Ref:
https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/start-msfs2020-through-a-script/295001
(How to start MSFS via a script.)
The method suggested there works flawlessly and I can start MSFS with a script via a shortcut on the desktop. (I do this to display a “startup checklist” to ensure my controllers are set up properly, check the connectors for firm mating, jiggle the axes to reduce noise, etc. . .)
However!
Instead of a generic “batch file” icon, I would like to use the MSFS blue icon that the installed “shortcut” uses, but I cannot find it.
Does anyone know where/within what file the icon is located?
Thanks!
For the MS Store version, you’ll need to create your own or download one. (ICO file).
I have one for a “fast launch” where I downloaded the FS logo and overlaid “FAST” on it:
https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/where-is-the-exe-located/297357/11
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Download
Change a file extension from .png to .ico
Save changes
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Changing from .png to .ico does nothing. exporting it as a jpg and changing it to .ico does nothing.
The result, (in Windows 10) is a file that looks like a blank sheet of paper and when selected the error:
the file [X] contains no icons.
What next?
This is the PNG I used and converted to ICO:
I use an online converter:
https://cloudconvert.com/png-to-ico
The above converted to an ICO:
(You will need to change the extension on this from PNG to ICO if you download this image as I had to rename to a PNG to upload to the forum)
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Go to Start, All Apps, Scroll Down to Microsoft Flight Simulator, Right Click, Select More, Click Pin to task Bar…
There, your beautiful MSFS Icon is there for you on the task bar.
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He has a custom “location” for a target running a script. Doing what you suggest will work but it’ll be it’s default target.
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My MSFS runs from a custom location too… C:/MSFS
Why not put the script in the same custom location of the MSFS ?
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Yes. 
What we are talking about here is changing the default icon not the location where MSFS is installed.
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It would be so much easier if the existing one was not greyed out and you could edit it. All I wanted was to add fast launch.
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You must first create the fastlaunch link on your desktop/taskbar etc. and then change the icon on it and not the original exe.
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Yeah I know that I done it a while back. It just would of been easier if I could of edited the existing one was my point.
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Possibly unrelated:
I took the large icon png (with the black background) and edited it to have the dark blue background that the original icon has.
I then converted it to a 64 x 64 icon. (Still blue background)
I then assigned it to the batch file shortcut, and Volia’! It has a black background.
Anyone know why? Anyone know how to prevent this from happening?
Transparency I’d say … create a blue layer, lower it and flatten image in Gimp before exporting as an ico
