Hi, after installing SU15 today I lost my icon for MSFS. I already tried reinstalling MSFS via the Xbox app (core only), clearing the icon cache and various other things.
It’s quite frustrating as the shortcuts are now practically invisible. Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this? I suspect it’s an issue with the exe itself or something in the registry. I already tried deleting/uninstalling the core game incl. the exe and reinstalling via Xbox app but that didn’t fix it either.
Right-click the entry in the list, pin it to the Task Bar, and see if you get an icon you can use there. Personally, I keep that icon pinned, along with only two others - File Explorer and Chrome. Everything else I use is pinned to my Start Menu.
Thanks - I tried creating shortcuts via Xbox app and Microsoft Store but all of them have the invisible icon instead of the MSFS logo. Creating shortcuts off the exe also doesn’t fix it.
Thanks all. I already tried rebuilding the cache via the methodology outlined in the link, but sadly that didn’t fix it. I also did the repair installation, both in Xbox App and System Apps tool.
I read somewhere that some exe icons are referenced in the registry and people had issues with it pointing to invalid references for the image which caused it but I wouldn’t know where to look in the registry for that or whether the MSFS exe even uses this method.
I am also experiencing this problem. My computer crashed and I had to do a complete reinstall of Windows 11. Now when I am trying to reinstall MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024, I am only getting the name and no icon for both programs in the start menu and if I link the programs to the taskbar. It should not be a cache problem since this is a fresh install of Windows and they are some of the first programs I am reinstalling after the necessities like the Antivirus. Has any one found a solution for this problem?
I have sent to the desktop the MSFS icon as a shortcut. Now it shows blank, though it continues working but there is no way it loads an image and when you right click on the icon an option to the folder location is not displayed.
Same here and its not just the MSFS icon, also other apps such as WhatsApp (another Microsoft product?) has the same issue on my desktop. Add to that have you noticed how browser folders have lost their gold colouring and appear clear? My guess is that this is a Microsoft windows 11 issue. I now have a fetching green arrow for WhatsApp and a butterfly for MSFS added from the properties icon…
