XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: Ancient-of-Days@Heaven.Net   
      
   VanguardLH  asked   
   > The icon shown in the Taskbar is taken from the image resources in the   
   > executable file for the program when you run it (a default one is   
   > specified, but there could be more than 1 image resource).   
      
   Hi Vanguard,   
   I've written tutorials on assigning icons so I'm aware of where _all_ the   
   Windows icons are kept (scattered about); but you just gave me a good idea.   
      
   Maybe perhaps I can _copy_ the cmd.exe executable and then I might be able   
   to call one cmd.exe for the user-level command and then call a copy of that   
   cmd.exe for the admin level command where I would have previously set each   
   to different icons... (dunno if that will work yet though - need to test)...   
      
   a. User level command window "Run > cmd [enter]" ==> black taskbar icon   
   b. Admin level command window "Run > [shift+alt+enter] ==> red taskbar icon   
      
   Maybe I can then set the admin level cmd.exe to show a red icon in the   
   taskbar while the normal user level cmd.exe would show the black icon.   
      
   I'll try that. Thanks for the idea.   
      
   > If you are   
   > asking how to make multiple running instances of the program have   
   > different images for their taskbar buttons, you can change the icon in   
   > the shortcut properties.   
   > Right-click on a shortcut -> Shortcut tab -> Change icon   
      
   As I said in the OP, I'm not using shortcuts because I generally don't make   
   shortcuts for a 3-character command (Run > cmd).   
      
   Having said that, I'm rather familiar with shortcuts to the scheduled tasks   
   (yes, I wrote a tutorial on that also) which bypass the UAC prompts.   
      
   I _could_ do this with shortcuts, but I was hoping for more elegance, which   
   usually takes knowledge of how Windows actually works to be successful.   
      
   > The default is to show you the image resources in the executable file   
   > specified for the shortcut to run.  Some programs only have 1 image   
   > resource, and console-mode (DOS) programs often don't have any, so you   
   > pick one.  cmd.exe has just 1 image resource, so opening multiple   
   > instances has the 1 image used in each taskbar button.   
      
   As I said in the OP, I'm not using a shortcut for a 3-character command,   
   but, of course, if that's the _only_ way to do it, I'll stoop that low. :)   
      
   > There are some other files bundled with Windows that provide image   
   > resources, like shell32.dll, and moricons.dll.  Any file with an image   
   > resource (.exe, .dll) can be used to specify the icon source; however,   
   > if they for software you install, those image resources disappear when   
   > you uninstall that software.   
      
   Rest assured, I've located _every_ one as I wrote tutorials on this stuff.   
      
   > If you don't like any that are in Windows bundled files, or in   
   > executables you installed, you can also find .ico files online.  I did   
   > that for a weather.com icon since the icon resources in Windows didn't   
   > work.  While I could try to rely on cached icons (favicon.ico) from a   
   > web site, periodially they seem to disappear, probably if you purge all   
   > locally cached data when exiting the web browser.   
      
   I've been making my own icons for years, where, nowadays, with Irfanview   
   being able to save a transparent bg ico file, it's trivial to create them.   
      
   > As I recall, a shortcut cannot point at a .bat file to run it.  That's a   
   > text file that has to get fed into a command interpreter.  The shortcut   
   > has to call cmd.exe when then runs the .bat file, as in:   
   > cmd.exe /c \   
      
   The restrictions between shortcuts to batch versus executable files is   
   something I habitually deal with on a case-by-case basis, and the ability to   
   string along "%comspec% -k" (or "%comspec% -c") commands is often used.   
      
   I have no problem stringing them together (using the "&&" syntax); but   
   that's not really what I'm asking here if that, in and of itself, doesn't   
   end up with the following:   
   1. When I run cmd as admin, I get a red icon in the taskbar.   
   2. When I run cmd as a user, I keep the normal black ion in the taskbar.   
      
   I'm almost never unsuccessful; I was just hoping someone else who knows   
   Windows better than I do had already solved this particular problem set.   
      
   Thanks. I'll let you know when I'm successful.   
      
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