Windows 10: Windows 10 Metro Apps icons looking weird in taskbar

Hi everyone

Some time ago I remember having trouble installing an update to some Metro app on my Windows 10 laptop (running Windows 10 Education with a 64GB SD Card in 24/7, new Metro apps are set to save there). I was finally able to get it to install by clearing the Store cache and some other stuff that I don't quite remember. Right after the update installed and everything went back to normal I noticed the icons for some Metro apps started looking like if they were in some kind of box in the taskbar, as shown on the attached picture. Fast forward to today and it's starting to annoy me and would like to know if there's a way to fix this.

Thanks!

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Start botton, notification and cortana icons are not working

Try following the suggested troubleshooting steps here: Windows 10 Start Menu, metro apps, and taskbar icons not working - Windows 10 Forums

 

Windows 10 Metro Apps (No icons, weird titles)

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community forum.

Let’s try with some steps which helps you resolving the issue.

Step 1: Perform a clean boot and check if issue persists.

To disable all non-Microsoft services consult the article called Clean Boot.

Follow:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929135

Note: After troubleshooting, refer to this section "How to reset the computer to start normally after clean boot troubleshooting"

Disclaimer: A clean boot is performed to start Windows by using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. This helps eliminate software conflicts that occur when you install a program or an update or when you run a program in Windows.
You may also troubleshoot or determine what conflict is causing the problem by performing a clean boot.

Step 2: Run a Windows app troubleshooter and check.

Refer:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/run-the-troubleshooter-for-windows-apps

Step 3: I would also suggest you to try creating a new user account and check if issue persists.

Click on the below link to check how to create new user account linking a Microsoft account
in Windows 10

Microsoft Support link: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/getstarted-microsoft-account

Note: Install all the pending updates after logging in to Microsoft account and check.

Keep us informed for any further queries. We are glad to help you.

 

If you are talking about second from right, it's a generic icon presented when icon in the APP/program is not recognized or read. Maybe you can try reinstalling same APP. All other ones look normal. Icons are built in APP/program with exceptions of icons for data files that take the shape of icon of program associated with it. Icons for UWP apps mostly can take different shapes according to their sizes.

 

Yeah, I'm talking about the two apps on the very right, which are the Sticky Notes app and the Weather app. Both Metro apps. I started looking around Google on how to maybe sort of reset Sticky Notes and stumbled upon this article (How To Reset Or Reinstall Sticky Notes In Windows 10). So I reset Sticky Notes and the icon is back to normal. I guess I just needed to think a little...

Anyway, thanks a lot for your feedback. It did help!

 

Glad you fixed it. I have couple of desktop programs that loose icon every now and then.