I had just the opposite experience. Ticking the custom icon off with File Buddy caused the desktop icons, which already existed, to disappear. Instead, they were replaced with a generic PS icon. I noted somewhere in this thread that I reinstalled the OS after the CS6 Master Collection and all icons returned to normal. The only exception is that .psd and .psb file will show an icon on the desktop, but not in the Open dialogue box; something I've been putting up with for years. Related to that, when I add .psd files to my image archive in Media Pro, they also show up blank white, just like the Open box. Now get this. I opened a bunch of Nikon .nef RAW images. I saved them directly to a .psd file after opening them out of the Camera RAW plugin into Photoshop. Every one of those has an icon! Both in an Open box and when dropped into Media Pro! They continue to hold an icon even if I press Command+S to save work as I go. BUT, as soon as I do a Save As… to a new file, the icons are gone. I don't even have to change anything. Just open a file where the icons work everywhere, save as to a new file, and the new file will not show an icon in the Open box or Media Pro. In all cases, PS is set to always save icons, no Windows thumbnail. Maximize PSD and PSB File Compatibility is set to Never. Now I know what someone is going to say already. That's why I'm not getting icons. Change compatibility back to normal. Sorry, no chance. I have no desire waste gigabytes of disk space saving a hidden flattened view of a file just for the sake of an icon. We work on high res images for print day in, day out. It's a severe waste of disk space to have that option on. From what I recall, the whole point of that option had to do with PS version 3, which introduced layers. Since version 2.5 and older didn't understand layers, the hidden flattened image is what those versions opened when users received a file from someone using version 3. So here we are, 18 years after the release of version 3, and this grossly obsolete function is still part of the options. Why? Get rid of it! As far as I've read, it has no other purpose. Edit: Fer' cryin' out loud, it doesn't help that things that were repeatable just a couple of hours ago don't behave the same way later. I double checked by opening some of the same files I just mentioned and did a Save As… . This time, the new files held their icons in the Open boxes and in Media Pro. Still with max comp turned off. This just isn't making sense. You can't figure out if PS or OS X is goofing up.
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