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~I'm struggling with something that looks like a bug to me...~

~I have a Compose Desktop app for JVM (`kotlin("jvm")`)~

~Setting the icon like this works:~
```windows {
  iconFile.set(project.file("src/main/resources/icon.ico"))
}```
~It stops working if I set additionally a appResourcesRootDir:~
```appResourcesRootDir.set(
  rootProject.layout.projectDirectory.dir("resources")
)```
~The issue: The EXE has an icon, but it's *missing in the taskbar*. It's the Java Duke there.~

~It only affects Windows. For macOS it still works.~

~How can I fix this?~

Edit: Nevermind. It's a bug in connect2x/sysnotify

does this only happen when running it from the IDE? because when published for windows as an .msix for example, the icon should be specified in the manifest xml

It happens also when running the EXE created by `createReleaseDistributable`

interesting. what if you put the icon file in a different place, and not the actual resources dir?

As ChatGPT suggested I also put it into the new resources dir. That did not work, too.

`iconFile.set(_project_.file("icon.ico"))` &amp; `iconFile.set(_project_.file("resources/icon.ico"))` do not work, too.

```appResourcesRootDir.set(project.file("resources"))
windows {
    iconFile.set(project.file("desktopAppIcons/windows.ico"))
}```
I have both as well but I do see the icons in the taskbar

do you have an icon set in `Window` ? I just removed it from here and now when I run it from IJ I only see the JB icon

I set an icon in Window, but that only affects the window, not the taskbar

yeah I thought so as well because it says in the inline docs but for me it changes both

Here is my bug report:
<https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/CMP-8964/Taskbar-icon-is-missing-on-Windows>

Maybe the bug was introduced with 1.9.0, did not check

yep. without this `icon = painterResource(Res.drawable.logo_512)` after createDistributable I see java duke. even though icons are defined in the build file

the build file's icon probably only affects the .exe's file icon

image.png

But I can't say if that's new with 1.9 either because I never paid attention to that. I only publish to app stores where icons work differently anyway

I set the Window icon to a completely different icon.
Indeed both locations change.

But having set `appResourcesRootDir.set(project.file("resources"))` or not influences if the icon will also show up for the task bar.

Both should not be related. I don't get it.

Setting it on `singleWindowApplication` works, but direcly on `Window` not.