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DavidYorkshire
Iron Contributor
Feb 28, 2023

Windows Server 2022 - custom icons not showing

I've got a network drive with a number of shortcuts on it. These have custom icons, set using file / properties / change icon, and pointing to a network location (i.e. not a local one). These have displayed the icons fine through quite a few client and server versions of Windows, but in Server 2022 the icons simply don't appear - just white rectangles. Anyone know of a solution to this? Thanks

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    DMqqq
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 30, 2023

    DavidYorkshire I have the same problem in Windows Server 2022, Version 21H2, build 20348.2113. Did you ever figure this out? If so, what was the resolution?

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      DavidYorkshire
      Iron Contributor
      Nov 30, 2023
      No, afraid I didn't! I just gave up eventually - this means that all our RemoteApp shortcuts now just have the default RemoteApp icon rather than the one specific to the program,
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        DMqqq
        Copper Contributor
        Nov 30, 2023
        FWIW, in my case I found putting the .ico file on the local computer worked, and that is feasible for me since it is only one obstinate shortcut. Another post I found suggested the icons would display properly if the path to those .ico/.dll/.exe files that contain them is added to the environment PATH. That didn't work for me, but it might be worth a try for you, depending on your circumstances. Good luck!

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