Change pinned Steam icon on taskbar?

[Legger]

I can't for the life of me figure out how to change the icon for Steam on the taskbar. I've realized when you open Steam, it actually opens a whole other application called the Steam Client Bootstrapper. I've pinned that and that works, but I have no way of changing that specific icon. I've made shortcuts for the Steam.exe (and tons of other applications listed within the Steam files), but none of them seem to work. I'm able to change the icon and pin it to the taskbar, but when opening it, it just opens another Steam application with the original icon. Is there anyway to fix this? I want to be able to change the Steam icon for my desktop.

[らﾉ几凵什モ]

here try to follow these steps.
1) Select the Steam short cut from your desktop
2) right click it and select properties
3) Select the option change icon
4) Click Browser and look for the icon you want to select for your steam shortcut.
5) Once selected click apply
6) right click the desktop short cut and select ping to taskbar

[Legger]

Originally posted by Sinuhe:

here try to follow these steps.
1) Select the Steam short cut from your desktop
2) right click it and select properties
3) Select the option change icon
4) Click Browser and look for the icon you want to select for your steam shortcut.
5) Once selected click apply
6) right click the desktop short cut and select ping to taskbar

That solution does not work. I actually reinstalled Steam and deleted all of my games just to test this. The shortcut Steam creates when it is installed is simply a button that opens the program and is not the actual program itself. For instance, if I make a shortcut of Google Chrome and change the icon then drag it down to my taskbar and pin it, Google Chrome will keep that icon and won't open a separate program. This means there won't be "two" Google Chrome applications up on my taskbar, just one.

Using your solution delivers the exact same problem I experienced from before. Steam won't use its own icon. It opens a separate application called the "Steam Client Bootstrapper". This means Steam won't actually use the custom icon I give it, and that icon simply opens up an additional Steam application.

[らﾉ几凵什モ]

man dont change the pat of the program you only browsing the icon location change it back to your original location "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe"

[Legger]

Originally posted by Sinuhe:

man dont change the pat of the program you only browsing the icon location change it back to your original location "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe"

I didn't change part of the program. I reinstalled it so it would put the shortcut on my desktop again. I followed your instructions from there. Pinning that shortcut does nothing. It opens an additional Steam client called "Steam Client Bootstrapper" that uses the original icon and not the new one set for the shortcut.

To simplify it for you, your solution didn't work. Steam uses a different client from the original "Steam.exe" when you're actually using Steam. This is why the icon change doesn't work. Do you have any other suggestions?

[らﾉ几凵什モ]

these issue it seems to come with steam update try to do these
1)Right click wherever you normally open steam and click "troubleshoot compatability"
step
2) Windows should run a diagnostic and will tell you the recomended compatability mode to run steam in.
step
3) Use whatever it recomends, and it should open up steam in the correct compatability mode, solving the annoying "bootstrapper blah blah blah" problem.

[Legger]

Originally posted by Sinuhe:

these issue it seems to come with steam update try to do these
1)Right click wherever you normally open steam and click "troubleshoot compatability"
step
2) Windows should run a diagnostic and will tell you the recomended compatability mode to run steam in.
step
3) Use whatever it recomends, and it should open up steam in the correct compatability mode, solving the annoying "bootstrapper blah blah blah" problem.

I've already done this, but it didn't do anything. This is how Steam opens now. You can search it for yourself. Steam opens an additional program when you open Steam. If there was a way to set the icon for the "Steam Client Bootstrapper" it would be a problem solved, because that's the actual Steam program.

[らﾉ几凵什モ]

so to be clear when you go to these location C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam. You hit launch the steam application and it launch the client bootstrapper and that show in your task manager too? so what if you make a short cut from the location i give you and paste it in your desktop?

[Legger]

Originally posted by Sinuhe:

so to be clear when you go to these location C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam. You hit launch the steam application and it launch the client bootstrapper and that show in your task manager too? so what if you make a short cut from the location i give you and paste it in your desktop?

Yup. It opens a whole other application entirely. The problem is, I don't know how to make a shortcut for the Bootstrapper. The Bootstrapper opens through the Steam.exe, so I'm not sure where to go change the icon for it specifically.

[らﾉ几凵什モ]

https://file.info/windows/steam_exe.html

[Legger]

Sorry, this doesn't help me. The Steam Client Bootstrapper opens through the Steam.exe but it's a different application entirely. The Steam Client Bootstrapper is the actual Steam program where you can explore the store and your library. When you click on a shortcut for Steam, it still opens the Steam Client Bootstrapper (as intended) but it's a separate program entirely. I could post a picture if it helps. Basically I'll have the shortcut icon on my taskbar (with the edited icon) but when I click on it an additional Steam program opens beside it with the original Steam icon. This means I have two Steam icons on my taskbar. One to open the Boostrapper and another that is the actual Bootstrapper (which is essentially Steam itself).

The link you gave me told me to go for the Steam.exe which doesn't do anything! It gives me the same exact problem I've explained to you over and over. Creating a shortcut for Steam.exe does not work! It will leave two icons on the taskbar, when I just want one.

I can pin the Bootstrapper itself to the taskbar and I won't have to worry about opening the Steam.exe, but I have no way of changing the icon for it. I don't know how I can do that. The link you gave me tells me to go for Steam.exe, but as I've said countless times, that does not work!

[zacintosh]

Pin the Steam Bootstrapper Icon to your taskbar. Then look in your Taskbar folder at "%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar"
Now you should have a shortcut that you can edit the icon for.

[Fantasy System]

Originally posted by zacintosh:

Thank You that solution worked perfectly. Note to people who do it, you got to sign out to make the change take effect.

[eulssanba]

for me, i had to make a copy of the shortcut file to unpin the original, then pin the copy to my taskbar, but i got it to work fine once i did that.

[Lone Gamer]

I have the same exact problem as you, Leggerrr. My end goal is that I want to change the Steam icon that opens up in the Taskbar.I tried everything suggested in this thread and nothing worked. Were you able to find any solution in the end?

[Chochokage]

i literally did all of this still the same problem..