Setting icon for items in Shortcuts list

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. I tested and it look like it changed on my system. But I am on Start11 v2.49.4 Beta. Refer to my short video below

Would like to suggest to, uninstall Start11, reboot immediately after the uninstall is done, download the latest Start11 v2.49.4 from your account product page. Install it, reboot immediately again. Retest it and report back.

Thank you.
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Did you try restarting explorer after changing the icon?

No your setting should be untouched by uninstalling, but, just to be safe, you can do the "Backup settings to a file" and save it somewhere. Do the uninstall, reboot etc after that. If your can not get back to your original setting you can always load that saved backup setting.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Nice to know you have built in the capability to save settings. 

Thanks!  I'll give that all a try and report back.

(BTW, despite my having posted about a couple minor trials and tribulations, I think this is an awesome product.)

/John

Hi again.

Well, you were right -- uninstalling and reinstalling 2.49.4 did not lose my settings.  (There's actually a checkbox you can check asking whether you want to delete settings when you uninstall, which naturally I did not check).

Unfortunately, it didn't solve the problem either.  The icons for the Shortcut items still don't change with the new version.

These icons don't have to be in a specific location, do they?  I'm choosing 64x64 .ico files that reside in a subfolder of my Pictures folder (e.g., C:\Users\john\Pictures\Icons\ico\xyz.ico).

It doesn't seem to be the dialog that's a problem.  If I select an icon file from the dialog, then re-open the dialog again, the file I selected previously is pre-selected.  So it seems to be registering the file choice.  It just doesn't show up in the start menu ...

/John

If you on Windows Pro version, please try on Windows Sandbox and see if the issue also appear in there: https://forums.stardock.com/505872/start11-support-faq#windowssandbox

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Sadly, I do not have Windows Pro.  (Wish I'd known about Sandbox when I bought this laptop; I'd have probably upgraded to Windows Pro just for that reason alone ...)

Sorry.  :-<

You can try Cleanboot instead: this one a bit more technical and need to follow the steps closely: https://forums.stardock.com/505872/start11-support-faq#cleanboot.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Sounds interesting.  Also sounds a bit involved, so I'll need to undertake that when I have a bit of time.  I'll let you know ...

Hello again Basj.

A quick update:  I followed the steps to create another account and do a Cleanboot.  No luck -- changing the icon still didn't work.

Then I went one step further:  I have another laptop -- a Dell XPS 13, similar to the one I currently use but about two years old.  I reset that one to factory state, so that it contains only what what was on it when it shipped (I was planning to do this anyway, because I intend to sell it).  So it's basically as clean as can be.  Then I installed Start11 and tried setting Shortcut icon.  Still no luck.  :-<

Anything else I can do?

/John

(BTW, I'm using v2.5 now, which I assume is just the official release of what had been the v2.49.4 Beta)

That is strange. Can you post a video showing us how you try changing the icon and what happen after that. Maybe we missed something.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

I can confirm that trying to change the icon for Quick Access shortcuts in the Start11 Config app doesn't seem to work. Try right-clicking on the shortcut in the start11 menu and select "Pick custom icon..."

Argh!  Yes, that's it.

I was trying to change the icon from Start Menu->Configure menu in the Config app, by selecting a Shortcut and clicking the 'Set icon...' button.  Which doesn't work.

But doing it as pelaird suggests does work.  And the video that basj posted early on clearly shows him doing it that way, but I didn't see it.  Sorry I missed that!  (Although it may well be the case that I'm the one who paid the biggest price for my mistake ...)

Thanks!

/John

Glad we were able to help you.   

Live and learn.  😊

One quick additional observation.  Not a complaint, really, as it's not much of a big deal.  Just an observation.

Curiously, while most of the items in the shortcut list offer the right-click menu, a few (All apps, Setting, and Windows Terminal, in my case) do not ...

/John