at
'''http://windowssecrets.com/forums/showthread.php/135115-Icons-for-Firefox-missing-in-Windows-Explorer.''' Found the solution which worked for me. See his quote below:
Here is what I did to fix the problem:
1. I deleted registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FirefoxHTML\ShellEx\IconHandler (I completely deleted the key, not just set it to no value).
2. I set registry key to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\FirefoxHTML\Def aultIcon to C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe,1
3. I changed the file association from Firefox to Internet Explorer and then from Internet Explorer back to Firefox [ I logged off and on again so that the registry changes would take effect].
Now all is functioning properly.
Thanks Steve1951 this totally fixed my problem
Randy