Anybody else have trouble getting taskbar icons to change?

Sometimes trying to change a taskbar icon works. Sometimes it
doesn't. Some system action can cause the icon to change, I guess.
Currently, trying to change the Magnifier icon on the taskbar. No go
after lots of attempts including the restart.

Thanks for any intelligent suggestions.

Franklin frank spam.not wrote:

John Doe jdoe usenetlove.invalid wrote:

Sometimes trying to change a taskbar icon works. Sometimes it
doesn't. Some system action can cause the icon to change, I
guess.

You are, I would guess, dealing with a shortcut icon on the
quick launch toolbar. Usually, those shortcuts that you can't
change have the rightclick/Properties/Shortcut tab/Change Icon
button grayed out.

There have been no buttons grayed out. Sometimes it just fails to
work. Other times it works. Sometimes it waits for some action before
the icon changes. Things always have a cause, at least here on my
computer.

To change the icon for the magnifier - go to the magnifier exe
file, right click, Send to, Desktop (create shortcut) - change
the icon, check to ensure it works. Drag the new icon onto the
toolbar, delete the old icon and the just created icon on the
desktop.

That worked this time (and hopefully every time) with the trivial
exception that the old magnifier icon must first be unpinned from
the taskbar.

You can assume it always works here unless I follow-up.