Steam games' shortcuts lost their icons (on desktop) - FIXED

[burialfaith]

1) Delete the current desktop shortcuts and create new ones via the following steps:
- Open the Steam client and go to your "Library"
- Right-click on the installed game
- Select "Manage"
- Select "Add Desktop Shortcut"

If that doesn't work try to:

2) Manually edit the shortcuts' icons:
- Right click on the blank icon and select "Properties"
- Change the icon by clicking the "Change Icon..." button
- Browse to the games' directory and select a similar icon from the installation folder

If that still doesn't work, try to:

3) Re-associate the .url (shortcuts' extension) to a web browser:
- Settings > Apps > Default Apps > Choose default apps by file type
- Scroll down to .url file extension
- Set the default app for .url to "Internet Browser"

EDIT (below): Users seems to report that the guide doesn't work on Win11. I am not currently running Win11 so I can't be 100% sure of the correct steps to fix this issue under that OS. Based on the post from OAT on elevenforum.com webpage named "How to associate .url with Internet Browser?" and from video on YouTube showing the extensions of Edge, the procedure seems to be the following.

4) Win11 fix (URL equivalent):
- Settings > Apps > Default apps
- Scroll down and click on "Microsoft Edge"
- Set HTTP and HTTPS to open with Edge

[(BSI) Ashford]

There is no .url on that list in windows 11 it seems

[HerrGerbrandt]

Nr 3 did it for me. I decided to look there first and all my icons on the desktop where instantly fixed
Windows 10 though.

Thank you! This was nagging me for a long time.

[Vargamour]

omg nothing else was working, thank you so much for this!

[nicopinzel]

Originally posted by (BSI) Ashford:

There is no .url on that list in windows 11 it seems

same :(

[wacher]

3) was good for me, thx
(I didn't try the other two)

[incap slap]

Anyone find a fix for Windows 11?

[Mike]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.