Broken Steam desktop icons.

[Bods]

This morning I found all of my Steam game desktop icons broken; a generic white tile with the game title. Clicking on the icon gave a Win 10 'I can't open .url files' message accompanied by the file association app. Games still run when accessed through Steam App. I've tried recreating the desktop shortcut through Steam with no success. Considering reinstalling Steam. Has anyone encountered this?

[The Giving One]

Check this post and the links provided, please. A couple of users have had that issue here recently.

http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/1496741765131160509/#c1496741765132333290

[Kryptman]

As Aracron says in this post:

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/1496741765128215875/

Go to to Control Panel > Programs > Default Programs and selected "Associate a file type or protocol with a specific program". Found .url and chose "Internet Browser". Suddenly, all the steam icons resolved.

In my case, that fixed my problem.

[Всё Дорогой]

Thank you this method worked for me!!

[giantTITANBALLz]

Originally posted by Kryptman:

As Aracron says in this post:

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/1496741765128215875/

Go to to Control Panel > Programs > Default Programs and selected "Associate a file type or protocol with a specific program". Found .url and chose "Internet Browser". Suddenly, all the steam icons resolved.

In my case, that fixed my problem.

Thanx ,worked for me! 👌👌👌

[Nikos plug]

this is all you need to do it manually choose where you have steam and fill the blank with you pc's name
C:\Users\---------\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Steam
then click on the game you wonna create a shortcut "send to dekstop" ggwp

[Kelticfury]

Originally posted by Kryptman:

As Aracron says in this post:

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/1496741765128215875/

Go to to Control Panel > Programs > Default Programs and selected "Associate a file type or protocol with a specific program". Found .url and chose "Internet Browser". Suddenly, all the steam icons resolved.

In my case, that fixed my problem.

Thanks! this has been bothering me since I got my new pc.

[A Not So Ordinary Potato]

Originally posted by Kryptman:

As Aracron says in this post:

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/1496741765128215875/

Go to to Control Panel > Programs > Default Programs and selected "Associate a file type or protocol with a specific program". Found .url and chose "Internet Browser". Suddenly, all the steam icons resolved.

In my case, that fixed my problem.

This worked for me too thank you so much ;-;

[GoodMew]

Originally posted by Kryptman:

As Aracron says in this post:

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/1496741765128215875/

Go to to Control Panel > Programs > Default Programs and selected "Associate a file type or protocol with a specific program". Found .url and chose "Internet Browser". Suddenly, all the steam icons resolved.

In my case, that fixed my problem.

This does not seem to work in Windows 11, there is no .url to be found in the defaults settings.

[A Not So Ordinary Potato]

Originally posted by GoodMew:

Originally posted by Kryptman:

As Aracron says in this post:

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/1496741765128215875/

Go to to Control Panel > Programs > Default Programs and selected "Associate a file type or protocol with a specific program". Found .url and chose "Internet Browser". Suddenly, all the steam icons resolved.

In my case, that fixed my problem.

This does not seem to work in Windows 11, there is no .url to be found in the defaults settings.

Sorry I couldn't help

[Srixun]

Made a shortcut for this (Note this script works for brave only, youll have to make edits for opera, firefox, edge, etc)

Save this as a powershell (.ps1) and run it as admin. :)

# Check if the script is running with Administrator privileges
if (-not ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator")) {
    Write-Warning "You need to run this script as an administrator."
    Exit
}

# Set the path to the Brave browser executable
$BravePath = "C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe"

# Set the file extension
$FileExtension = ".url"

# Set the ProgID for BraveURL
$ProgID = "BraveURL"

# Set the command to associate .url files with Brave browser
$Command = @"
cmd /c assoc $FileExtension=$ProgID
"@

# Execute the command
Invoke-Expression -Command $Command

# Set the command to set the ftype for BraveURL
$Command = @"
cmd /c reg add HKCR\$ProgID /ve /d "URL:Brave Browser" /f
"@

# Execute the command
Invoke-Expression -Command $Command

$Command = @"
cmd /c reg add HKCR\$ProgID\DefaultIcon /ve /d "$BravePath,0" /f
"@

# Execute the command
Invoke-Expression -Command $Command

$Command = @"
cmd /c reg add HKCR\$ProgID\shell\open\command /ve /d "$BravePath %1" /f
"@

# Execute the command
Invoke-Expression -Command $Command

# Set the registry keys for http and https associations
$registryPath_http = "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http\UserChoice"
$registryPath_https = "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\https\UserChoice"

Set-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath_http -Name ProgId -Value $ProgID
Set-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath_https -Name ProgId -Value $ProgID

Write-Host "Association of .url files with Brave browser is completed."