[BobCratchett]

ReloadSkin() won't affect your icons, or any of your settings - it's exactly the same command Skin Shortcuts performs at the end of a menu build Are you sure this isn't the texture bug rearing its ugly head again? (Which is to say, are the icons back when you restart Kodi?)

(Not useful, I know, if you haven't already made a backup but your entire main menu/widget setup can be backup up by making a copy of userdata (wiki)/addon_data/script.skinshortcuts/, and MadNox from userdata (wiki)/addon_data/skin.aeon.madnox/ - very useful if you ever do run into trouble and need to restore them!)

Edit:- You were too quick for me Sorry, no idea on #2, it's not my area. I'm sure someone more knowledgeable than I will be alone soon.