Change+Icons+on+Taskbar

Change Icons on Taskbar

For whatever reason, the ability to change icons for any program or folder pinned to the taskbar has never been built into the Windows operating system. There is a workaround available to bypass the issue.  In this case, the problem is incredibly easy to overcome, as you only need to unpin the program, change the icon through the desktop, **__and then re-pin it to the taskbar__**. Windows 7 only allows you to change icon files if you are logged into the operating system with an administrator account.  If you run into an error message while trying to change the icon, navigate to the “Shut Down” option in the “Start” menu and click “Switch User” to switch over to an administrator account. To get the process started, right-click the icon on the taskbar that you want to change and then select the option labelled “Unpin this program from the taskbar.”

Then when it is on the Desktop do your worst.