Its a problem specifically with Epic Games and Steam using .url files for their icons rather than regular icons. It doesnt help that Microsoft removed the .url file association from Windows 11 so the most …

Mar 20, 2023 · The icons look/work correctly in Windows 10. The shortcuts in question point to a local .bat or .exe, but use an .ico located on a network share. Viewing the Properties/Change Icon window …

Oct 31, 2021 · I don't remember the steps but you just have to change your shortcut icon back to the actual shortcut icon. I know it's in control panel under personalization.

Jan 2, 2023 · I went to the start menu folders and sometimes the icons would appear properly, and then if I backed out and went back into the folder sometimes they would appear as blank icons again.

Mar 22, 2023 · Why do some desktop shortcut icons look normal and some look small and surrounded by a square box? Like here with Messenger (all apps shown downloaded from Windows Store)

Oct 26, 2021 · Pushing out desktop shortcuts via GPO that point to a .ico icon file on the network. On Win 11 they always show up as generic white icons though. The GPO works fine on Win 10 …

Jul 25, 2023 · I have a GPO that deploys desktop shortcuts to all of these machines which use icons from .ico files on a network share. The icons all display properly on the Windows 10 machines but …

Sep 16, 2023 · Hello i just found out how to fix it. "right click" in your blank icon / white paper on taskbar & choose the white paper one, click yes to delete the shortcut & try to relaunch it your icon will be …

Oct 29, 2023 · If you haven't modified the shortcut that Steam places, the icon image should automatically appear, or after updating the desktop or after restarting the system.

Jan 15, 2022 · taskbar icons too start menu searches (for all kinds of stuff like control panel, file explorer, cmd, run, powershell... the list goes on) also have blank page icons for their results in the start menu …