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Ashraf Atef
Ashraf Atef

Reputation: 309

VSCode icon in task bar is blank

This is how Vscode appear in task bar , I don't know why

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Upvotes: 17

Views: 19413

Answers (14)

128ticks
128ticks

Reputation: 1

This works for me:

  1. Pin VS Code
  2. Unpin VS Code
  3. Pin VS Code
  4. Unpin VS Code

And now it works!

Upvotes: 0

Anthony Ritter
Anthony Ritter

Reputation: 1

You can also just run the following:

Stop-Process -Name explorer; Remove-Item "$env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\IconCache.db" -Force; Start-Process explorer

Upvotes: 0

Subhadeep Banerjee
Subhadeep Banerjee

Reputation: 1

After updating windows 11 it resolved, I had also faced the same issue previously 😅

Upvotes: 0

Yujik
Yujik

Reputation: 11

This morning I just run Windows 10 and found empty blanks for VScode icons. I've tried deletion "IconCache.db" in "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\" but it didn't help me. Then I found that path to "Code.exe" somehow was changed: in blank icon it was like "c:\Users\%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe, but actual path to Code.exe is "c:\Users\%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\_\Code.exe". So I changed path and it fixed up icon.

Upvotes: 1

NwaiwuIsidore
NwaiwuIsidore

Reputation: 739

Open Windows Explorer, go to %userprofile%\AppData\Local, delete IconCache.db. (This file is hidden, so it you don't see it, you will need to adjust your Windows Explorer settings to show hidden files.)

Open Task Manager, go to Processes tab, highlight explorer.exe, and click End Process. Your desktop will "disappear."

Still in Task Manger, select File > New Task (Run...), type explorer.exe, and click OK. Your desktop should reappear, with the previously missing icons.

Upvotes: 54

NXuanLoc
NXuanLoc

Reputation: 1

I used the following:

  • first search VSC in Search Box, then open file location
  • after that, right click on the VSC shortcut, choose Properties.
  • click on "Change Icon", select the correct VSC icon
  • Apply -> OK

Finally, I run the VSC shortcut as administrator.

The blank icon disappeared

Upvotes: 0

nmdaz
nmdaz

Reputation: 109

This worked for me on Windows 11.

  • Open VScode, the blank icon is displayed on the taskbar.

  • Right click on the taskbar icon and Pin it.

  • Now right click again but now to Unpin it. The icon should now be visible.

Upvotes: 5

The Jake51
The Jake51

Reputation: 1

I was having a similar issue.

I moved the file location the original shortcut went to then created a new shortcut for the new destination. The shortcut on the desktop had the correct icon, but the one on the task bar did not. when I pined it to the task bar, then unpinned it, the vscode logo showed up on the task bar. When I pined it again, it went back to the empty page logo. When I closed it and opened it again, it went back to the empty page logo.

I tried right clicking on the taskbar logo then right clicking on the button the said Visual Studio Code, as directed in one of the previous posts, and it kept giving me an error message. Turns out the task bar logo was still trying to load the old shortcut for some reason, even though I was opening it from the new shortcut. It gave me an option to delete the old shortcut again and once I did that the logo popped right up.

Upvotes: 0

Neighborhood Ghost
Neighborhood Ghost

Reputation: 844

In my case, I'm using a portable version and I just updated it and the folder location was different than the last one. I also deleted the older version of the VS Code which was installed using the installer.

Vs Code Open Menue

Above image is after I resolve the issues

Upon clicking the Visual Studio Code button it says that the shortcut is missing its target. 1). I pinned that to my taskbar. 2). Clicked on that shortcut and Windows told me to delete it since the target is missing. 3). And opened the VS Code regularly as I do normally from my Unity Editor.

Note. I'm using VS Code with Unity so your milage may vary.

Upvotes: 2

Dwi NetraliZme
Dwi NetraliZme

Reputation: 91

I also experienced like that

  1. run as administrator vs code
  2. richt click vs code on task bar and then select vs code, a confirmation will appear to delete the short cut, select yes
  3. select pin to taskbar
  4. right click and then select unpin to task bar
  5. holla this is work for me

Upvotes: 5

Ashish Burnwal
Ashish Burnwal

Reputation: 1

For me after killing VS Code in task manager and then again opening it using window key helped.

Upvotes: 0

galdin
galdin

Reputation: 14074

I started seeing this after I uninstalled VS Code installed with the system installer to C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code, and re-installed it with the user installer.

All I had to do was:

  1. unpin VS Code from the task bar (this shortcut points to the old non-existent installation)
  2. start VS Code from the start menu (the correct icon will now be shown)
  3. pin VS code back to the task bar

Upvotes: 0

Jordhan L. Oliveira
Jordhan L. Oliveira

Reputation: 71

I used another method that worked pretty well

1.Open VS Code
2.Right-click on the open VsCode icon that is blank in your task bar.
3.Right-click the button that says Visual Studio Code, click on properties.
4.On the Shortcut tab, click on Change Icon...
5.Select the VsCode Icon and press Apply.

And that should fix the problem.

Upvotes: 7

will_kelly14
will_kelly14

Reputation: 113

This just happened to me, and after a bit of fiddling around I managed to fix it.

  1. Open VS Code
  2. Right-click on the open VsCode icon that is blank in your task bar.
  3. Click the button that says Microsoft Visual Studio Code
  4. Right-click again, and click pin to task bar.
  5. Voila

Upvotes: 9

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