Questions tagged [icons]
Questions about using and changing icons on your computer.
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Delete and replace desktop shortcut only if icon exists
I am updating a desktop icon for end users, not all clients have the icon.
I need to deploy a script if icon exits delete and replace, if not stop and do not replace.
I tried the below script, but ...
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Where are mspaint icons stored?
Where are these mspaint icons stored? I'm trying to find them in Windows XP.
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Firefox Extension: New Tab Shortcuts per Container? [closed]
I can pin shortcut icons on the new tab page. Has anyone found a Firefox extension that displays pinned icons based on the container chosen? e.g. The new tab page icons for the banking container ...
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Windows 11 - Taskbar icons missing under specific user account
Several questions have dealt with that error, but none of the solutions have worked for me. Some taskbar icons disappeared at some point a couple of days ago and nothing brings them back. The problem ...
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Windows Explorer - icons Large or Extra Large View - Is it possible to define a minimum distance in pixels between icons?
Windows Explorer - icons Large or Extra Large View - Is it possible to define a minimum distance in pixels between icons?
It would be easier to hit empty space between icons with mouse-click to open ...
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Virtualbox and Zoom icons appear zoomed in, in fresh Windows 10 installation
I think I might know the cause of the issue, but don't know the fix. I installed Zoom, and Virtualbox on a fresh Windows 10 install, before I installed the graphics drivers. Once the graphcs drivers ...
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Arch Linux, 4K Display, i3wm + Xorg, Some icons too small, but others normal
I am currently running Arch (btw) with i3wm on a Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 and I am running into some issues with the 3840x2400 pixel display. As shown in the screenshot below, some of my icons correctly ...
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Windows 10 desktop does not react on icon mouseover in the first minutes of RDP connection
I connect to a Windows 10 PC (the host) over RDP from a Ubuntu Linux machine (the client). On the Linux machine, I mostly use remmina, but I experience the same problem with xfreerdp as well.
This is ...
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Changing the mac desktop icon resize shortcut in finder
By default finder has a keyboard shortcut for changing icon size/zoom, ⌘ = and ⌘ -.
If you are like me you press these on accident and the result is desktop icons all over the place as the grid ...
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Custom Icons for Cloud Drive Directories
I am looking to customize and change folder icons for Google Drive for Desktop. Through Windows 10 File Explorer, I have found that changing the folder icon only lasts until the next reboot.
Is there ...
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Can I reorder (unstick) side-by-side icons on the taskbar in Windows 11?
The Windows 11 taskbar has two "features" that are driving me crazy. The first is that it groups icons of the same task together into a single icon that you have to hover over. This ...
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Windows 10 system tray icon (Skype) keeps getting hidden
I want to be able to always see the Skype icon in the system tray. I know of the setting in the task manager config (choose which icons should show, and I choose Skype to always show), but every few ...
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Size of Icons In OneNote notebook when document is inserted as link: is there a way to change that?
When I add in a OneNote page a document but as a link, I cannot change the size of the icon.
Insert->Document (paperclip): Insert as printout or as link
-> Then you get an incon with a pdf ...
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How to remove 中/英 icons in the language column?
The current display effect:
Clicking this icon will switch from Chinese input mode to English input mode.
And the icon then changes from 中 to 英. But the input method is still this, not "US ...
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Stacking taskbar and toolbars horizontally
I went to my cousin today and when I played on his PC I found the way he organized his taskbar very practical but forgot to ask him how he did it (and he never answers messages).
Basically he has no ...
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Where is the taskbar Windows icon located in?
I want the location of the Windows logo in Windows 10 that I can edit. My intention is to change the default Windows 10 icon. (Start Menu icon)
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Is it possible to disable Firefox's shortcutCache? Everytime I create a shortcut it stores the .ico in the shortcutCache
I frequently drag shortcuts from Firefox to my desktop to save them as .url files. Each .url file is just a text file that has it's icon image information:
[InternetShortcut]
URL=https://www.imdb.com/
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Flatpak & app.image icons being replaced with x11 icon?
TLDR: Trying to learn a little bit about linux filesystem whilst figuring out what to edit so that the app icon, for example Spotify shows in the header title bar and next to the description when ...
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How to display app icons on second monitor?
I just updated from Windows 10 to Windows 11 today (a few minutes ago).
I have all of these icons at the bottom right corner of my main screen. Before the upgrade, I could just drag the taskbar from ...
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Windows 11 desktop icons are stacked on top of each other. How to restore them to their original positions? [duplicate]
I don't know what exactly happened, but my desktop on Windows 11 doesn't show the icons anymore. It only displays the Recycle bin and, for some reason, when it is selected the shaded region is now a ...
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Show desktop makes desktop icons refresh (Windows 10)
Just upgraded to Windows 10. All working fine, except that when I click Show desktop, it correctly switches to the desktop, but all icons disappear for about a third of a second, then reappear. Just ...
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Unable to change App Icon under notification area on Windows 10
I'm able to change the app icon from app shortcut properties.
But the icon doesn't' change under notification icons.
Why is that the icon isn't changing under notification center icons? Is there a ...
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Broken thumbnails of .cur (cursor) files in Windows
I am on Windows 7 x64 with Irfan Viewer installed. Most of the .cur files in C:\Windows\Cursors have icons of random things (programs, link files, even my .ico/.cur stash). When I go to the Properties ...
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How to sort folders by icons, rather by name of folder?
I created icons that are labelled with numbers, but I would like to name them not by the associated number.
It creates a problem because the icons will be alphabetically sorted and in thus in disorder....
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How to change executable icon in Windows?
How to change executable icon in Windows? not the shortcut icon but the executable itself.
I have google chrome applications that I want to change the icons of them.
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What is this Windows icon used for?
I am browsing imageresdll.mun file1 using Resource Hacker 5.1.7. All icons seems familiar and clearly denotes usage. Except this one:
What service, software or hardware is this icon used for?
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Many (or all) default Windows 10 icons and also some others have no icons in taskbar or search, but do in start menu when I look manually
So recently I've noticed that some default aka pre-installed Windows 10 apps have a placeholder file app icon that looks like white paper that is folded in the top right corner. I also made a list of ...
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TortoiseHG not updating shell icons after commit/push
My team uses MercurialHG/TortoiseHG for code management (historical thing), and all used to work well. With the recent updates to either Tortoise (6+), or possibly Windows 10, I've had the issue that ...
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How to completely remove AdobeCleanUpUtility & AdobeGCClient from MacOS?
Is there a way to completely remove AdobeCleanUpUtility & AdobeGCClient from Launchpad and from MacOS?
I have tried the following method and was able to delete both icons but when I reboot the ...
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How to disable desktop icons in windows 10 with PowerShell?
How to remove icons such as "recycle bin" or "control panel" from the desktop using a powershell command? I'm talking about this setting:
That's the setting I'm looking for
I ...
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How to disable progress icon of task terminal in Visual Studio code
There is a progress icon at the right of task title
I found it more a distraction than being useful, particularly for long running tasks. Is there a way to disable it ?
I don't see "Show ...
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No icon showing for shortcuts to Windows Apps
I'm running the latest version of Windows 10, but I have had this problem for a long time now. I have shortcuts to applications in a number of places. Some key examples include on my desktop, on the ...
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How to reset icon used by shorcuts?
I am importing a number of shortcuts from a backup, and I have an issue where the icons are not loaded. Is there a easy way to reset the icons used, forcing the shortcuts to use the icon of a folder ...
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Windows 11 App Icons Gone After Upgrade From Windows 10
A few weeks ago, I upgraded my Windows PC from Windows 10 to Windows 11 (through installation media), but somehow, some app icons are gone. For example, when I open the Telegram app or some other apps,...
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default program messes up with filetype icons
I open registry and navigate to this location: HKCU:\Software\Classes\.txt.
Then I change its (default) value to txtfile.custom.
Then I go to this location: HKCU:\Software\Classes\txtfile.custom\...
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Windows 10/11 start menu application recent files icons for Visual Studio
When I search for an application in a Windows 10/11 start menu it can display the recent files for it. This is also the case for Visual Studio:
As you see, it can display different icons based on the ...
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Make desktop icon box opaque on Windows 7
I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate SP1. I have an elaborate desktop background image, within which most desktop icons become visually obscured. See image below:
Is there a way of making the icons with ...
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Anyone know where to get this Windows 7 image file icon?
When I was using windows 7, I set .PNGs to load with Windows Paint instead of the regular photo viewer. And there was this icon the images had that I cannot find in Windows 10.
icon image
I even went ...
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Changing behavior of icons pinned to taskbar when clicked
When an application is pinned to the taskbar, an icon is placed at the left side of the taskbar.
My preference is for those icons to act as a launcher, opening a new window of that application in a ...
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Thumbnails (only .png) and some icons on taskbar stop showing (Windows 10)
Thumbnails of .png files and some icons on taskbar (Calculator, Settings, Photo Viewer etc) stopped appearing (but with .jpg thumbnails everething is fine)
I suspect that the reason is my messing with ...
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If you have pinned applications, can the Start Menu be made less wide than the width of the application list and three medium sized icons?
On Windows 10, I have the list of application in my Start Menu. Next to that list, I have a 1 column wide and 8 rows long list of pinned applications. All of my icons are Small size. Despite this, my ...
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the size of icon in the Dock looks so small
Is there anyone getting a similar issue like this? It happened from Big sur to Ventura now.
I have tried: restarting, re-install Macos, erasing everything and re-install, talk with Apple technique so ...
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Network folder icons disappeared - What could be the cause?
We had been using folder icons on our (QNAP) NAS to simplify which projects are done and which need some attention. Somehow since a week or so, the icons don't appear anymore. I started investigating ...
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Add shortcut to taskbar corner icons
I've researched the hell out of this and have no idea how it's done. I made a custom script to connect and disconnect from my bluetooth headphones. I'd love for there to a way to put these on the ...
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Where is the notepad icon located in the registry in Windows 11?
I want to change the default Notepad++ icon to the default notepad icon in Windows 11. But I can't find its location in the registry. How to find the default notepad icon path in Windows 11?
Default ...
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Windows Taskbar Icons not Showing
For some reason, this past week, the icons on my taskbar are not showing as expected. I've tried all solutions that I could find but nothing seems to work, do you think there are any solutions i haven'...
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how to set desktop icon text background color? (win10)
I want the text of the desktop icons to have background color or color box or something else to make them easier to read against variety of different color background images.
I've made a quick edited ...
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Windows File Explorer Icon is wrong in Task Manager
For some reason my Windows 11 File Explorer Icon is wrong in task manager, I tried rebuilding the cache and repair install, deleted all IconCache_x files and still the same.
Please note that I used an ...
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All Windows app icons showing the same
Hopefully someone can shed some light on this...
When I access the start menu, all apps are displayed as you would expect, with the correct icons
However, when I click the magnifying glass at the side,...
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Blank icon shows up on the taskbar even though I selected an icon
I setup a shortcut on the taskbar to go directly to a specific Zoom meeting. Initially, it showed up with the standard Zoom icon. But then it's been replaced with a blank space.
I've gone in and re-...
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