How to Change the Icons of Programs Pinned to the Taskbar
InformationThis tutorial will show you how to change the icons of the programs and shortcuts pinned to the taskbar.NoteIcons must be have a .ico extension. Image files such as .png or .jpeg will not work. Such icon files can be found at websites such as deviantART.
Here's How:
1. Hit the Start Orb.
2. Search the following in the Start Menu search bar...
%appdata%/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Quick Launch/User Pinned/Taskbar
...and hit Enter on your keyboard.
3. A new folder should pop up filled with shortcuts of the programs you have pinned to your taskbar. Right click on the program of the icon you want to change.
NoteIf no items show up in this folder, it may be hidden. To make it visible, just show all folders using the following tutorial.
Hidden Files and Folders - Show or Hide
4. Click on Properties.
5. In the window that pops up, in the Shortcut tab, click on Change Icon....
6. On the next window that pops up, click Browse....
7. Navigate to the folder of the required icon (file must have .ico extension) and double click the icon file.
8. Click OK.
9. Click Apply then OK in the Properties window.
NOTE: At this point, the shortcut in the pinned programs folder will have a new icon but the actual icon in the taskbar will not have changed.
10. Go back to the pinned programs folder and click on the shortcut with the newly changed icon.
11. Hit Ctrl+X (cut).
12. Navigate to your desktop and hit Ctrl+V (paste).
13. Right click the program on the taskbar (with the old icon), and from the options that pop up, click Unpin this program from taskbar.
14. Drag the shortcut (with the new icon) from your desktop, to the taskbar.
15. The taskbar icon should now be changed.
NoteYou can now delete the shortcut from the desktop.
Congratulations! You have changed one of your taskbar icons!
That's it,
Jaidyn
Taskbar Pinned Icons - Change
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New #1
You can also usually just right click the pinned icon on the taskbar, then right click the main name of the pinned item (if Firefox is pinned for example, right click on the icon, then on "Firefox"), choose properties, and change from the "Change Icon" button under the "Shortcut" tab. May only require a reboot or log off/on to change into new icon.
Also should mention "Appdata" folder is hidden, and how to make it visible.
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New #2
One thing I have found with icons on pinned shortcuts, particularly shortcuts to Google Apps, is that unless you make the shortcut read only it can get changed back when you run the program.
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New #7
If you want to change Google Chrome icon that is shown on the Windows Taskbar once Google Chrome is started, then you should follow this link:
windows 8 - Is it possible to customize taskbar icons? If so how? - Super User
The answer is given in comments: you need to change icons that are stored in chrome.dll using Resource Tuner (use Trial version) or Resource Hacker (free).
I've used IcoFX (Trial version) to generate various .ico icons.
Currently I'm running 4 separate instances of Google Chrome v37.0.2062.124. One instance is installed and three other instances of Google Chrome are portable, downloaded from:
Google Chrome Portable | PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB, portable and cloud drives
Here's how my Windows 7 Taskbar looks like when all 4 instances of Chrome are opened:
Last edited by Odd Ramos; 05 Oct 2014 at 10:40.
Pinned Taskbar Icons - Change
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