Desktop icon issue

Hello,

It's normal, you move it in Shortcuts or it gets set as a shortcut with an arrow.

Hello Didier,

Thank you Didier for replying but that’s not my request.

I’m not talking about the arrow, I know it’s meant to indicate a shortcut.

I’m talking about the square here in red with the app’s icon in tiny tiny tiny size.

My request is how to remove this square and get the app icon back to a normal size.

Best regards

Hello Helyane,

First, we need to find the source, which could be this path:

C:\Users\"your name"\AppData\Local\WhatsApp

Then right-click on this icon

Then click on it

And it gives you this :

 Looking forward to your reply

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Hello Clarckos,

Thank you Thank you

I followed your instructions and I found my nice icon but there is no executable.

Can you help me again ???

Sincerely

It's a crazy story

I uninstalled WhatsApp.

I ran CCleaner to clean everything up, then restarted.

Using your link, I reloaded WhatsApp.

Following your advice, I put an icon on the desktop.

It's all nice except that its name is Update.

It doesn’t have the executable; it doesn’t do anything when I click on it.

For your information, I am on Windows 11 Professional

Version 22h2

Thank you for your help.

I am desperate.

Please, did you see my red box with a tiny image of WhatsApp?

Do you know how to enlarge the WhatsApp image inside this box?

Thanks again for all your advice

Yes, it's completely crazy.

I used WhatsApp as an example, but I have the same issue with other applications.

I just called a friend; he is also on Windows 11.

He indeed has the blue square like me, but the image inside is fine.

Whereas for me, I need a magnifying glass, and unfortunately, the magnifying glass doesn't come with Windows.

Thanks again for taking the time to help me.

Have a good end of the day.

Best regards.

Thank you as well, Didi64.

Always happy to receive advice.

Have a nice end of the day.

Best regards.

Hello,

I have my little idea.

Whatsapp installed from the Microsoft Store on W11.

To create the shortcut:

Keyboard key Windows + R or right-click on the Start button - on the taskbar).

Copy-paste --►shell:appsfolder

Scroll down the list to Whatsapp.

Right-click on Whatsapp then create a shortcut.

In this example, the background of the Whatsapp icon is purple.

Because it's my customized color that I set. (in Settings... personalization... color).

In this example, the background of the Whatsapp icon is purple.

Because it's my customized color that I set. (in Settings... personalization... color).

So, we can change the color, but there will always be a background with W11 and the Whatsapp app installed from the store.

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