# Blank desktop icon on Windows 8

**URL:** <https://forum.servoy.com/t/blank-desktop-icon-on-windows-8/17087>\
**Category:** Classic Servoy\
**Created:** [March 6, 2013, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/blank-desktop-icon-on-windows-8/17087 "2013-03-06T08:55:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Ruben79](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@Ruben79](https://forum.servoy.com/u/Ruben79)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/blank-desktop-icon-on-windows-8/17087/1 "2013-03-06T08:55:53Z")

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Our custom desktop icon for the smart client does not show correctly on Windows 8. The shortcut is there and it works too, but it shows a white icon: [attachment=1]icon.png[/attachment]

Weird thing is the reference can be found by showing the icon properties and also the file is actually there:  
[attachment=0]icon\_properties.png[/attachment]

Clearing Java cache and deleting .servoy does not fix the issue.

I see some problems regarding this issue for Java 7, but I’m running Java 6 and it also happens to me.

Does anyone know how to solve this issue?

 ![icon_properties.png](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/uploads/servoy/original/2X/6/6cd7e9d8750bb4e13137b62108c53516d8ec11a6.png)

![icon.png](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/uploads/servoy/original/2X/7/78ddeef0a30e0afc1e5e3bd5511a232b4df8eaa8.png)

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**Author:** ![jcompagner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.servoy.com/jcompagner/32/4889_2.png) [@jcompagner](https://forum.servoy.com/u/jcompagner)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 8:52am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/blank-desktop-icon-on-windows-8/17087/2 "2013-03-07T08:52:53Z")

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so you are saying that the shortcut does have a icon reference and that icon reference is also valid and really an icon?

Maybe try a different icon?

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**Author:** ![Ruben79](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@Ruben79](https://forum.servoy.com/u/Ruben79)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/blank-desktop-icon-on-windows-8/17087/3 "2013-03-11T13:25:04Z")

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Yes, yes and yes. ![:)]( "Smile")

When I place another .ico in %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\6.0\50, and select it as the shortcuts icon, it does not work.  
When I place the original .ico in another location for example the desktop, and select it as the shortcuts icon, it does work.

So it seems the shortcut cannot reach into %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\6.0\50 to get its icon.

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**Author:** ![LXS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecb155/32.png) [@LXS](https://forum.servoy.com/u/LXS)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/blank-desktop-icon-on-windows-8/17087/4 "2014-03-10T15:59:40Z")

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Is there any progress with this issue?  
I also have problems with our icon on Windows 8.1  
The first time it looks normal with our custom icon. But when i start the solution a second time the icon becoms white and it seems the shurtcut will be recreated.