Total Commander icon in Windows 10 start menu

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Total Commander icon in Windows 10 start menu

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I created a file called TOTALCMD64.VISUALELEMENTSMANIFEST.XML and put it in my Total Commander folder.
The contents of this file:

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<Application xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <VisualElements
        BackgroundColor="#1A3D76"
        ShowNameOnSquare150x150Logo="on"
        Square150x150Logo="LogoImages\Totalcmd_150x150.png"
        Square70x70Logo="LogoImages\Totalcmd_70x70.png"
        ForegroundText="light" />
</Application>
And I created two PNG files, which I put in the LogoImages folder, located in the Total Commander folder.

Totalcmd_150x150.png
Image: https://tweakers.net/ext/f/KmHMDwqkWQdrJ9pSefQpUTnR/full.png

Totalcmd_70x70.png
Image: https://tweakers.net/ext/f/5wHCjNcq64Ed47cfVbt85G2i/full.png

I you now create a shortcut to Totalcmd64 in the Windows 10 start menu, you have a nice big icon instead of the small default icon.
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Re: Total Commander icon in Windows 10 start menu

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Nice, I have never heared of this VISUALELEMENTSMANIFEST file...
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Re: Total Commander icon in Windows 10 start menu

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apparently it exists since Windows 8.
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Re: Total Commander icon in Windows 10 start menu

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Hello!

It works, thanks! I've been using TC for a very long time and on my new machine I only had this one problem with it. I'm glad you have such a creative community. :)

I just realized that the screen resolution of my new device is 4K, that's why the TC icon was so small.
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