Fine, Maurice. I was doing some exploring there as regards folders.
So if dclicking the smax4pnp.exe file gets the icon set correctly then this reg entry should do just that action but at startup:
==Please copy the text in the box to a notepad [format/wordwrap unchecked] and save as fixkey.reg to your desktop; dclick it to run... agree; if it opens in notepad instead rclick the icon [file], choose Merge, else choose Open with, Registry editor....
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"SoundMAXPnP" = "C:\\Program Files\\Analog Devices\\soundmax\\smax4pnp.exe"
There is at the moment no value named as such in your reg, hence no conflict. To test, just restart your machine. If it does not work for you after a restart then this next file will remove that value from your registry:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"SoundMAXPnP" =-