[Microsoft Store] Strange FileBot icon (in Light Mode)

[OldGrifo]

Hi,
I installed Filebot on Windows 11 (from the Microsoft Store) and when I create a shortcut to the desktop I have this ugly icon.


This didn't happen in Windows 10.

How can I fix it?
Thanks

[rednoah]

AFAIK, Windows Store doesn't allow you to create Desktop Shortcuts for apps in the first place... But if you somehow created one manually, then perhaps you can also manually change the icon?


You can get the *.ico file here:
https://www.filebot.net/favicon.ico

[kim]

This is a Windows thing not Filebot (so google e.g. "Windows 11 icon color around"):

Try deleting the shortcut and make it again

Code: Select all

C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PointPlanck.FileBot_4.9.4.0_x64__49ex9gnthnt12

the "filebot.exe" file

[rednoah]

Note that you cannot execute modern Windows Apps as if they were classic Windows executables.

Windows Apps must be started via the predefined entry points (i.e. the automatically generated Start Menu and Command shortcuts) and cannot be launched by clicking on the exe file. The latter will run the code in classic mode and break things since the code expects a modern context. The Program Files Windows Apps folder is hidden locked by default, probably for this kind of reason.



EDIT:

Creating a Desktop Shortcut via Windows+R and shell:AppsFolder works, and does indeed default to the ugly Windows Store icon style, but can be changed as usual via Properties -> Change Icon and the icon file linked above.

[OldGrifo]

Hi all and thanks for the answers.
I fix the desktop icon creating a Desktop Shortcut via Windows+R and shell:AppsFolder and then I changed Icon with the icon file linked above.
So thanks again.
Now the problem is the taskbar...where it looks like this:


Some hints? (You can't drag the icon from the desktop into the taskbar, it's possible only from Start Menu)
Thank you all in advance

[rednoah]

Sorry, no idea.


Here's what I see on Windows 11:

[OldGrifo]

Thanks,
but this is the windows store version?

[rednoah]

Yes. The screenshot shows actions such as "Rate and review" that are unique to Microsoft Store applications, and does not show actions such as "Open file location" that are unique to classic applications.

[OldGrifo]

Ok so this is strange...in my case I think the problem is the way the icon appears in start menu, like this:

[OldGrifo]

Sorry if I ask (I'm new) but there is a way to buy the standard version (which will solve all my issues, i guess) and pay only the difference between the two version?

[rednoah]

Sorry, unfortunately we can't exchange between different Store platforms:
viewtopic.php?t=6265


I can offer a free 1-year complimentary license though. Perhaps the issue on your machine resolves itself by then.

[OldGrifo]

Ok got it.
So what do you think?
Is it normal that the icon in start menu is like that?
It was as aspected in windows 10...

[OldGrifo]

Just to let you know, I've tried to install different apps from the Microsoft store and all of them have a "normal" icon when pinned to taskbar.
So it's Filebot related....at least in my case.

[rednoah]

The accent colour border was a thing for all Store applications up until a few years ago. I have no idea why recent Windows versions would generate icons like that. FileBot itself certainly doesn't ship with those. Really only Microsoft engineers can find out what's going on. If I could reproduce the issue, then I could at least do blind trial and error testing, but if the issue is somehow specific to your machine, then we're out of options. If other users were to report the same issue, then that might give us a clue as to what's different. If you have other Windows machines, you could try and see if you get the same issue on all your devices.

[OldGrifo]

Ok thank you.
I suppose is due to the icon in the start menu, which is smaller than the one I see in your screenshot. So it adds the blue border.

[rednoah]

I did some random testing, different scale factors, themes, etc. Somehow Windows uses the good icon in Dark mode, but the bad icon in Light mode. I have no idea why it would do that...



EDIT:

Looks like "dark theme" is the default, and "light theme" is a new thing that has to be explicitly supported, strange that this hasn't come up before though...
* https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comm ... bar_icons/
* https://blog.mzikmund.com/2018/11/suppo ... ns-in-uwp/


TL;DR it'll work if you switch to dark theme; nothing you can do about "light theme" for now; but we might be able to fix that with the next update.

[OldGrifo]

Thank you, what a great support.

[kim]

Dark mode only "fixes" the taskbar not the desktop icon and you only need to change "Windows mode" not "app mode" to dark

desktop icon: "scale" does effect it e.g. 125% make it even smaller

[OldGrifo]

Yes, I've enabled dark mode and it fixed the taskbar icon (To be honest I don't like dark mode, but for now...)
The desktop icon can be fixed only replacing it from properties with the one provided in this thread.

[OldGrifo]

Just to thank for the update on Microsoft Store. The Icon issue is fixed now.