Windows 7 File Icons

I am very frustrated because I upgraded to CC from CS6 and now my file icons are missing AGAIN. I had this problem when I upgraded to InDesign CS6 and it consumed a significant amount of time to get the correct icons to appear (I believe I may have had to uninstall, download and reinstall the software). I know it doesn't impact functionality but it looks unattractive and it's BROKEN. I have seen a lot of people mention having this problem, especially with CS6, I can't believe an upgrade came out with the same broken functionality. It blows my mind. I really want my icons to appear as they were intended.
Is there an easy fix for this? My internet is too slow to reinstall.
As you can see, the indesign and photoshop icons are both missing... the illustrator icon is the only one appearing correctly. All programs were upgraded the same way, at the same time - through the adobe creative cloud desktop app (the icon on the bottom left, not sure how people refer to that program/app).
please help
thanks in advance.

This happened to me, too, after I had set files to open on default with the 64-bit versions of InDesign, Photoshop, etc... I got these ugly white icons with the corresponding program icon in the middle--I hated them, they looked horrendous. I tried reinstalling the programs and deleting the icon cache file, multiple times, and none of it worked.
After weeks of searching for a fix, however, I think I finally got one that works!
Run regedit through CMD+R
Back up your registry, just in case this doesn't work or something goes wrong (File > Export...)
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ FileExts \ .file_extension
replace .file_extenstion with whatever file type is having a icon issue, i.e.: .indd for InDesign, .psd for PhotoShop, etc...
Under the file extension there should be a key/folder named UserChoice, delete it--this is your culprit!
Repeat steps 3-4 with each file extension that has an icon issue
Refresh your icons by:
restarting your computer, or
force refreshing your icons:
Start > Default Program > Set your default programs
Select your web browser, email client or any other item in the list
Click Set this program as default
Click OK
I hope this works for you! Good luck!
Thanks to these posts:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/change-file-type-icon-windows-7-vista/ - Follow this guide to change icons manually if the above method doesn't work. Let me know if I should post a more in-depth guide for this manual method.
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/incorrect-icon-shown-for-a-file-type-in-vista/

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