taskbar icon wrong

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2 total messages Started by badgolferman Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:13

#171

Author: badgolferman
Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:13

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My default PDF viewer is Adobe Acrobat Reader.  All PDF files show the
proper icon and when I double-click the file it opens up the file in
the proper application.  However the icon of the opened file in the
Taskbar is the generic Windows file icon.  How do I change this to show
the Adobe Acrobat icon?  Interestingly enough, if I just open the Adobe
application the icon is correct.

Re: taskbar icon wrong

#187

Author: holland.terry
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:07

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On Monday, November 8, 2010 4:13:26 PM UTC-8, badgolferman wrote:
> My default PDF viewer is Adobe Acrobat Reader.  All PDF files show the
> proper icon and when I double-click the file it opens up the file in
> the proper application.  However the icon of the opened file in the
> Taskbar is the generic Windows file icon.  How do I change this to show
> the Adobe Acrobat icon?  Interestingly enough, if I just open the Adobe
> application the icon is correct.

What you need to do is recreate the shortcut.  (At least this worked for me.)
Go to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs and find "Adobe Reader X".  Rename that to something else.  Then create a new short cut to the executable AcroRd32.exe (Mine was in this location "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 10.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe") and call the new shortcut "Adobe Reader X".  If it works delete the other shortcut and you are set!  Good luck!

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