Windows 10: Windows 10 uses program icon instead of shortcut icon (like windows 7)

On Windows 7 i created several different shortcuts for putty that opened different sessions.
When i clicked on one of these icons to open a session it would show that shortcut icon on the taskbar.
On windows 10 it is now showing the generic icon for putty and grouping these different sessions together.
Is there a way to tell windows 10 to use the shortcut icon like windows 7 did?

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Can I change a Word doc icon?

Unfortunately, you can't because the icon is not for a shortcut. Instead, Windows Explorer chooses the 'correct' icon to display based on the program that opens the file.

 

ICONS FOR OLD DOS program not remain blank on Windows 10 32 bit.

Hello,

on my Windows 7 32bit is working workaround:

example, using in shortcut something as this as shortcut program call:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c D:\FOXPRO1\FOXPROLN.EXE

decided that I can see icon on desktop.

But on my Windows 10 this workaround is not working at all and I can not find another solution and Icons of my old DOS program shortcut remains blank .

Thank you for any help.

 

Right click the icon and Run as Administrator, does it do the same thing?

 

I'm kind of guessing at what you want, but try this. Right click the taskbar and select Taskbar settings. Then go to the "Combine taskbar buttons" setting and set it to "never".

 

Tried both of the above:

• alphanumeric
  I'm kind of guessing at what you want, but try this. Right click the taskbar and select Taskbar settings. Then go to the "Combine taskbar buttons" setting and set it to "never".
• 4 Days Ago
  pepanee
  Right click the icon and Run as Administrator, does it do the same thing?

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It did not make a difference

 

Screen shot would help.

 

I put these icons on the taskbar.
They are shortcuts on my desktop for putty sessions to different servers.

In windows 7 if i click on one of the icons and open a session then it uses these icons and each session is under it's own icon (as below image).






However in windows 10 if i click on the taskbar shortcut it opens the session and displays it on the taskbar using the icon for putty.exe and all sessions are under that 1 icon (like below image):





I want each different session under its own icon like in windows 7.

 

I could have sworn the setting I mentioned split them up into separate icons, had a look myself and it doesn't? I don't have any other suggestions at the moment.

 

I just found out that a fellow team member is having the same issue but on Windows 7.
So it is not necessarily a windows 10 issue.

 

Edit: Woops sorry you already posted a screen shot.

 

alphanumeric's solution should fix the issue.

Look at my Taskbar in the screenshot. So you want all windows of the same program to be separated like in the screen shot?

 

Close any and all programs after changing those settings, and re launch them again. After I closed IE and re launched it, any further instances created another taskbar Icon. I had to close it first though or what was already open stayed grouped as one icon.