Question by root8888 · Feb 23, 2015 at 03:40 AM · material inspector project icon

How can I regenerate the an objects icon in the Project window?

I quite a few similarly shaped objects in my project that have lost their materials over time. As the materials were missing, Unity made their icons all pink. I have since replaced the materials, but the icons are still showing as pink. Is there a way to regenerate the icons? It would be nice to have the current icon always show. First, it's just easier to find the objects that I want, but more importantly, I would be able to easily find the objects that still need their materials replaced.

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skylem · Feb 23, 2015 at 05:16 AM 0

did u back up your project beforehand? if not i recommend making a habit of this whenever ur removing files as if u accidentally remove a crucial material u can simply paste it back from your backup which will automatically restore the materials it has broken, if u didn't make a backup im sorry but think u will be faced with the tedious task of reassigning them to there prefabs manually, though it is possible that there is an alternative to this i was unable to find one.

sniper43 · Feb 23, 2015 at 07:57 AM 0

Try right clicking on assets and "Reimport all". That $$anonymous$$IGHT work. preferably you should have the old metafiles.

root8888 · Feb 24, 2015 at 03:10 PM 0

@skylem: I intentionally removed materials that were using an obsolete asset (Glow11). I don't care about reassigning the materials. I just want the icons in the project window to look correct with the materials that I did reassign.

@sniper43 I had tried that. No luck.