When it’s renamed, you can right-click the shortcut and change it’s icon. Apparently in the pre-release version of IE9 it was simple, but they removed that functionality for reasons I’ve not been able to discover.Ĭ:UsersAppDataRoamingMicrosoftInternet ExplorerQuick LaunchUser PinnedTaskBarįind the shortcut you want to change the icon on, and change it’s filename extension from “.website” to “.url” Note that the “.website” extension will not show up in Windows Explorer, so you’ll have to use a CMD box or other method to change it. You can change the icon, but it’s a bit of a hassle and a bit technical. So think twice when you unpin any program from the taskbar. If you unpin it and re-pin the program back you will need to re-do the process again to make the change. The change you made through this process is only valid as long as it’s pinned on the taskbar. Now let’s see what the new icon looks like from the taskbar. To restart the explorer.exe process, simply run the following two commands in the Dos Prompt window:Ĥ. Either reboot your computer or restart Explorer.exe process to refresh the new icon you just set up. Delete or remove the file IconCache.db file, which will be rebuilt from the next boot.ģ.
Go to the local appdata folder by opening the following from Search box in Start menuĢ. You can either wait for the next cycle of IconCache rebuild which I don’t know how often it takes place, or you can follow the steps below to refresh the IconCache manually.ġ. Now you have successfully changed the icon for taskbar pinned Google Chrome but you won’t be able to see the change right away.
Click OK twice to get out of the properties window. Pick up a new icon showing in the list, let’s say the yellow Chrome.Ĥ. Right-click on an icon you would like to change, say Google Chrome, and right-click on the same program name from the jumplist, and choose Properties.ģ. Some programs will come with optional icons, while others won’t – and those are the ones that seem to give you the most issues.To change the default icon assigned to a taskbar pinned program, here are the steps you can follow without involving a 3rd party tool:ġ. For instance, I couldn’t get Spotify to change, but I had no problem changing Evernote or Internet Explorer. This tweak can be a little trick at times because not all icons will play nice. You’ll then need to find the location of the icon and pin it to the taskbar again. Right-click on the icon and then choose “unpin this program from taskbar. If you don’t see the new icon right away, you may have to unpin the item from the taskbar and then re-pin in, to get the updated icon. Click on “OK” once you have the icon that you want to use, then click on “apply” on the properties window, and finally click “OK” again.ħ. If you want to use any of the Windows built-in icon library, you can find them in three different locations. From here you can browse to a location where you’ve saved any icons that you may have downloaded from the Web. You should now see the Change Icon window pop up. You should see a “change icon…” button towards the bottom of the window, in between two other buttons. Click on “Properties” to bring up the program’s properties window.Ĥ. Spotify is the name of the program in the above screenshot).ģ. Right-click on the name of the program, which should be in the right-click menu. Right-click on the icon that you want to change.Ģ.
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dll files), or you can download free icon sets from the Web for a more uniform look.Įven though some program icons are trickier than others, for the most part you shouldn’t have any trouble.ġ. Luckily, you can change the icons to any other built-in system icon (from.
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