🐍 Python 3.10+
Increase Icon Cache Size (Python)
Raises the icon cache limit, useful on machines with huge numbers of shortcuts. Applies the tweak via the stdlib winreg module.
set_increase_icon_cache_size.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
set_increase_icon_cache_size.py
Increase Icon Cache Size.
Raises the icon cache limit, useful on machines with huge numbers of shortcuts.
Usage:
python set_increase_icon_cache_size.py
"""
import winreg
def main() -> None:
key = winreg.CreateKeyEx(
winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, r"Software\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer", 0, winreg.KEY_SET_VALUE
)
winreg.SetValueEx(key, "Max Cached Icons", 0, winreg.REG_SZ, "4096")
winreg.CloseKey(key)
print("Increase Icon Cache Size applied.")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()