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WT: Load profile icons from executables #15846

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opened 2026-01-31 04:50:14 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:50:14 +00:00
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Originally created by @alabuzhev on GitHub (Nov 11, 2021).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

It's nice that WT supports custom profile icons.
It's nice that it can load jpg, png, bmp, gif, tiff and ico.

However, why doesn't it support loading icons from executables?
If I'm creating a new profile and setting its icon, usually I want it to have exactly the same icon as the underlying executable has, but I can't load it directly, so I have to either play with the Print Screen and Paint (ugh) or look for a 3rd party tool to extract an icon from the exe, because usually apps don't come with separately packaged icons, because every shortcut in Windows allows to load icons from exe, dll, etc. directly since 1995 or so.

Are there any technical limitations for that?

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claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:50:15 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 11, 2021):

There's mostly engineering time limitations for that 😋. In general, this is a dupe of:

  • #1504 - for being able to manually set an exe as the icon
  • #705 - for automatically grabbing the icon from an exe if no icon is set.

I'm also tempted to just close out #705, because that probably will work less often than the user would hope. Being explicit about the icon is probably a better idea.

So, /dup #1504

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 11, 2021): There's mostly _engineering time_ limitations for that 😋. In general, this is a dupe of: * #1504 - for being able to manually set an exe as the icon * #705 - for automatically grabbing the icon from an exe if no icon is set. I'm also tempted to just close out #705, because that probably will work less often than the user would hope. Being explicit about the icon is probably a better idea. So, /dup #1504
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:50:16 +00:00
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Nov 11, 2021):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Nov 11, 2021): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:50:16 +00:00
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@alabuzhev commented on GitHub (Nov 11, 2021):

Thanks.

I'm also tempted to just close out #705, because that probably will work less often than the user would hope

Please don't - machines should work and it's a nice thing if the code can load the icon automatically and save the user some clicks, even if not in 100% of cases.

@alabuzhev commented on GitHub (Nov 11, 2021): Thanks. > I'm also tempted to just close out #705, because that probably will work less often than the user would hope Please don't - machines should work and it's a nice thing if the code can load the icon automatically and save the user some clicks, even if not in 100% of cases.
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