Hello,
this is quite a specific question. Most programs have their
icon and the Windows accent color as a background of the start menu thumbnail. The programm icon on a pinned tile (in medium size) is small. However, certain programs like Microsoft Office and Firefox have different thumbnail colors and the icon on a pinned tile is much bigger.
I want to know, where the information is saved that determines, Firefox has a dark purple-blue thumbnail and a big icon?
Background: My goal is to change these information without additional software. I want to understand the mechanics behind it and approach the problem from this direction, answering the question above.
The thumbnail doesn't have anything to do with the firefox.exe file behind the link because even if the .exe is deleted, the thumbnail in the start menu persists. Even if a different .exe, f.e. notepad++.exe is renamed to firefox.exe and placed at the Firefox path, the thumbnail still shows Firefox, although clicking it is going to start Notepad++.
However, if the path of the link changes to anything else than firefox.exe, the thumbnail changes to the default thumbnail in standard color and with a small icon. Even if the new path of the link is still facing towards a copy of firefox.exe, just with a different name: firefox2.exe, the original thumbnail is gone.
So where is the information saved that defines the look of the start menu thumbnail of a program in Windows?
I'm not sure whether it's possible to answer that question, but I want to try.
Thanks for your help!
Iwin444
this is quite a specific question. Most programs have their
I want to know, where the information is saved that determines, Firefox has a dark purple-blue thumbnail and a big icon?
Background: My goal is to change these information without additional software. I want to understand the mechanics behind it and approach the problem from this direction, answering the question above.
The thumbnail doesn't have anything to do with the firefox.exe file behind the link because even if the .exe is deleted, the thumbnail in the start menu persists. Even if a different .exe, f.e. notepad++.exe is renamed to firefox.exe and placed at the Firefox path, the thumbnail still shows Firefox, although clicking it is going to start Notepad++.
However, if the path of the link changes to anything else than firefox.exe, the thumbnail changes to the default thumbnail in standard color and with a small icon. Even if the new path of the link is still facing towards a copy of firefox.exe, just with a different name: firefox2.exe, the original thumbnail is gone.
So where is the information saved that defines the look of the start menu thumbnail of a program in Windows?
I'm not sure whether it's possible to answer that question, but I want to try.
Thanks for your help!
Iwin444
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