Windows 10: Default/blank app icons on taskbar

About 50% of the time so far exactly every other time over several restarts I get the default application icons for anything I personally pinned to the task bar. This is a brand-new, fresh install of Windows 10 that I downloaded yesterday with the USB Creator Tool.


I have installed the following programs since Windows install:

Chrome, Firefox, JetBrains Toolbox, Rider, Visual Studio, HexChat, git, office, Greenshot, Slack

I have completed all updates.

I have deleted the iconcache.db

Killing Windows Explorer fixes the issue




Just refreshed itself while I was writing this thread.




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Blank icon on taskbar windows 10

Hi Jirad,

Corrupted system files or application may be one of the possible causes why some icons in your Taskbar is missing. To efficiently assist you, kindly answer the following questions:

• Have you made any recent changes prior to this issue?
• Does this happen only with the 3 apps you've mention or with other application also?
• Are you getting any error messages when you tried to click those apps with missing icons in your Taskbar?

Meanwhile, we suggest that you follow the steps shared by Guru Khan G on this
thread on how to troubleshoot missing Taskbar icons. This will also help you
scan for corruption and restore corrupted files/Windows corruptions error.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

I changed my taskbar icons and now I don't know how to change them back to their default icon...

Hi AZ,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand the concern as you would like to change the app icons on the taskbar to default.
In order to get clarity and to assist you accordingly, please reply with the answers to the questions below:

• What is the Version and Build of Windows 10 currently installed? (Type
  winver in Windows search/Run command)
  
• Are you referring the default Windows 10 app icon on taskbar?
  

In this scenario, we would suggest you to perform these steps and check if you are able to get the default icons.

1. Right Click on the icons in the taskbar and click on Unpin from taskbar.
   
2. Now press Windows + I key to launch Settings.
   
3. Click on Personalization and select Themes from the left pane.
   
4. Click on Desktop icon settings from the right pane.
   
5. Click on Restore Default and click OK.
   
6. Now click on the Search box and type the app you want to pin to taskbar.
   
7. Right click on the app and select Pin to Taskbar.
   
8. Now check if you have the default icons.
   
   
   

Please help us with the screenshot of the Taskbar (Press Windows + R key and type msinfo32, click OK) for further investigation. (Please follow the steps mentioned in the
screenshot posted
by Shawn ‘Cmdr’ Keene on Oct 2, 2015 to post the screenshots.) Do not share any personal information in the screenshots.



Let us know the results. We will certainly assist you further.



Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Blank icons in taskbar on Windows 2016

Hello,

For us to better assist you, we'd like to know the following:

• Confirm which build is currently installed on your device. To check, follow the steps below:

• Press Windows key + R, then type in winver.
• Click OK.

• Confirm the said application you're using so we could fully understand the cause of the issue.
• Were there any recent changes made prior to this issue?

Meanwhile, we suggest restarting the Explorer.exe on the Task Manager. This may help resolve the issue with blank icons on the Taskbar. Refer to the steps below:

1. Press Ctrl + Alt + Del, then select Task Manager.

2. On the Task Manager window, click on More Details at the bottom left if it doesn't shows the
Processes tab.

3. Scroll down the list of the Windows processes and locate Windows Explorer and right-click on it and select
Restart.

Note: The desktop icons and the Taskbar will refresh and will be gone for a moment after this process. It should reappear automatically.

We look forward to your response.

Regards.