Icon in taskbar black/missing

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Windows Terminal version

1.22.11141.0

Windows build number

10.0.19045.0

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

Just run the terminal. Optionally pin it to the taskbar

Expected Behavior

See icon

Actual Behavior

No icon

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• Taskbar icon is blank #13315 , similarity score: 84%

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[manos-msdn]

OK I followed the similar issue and then the reddit post from the comments and followed the process and that resolved the issue. Note that my cache files were locked so I first had to unlock them and restart to be able to delete them (used unlocker software).

Here is the process for reference https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows11/comments/16v3rqk/comment/kpjxfgg/

Kill explorer. This should be possible through task manager.

Remove the thumbchache files. Here's a powershell command to do it: Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Users$env:username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer -Filter "thumbcache*" | Remove-Item

Open regedit.

Go to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes.png

Rename the .png key (folder?) to something like .png_

Start explorer. You can do this by runnning explorer in powershell.

At this point your icons should be back. To bring back the .png file associations you had previously:

Restart regedit.

Delete the newly auto-generated Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes.png key.

Rename the old .png_ key back to .png

Restart explorer.