yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] sgtGiggsy:
Has anyone found a workaround to the black tile issue? To me it affects only VS2017 and Blend for VS, all the other tiles (at least that I tried) work as they should, but whenever I set a tile image to these two, it shows up with a solid color background (not neccesserally black, it's in the color I set as background in Win10Tile).

It happens only on my work computer that has Win 10 2016 LTSB, on my own laptop I've never run into such issue.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Drybonz:
After the last Windows update (today) it seems like I'm not able to save a tile. Anyone else experiencing this, or am I having some other problem?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] BlueCider:
Transparent Background

I know this has been asked before.

Thought it would really be awesome if it were some way possible to make the windows tile background transparent so when we have a transparent masked icon, that there's no square border or color in the background, but just transparent.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] smileyhead:
Hey, lately Win10Tile hasn't been working for me. When I save a tile and open the Start Menu, I can see the tile blink as it updates, but the regular icon stays.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Amillennialist:
EdgeTile Creators a good option

EdgeTile Creators still works.

[IMG="Start with EdgeTile Creators"]https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b84440f30592b0ed733d1db104de13878135cdf40ffc9645875c0a5e3ab2f8ab.jpg[/IMG]
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] fromBzh:
Hello there,

Would you have any solution to be able to customize Steam games icons, Epic games icons, or windows Programs icons like the new calc ?

thank you !

[IMG="screenshot"]https://i.imgur.com/8qmYc3b.jpg[/IMG]
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Lestat117:
Hey, how did you add steam games to edgetile creators? Please, I would greatly appreciate the help!
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] fromBzh:
Hey, I'm doing it with batch files.

For Steam games

For Epic games (edit : First line: @echo off )
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Amillennialist:
Just creating them individually

I usually create a shortcut to the executable and use that.

Steam URL Converter will create regular shortcuts from Steam's internet shortcuts.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] SkyDX:
Is there any Tile Manager that can handle the new transparent tile system in Windows 10 20H2? Whenever I create tiles with MyTile and .png files it adds a solid background to the .png files and I have to manually remove the background from the .png after the creation.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] ridicul0us:
what's the difference between this and tile creator. They both create custom tiles, right?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] JohnnyUSA:
Thanks so much for this little program, it makes things go faster.

I'd have some suggestions tho:

1. Try to add a field for "Square70x70Logo" because if you try to put the tiles on SMALL, the icons are so small compared to original Microsoft Small icons and it looks ugly. Basically let us set up two tile images. One for MEDIUM (Square150x150Logo) and one for SMALL (Square70x70Logo).

2. You can clean up your .XML code a bit as this

<VisualElements
BackgroundColor="(whatever color ppl chose)"
ShowNameOnSquare150x150Logo="on"
ForegroundText="light"
Square150x150Logo="VisualTiles\Tile.png"
Square70x70Logo="VisualTiles\Tile-Small.png" />
</Application>

Tested this code on Windows 10 TH2 and works perfectly.

3. Add a button to reset all the custom tiles (or specific ones if possible)

That's all, thanks!
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] fulvioval:
Hi!

How can I turn back tile to default? I tried delete xml and png but tile become black...

Light foreground text is working for you guys? For me only works with dark...
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] minmobil:
Good idea. Also could the tiles be be named after the application because sometimes there are more than one application in the same folder, e.g Office 2010.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] KreNtal:
Try rebooting after deleting png and xml. Worked for me.

For light foreground you have to choose it before hitting the save button. It definitely works for me.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] fulvioval:
Thanks, but no sucess here...when I delete png and xml I get a black tile. I can't made it work with some tiles like Office, even editing xml with notepad.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Flinston_Ger:
as I said several times earlier, the shortcut has to be recreated or the modification dates of the shortcut have to be refreshed.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Flinston_Ger:
I know that the xml is messy and has a lot of (invalid) attributes. I added these to check for large and wide tile supports in future windows updates.

I can not see an advantage in specifying a separate small tile. My tiles scale extremely well both as medium and small tiles. Can you supply a usecase example?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] JohnnyUSA:
I've sent you PM because i can't link images on this topic. Need 10 more posts or something. You have the example in your PM.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Flinston_Ger:
Dear all,

I added the source code under CC BY-NC-SA to the startpost.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Flinston_Ger:
Dear all,

I updated the start post. Small tiles are now supported (if left unspecified, the large tile is assumed as the small tile). Further you can delete a custom tile now easily.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] ShadowStealer7:
Finally, a decent replacement for OblyTile

Just a question, is it possible to add support for .url shortcuts, like the ones Steam makes?

Also, the link to the source code is broken.

I don't know what else to say, I've been missing the custom images on my games ever since I upgraded to Windows 10 and the others like TileCreator didn't quite do it due to workarounds and what not, and I'm glad someone managed to bring them back
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Flinston_Ger:
Easy workaround for urls: create a *.bat that launches your webbrowser with the intended url. Create a shortcut to that bat and put it in your startmenu. Then just use the app to create a custom tile.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] minmobil:
Thanks for the code Flinston, nice to have in special cases.

(Added your missing server address to the filename)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] IronManMark20:
Thanks Flinston! I think I might put up a Github repository so the community can contribute. I will give due credit of course. Thanks so much! :)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Kyoobix:
Can anyone tell me how this works? Can you create the xml files manually? I have located the XML files for the office suite. Though change the string for the image location doesn't seam to work, since no matter what I do, the image stays the same. Any specific requiremtn for the image? like DPI, format, size etc. And where can I locate all the other shortcuts. For instances the Adobe Suite?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] jogomo:
If you manually update the xml files you need to manually modify the creation time of the shortcut.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Udzi:
Wow, this is working great! Thanks :good:

But whats the matter with Office 2016? :confused: I can't get it to work, the tile.png will not apply, the background color stays
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Flinston_Ger:
You could try to 1) delete all customizations, i.e., click delete in the app, 2) delete the shortcut from your startmenu (delete the lnk from both startmenu locations), 3) manually create a new shortcut and copy it to your startmenu and 4) create a new custom tile for the new shortcut with the app.

Edit: I just tried that. Weirdly it does not seem to work on office apps....... showlabel and background colour works, but the icon does not change. I'll investigate on that

Edit 2: Weirdly it seems to be some kind of witchcraft with the folder... placing any application in the office folder does not support custom tiles, i.e., always displays the logo as a small icon in the middle and only accepts background colours and showlabel attributes......
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Kyoobix:
Good to know i'm not the only one have this problem. I have had some succes messing with the images in

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\LogoImages

I have moved the original images to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\LogoImages\org and created new once with the exact same names, DPI and resolutions. Then the existing XML files should create a tile with your own images. Though changing ShowNameOnSquare150x150Logo to off does not seam to have an effect.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] kierkegaardesque:
To solve the issue with MS Office tiles not working I used the same work around OP suggested for URLs. I created a batch file with the line: start /B "Word" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE. Then I created a shortcut in the start menu folder that pointed to the batch file. Just make sure you put the batch file in its own unique folder or else only one xml file is created for multiple files. Also I suggest setting the shortcut to open minimized (right click, properties, run minimized) to prevent the command window from popping up.

This method also worked for Edge, Snip, Calculator, and Notepad. I haven't tried it with any other MS store apps but it should work with those as well.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] bd2003:
I'm glad we got the tiles working for some of the native apps, but if I have to start redirecting stuff to batch files I may as well just use one of the other hacks. A step in the right direction at least.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] MhmdAMiNE:
Amazing tool ;), I was looking for a way to edit win 10 tiles since the OS was released

Thank you very much :)

I have just one note, please add a search box so we can find the tiles very quickly and thanks :o
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] minmobil:
I had about the same problem with the PowerPoint tile. The .lnk pointed to C:\Windows\Installer\{91140000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}\pptico.exe and that didn't work.

So I inserted the correct path, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\POWERPNT.exe, and then it worked as i should.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] HexSource:
So uuh...I can't use it?

I run the program as administrator, pick a ink file, pick the images, click Save and nothing happens. What should I be seeing? What should be happening?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] denogginizer:
You need to go to your shortcut or whatever and pin it to the Start menu.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] :
Great work!

Is it possible to provide the app as a 64-bit version? All machines I've in use run 64-bit Windows 10.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] eddie92:
Hi! First, thanks! This is super awesome! I was wondering if it would be possible to have 256x256px tile support? I'm trying to bring back into Win10 the sort of setup that I had on Windows 8.1, and it would be amazing if we could really have support for larger tiles .:good:

i.imgur.com/AlLgTVe.png

i.imgur.com/TdIJP9L.png
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] kierkegaardesque:
Any chance we can get wide and large tile support?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] ZTREETNIGHT:
Please make this compatible with Chrome Apps xD
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] graphicalgami:
Is there a way to get this working for Windows Accessories such as Sticky Notes or Calculator or System Programs such as Disk Cleanup or Command Prompt? Even though it is able to set a tile for them, they don't change in the start menu. Creating a batch file does not work either.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] ag0n:
I am either too dumb or.. too dumb. I can't get this to work!

I've followed the steps and it doesn't seem to work. Can it be related with my windows version?

I have all the updates on a Windows 10 Education x64 english system. I ran it with admin rights.

Can someone write a little tutorial for dummies or ELI5?

Thanks alot!
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] kierkegaardesque:
I attached a screenshot with the steps I took to get this to work with Calculator. I have not tried it with the other programs you mentioned but it definitely works with calculator, notepad, and snip.

Side note: Requiring new users to make 10 posts before allowing them to use links is very frustrating. Also frustrating, making new users wait four minutes between posts. However, I did kinda have some fun over in the Off Topic thread. Totally unrelated but this reply took me a good 45 minutes to post ;)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] sole00:
Very nice, it's working! I can't change the tile of some software like Camtasia Studio, Opera or Firefox, and Office... I do the same as other tiles but this is not working on that software, don't know why...

Also I would like to do some folder tiles, there's any chance?

Thank u!!!
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] ag0n:
Now i know why i couldn't get it to work! I was trying office and firefox, never worked! Damn, i spent hours :DD
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] graphicalgami:
Thanks kierkegaardesque, it worked! In case anyone needs it, I used the command "rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL" for the bat for Control Panel. Funnily, "start control panel" creates an infinite loop of cmd prompts. Does anyone know the command to run the Run... program?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] kierkegaardesque:
Try, "explorer.exe Shell:::{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}"

Source. The top selected answer works as well but is much slower.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] HoppaKari:
Hmm, for some reason I can't change the basic windows folders or drives (can't change the Downloads folder for example). Here I pictured the error I get for C:\. I have the shortcut in the folder and everything, but it says it can't find the target. I'm not sure how I can enter in manually (nothing really happens when I copy the actual target to the program. I guess it wants .ink instead of a folder?).

[IMG="http://i.imgur.com/I0kd3uD.png"]http://i.imgur.com/I0kd3uD.png[/IMG]

Edit: When I change the Local Disk icon, it now let's me change the .ink but it still can't find the target.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Flinston_Ger:
Those links are special... they do not point to a specific application on your disk. This means, the app does not know where to create the visualelements.xml and place the tiles. As a workaround you could create a shortcut to explorer (possibly with some arguments pointing it directly to a disk, best via a bat in a separate folder to not confuse tile.pngs in the folders...) and then creating some tiles for that.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Flinston_Ger:
Thank you for this short tutorial :) I'll link your post in my startpost.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] HoppaKari:
I tried creating a shortcut via explorer.exe (to %windir%\explorer.exe C:\), but since I already used explorer.exe to create a shortcut to My PC it uses the same tile for both. How do I use the bat file?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] kierkegaardesque:
Cool!
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] hells_dark:
Thanks for the app.

Just to bad wide tiles are not supported (Yes, I know why), because they look good :D
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jorgel:
Thanks for the app.

I wanted to ask if you can add the icons of equipment, control panel or shut down and restart?? ... I can not do so.

Thank's!!
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] kierkegaardesque:
For shutdown and restart you can make a batch file and create a shortcut to it. See my linked guide on the first page and use these lines:

Shutdown:

shutdown.exe /s /t 00

Restart:

shutdown.exe /r /t 00

Source
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jorgel:
Thank you very much for the help, but I'm very bad for this and I can not operate the guide. When I create a shortcut anchor leaves me at the beginning.

You could upload files that have more difficulty in a zip file? calculator, shutdown, restart, etc ..

Thank's
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] kierkegaardesque:
I just became very busy with the end of the semester so I don't have a lot of free time. Maybe someone else on here can give you a hand. If not, I'll see what I can do in a couple weeks.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] xuthus.wong:
Please tell us more detail

Please tell us more detail, I still can't solve this problem. Thx.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] voyagerxp:
Hi can someone help me, some of my app icons do not change. Nero, utorrent, samsung magician and firefox. Why is this?.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] westscz:
Hi, i'm new here.

I just made some few changes in your app and design.

Now it's a lot easier to find app, to which you want to add tile, and now.... it's TENTILE :p

Screenshot: i.imgur com/H1xc2li.png

Download: drive.google com/folderview?id=0B2KTe6TUC_8HNmdMYjRER0poMzQ&usp=sharing

(So sorry, new user, you must add dots before "com")

I will try to add more things if when I will have more time :)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Flinston_Ger:
nice job :) I like that my small proof of concept is being further developed.

Please publish the sources of your modification. It is due to the CC license, that you have to do that ;)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] westscz:
Yes, I know. I just saw some things when I add this post, which wasn't work as I want, so I lose next day to repair this things ;)

I will publish it as soon as everything what is there now will work without problems.

#edit: will you have a problem, if I will make new topic for this?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] AnthonyMA:
If I add a website (via Edge) to the Start menu, where it appears quite happily, that new Start Menu item doesn't appear in the app's list so I can't adjust the image associated with the menu item. Am I misunderstanding?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] westscz:
Ok, so I present you next build!

New in this version

- Predefined Metro style colors in custom colors section (DON'T USE BASIC COLORS, they don't work)

- Small and medium tiles (use different tile for each size)

- Reset settings ( it will delete files, and change your icon to default)

- This build is compactible with older one, and Win10Tile too.

Link to source and realese:

drive.google com/folderview?id=0B2KTe6TUC_8HNmdMYjRER0poMzQ

Feel free to comment ;)

It's because website isn't an app. I think about add images to websites. Just gimme a time ;)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] KreNtal:
You're really improving the initial idea. Thank you. I really appreciate your work (Y)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Zik:
Same problem :o
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] sinarterputih:
is there possible to change windows 10 app icon? Like groove music, photos app, store app, etc.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] IronManMark20:
FYI, I have set up a repository on Github for version control etc. [MENTION=6965554]BloodZIK[/MENTION] and [MENTION=5254995]KreNtal[/MENTION], I think I know how to fix the bug you are getting. I will try to do a release later today. I'll keep the thread posted. https://github.com/Windows10Tweaks/win10tile check back there later
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] westscz:
Would be nice, bcuz I don't have time now to look at it. :)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] IronManMark20:
So, I am trying to access your fork, but I cannot. It seems that the address is wrong, seems an issue in the drive.google.com so:

drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2KTe6TUC_8HNmdMYjRER0poMzQ works.

I'll update with my new work soon!
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] guitarheroknight:
Ok so it seems I cant get the hang of this. I mean it works with all the apps pretty much amazing that are on my C drive, but is there any way to create tiles for games and stuff that are located on other drives?

Edit: NVM I got the hang of it. Another quick question, would it be possible to create large tiles on this build of Windows?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] westscz:
It's because i don't have 10 posts, so I can't link to anything, that's way I delete a dot between google and com.

1. I think about how to help with add tiles to things, wchich are not included in start menu.

2. On this day, no. Thank god, we can do this for medium and small without apps working in background! :)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] guitarheroknight:
Well the process is fairly simple, just add the path to the app you want manually, add the picture you want then go to that app, right click and pin to start and the tile should appear. I mean if its possible to do this manually why wouldnt it be to choose a file via the app and just slap a .jpeg onto it? I mean you would still need to right click and pin to start on the desired .exe but it would svae you some time.

As for the second part I totally agree! Having tiles without the need of a companion app on Windows 10 is just awesome, but darn it the medium size is just too small for me :D
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] bomblader:
Can you make something that automatically colors all tiles like in windows 8?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] westscz:
Yes, I know, but at this point, I will need to add something to remember this things, which are not included. I think about that what you said + add shortcut to startmenu, and then it will be available on the list :)

I don't know :D Now I'm waiting when problem with app will be fixed, and then I will work on next thins, maybe this too :)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] IronManMark20:
MS doesn't want to allow desktop apps to have tiles larger than medium. Unless they change something, or we change the start menu, that will be a problem.

I was thinking we could just ask the user to find the exe, and make a shortcut in a start folder made by our program, then change the manifest for that.

EDIT: also, I am doing a significant overhaul, so it may take a while before I have things to post.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Flinston_Ger:
Hi there, OP here,

I just noticed that my Excel logo changed to a big image "full tile" image. Maybe something changed for good in creating custom tiles for office applications. Maybe someone else can check on that.

BR Flinston
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Al Gore:
Can't change firefox and excel/word tiles :\
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Monkeysphere:
I just got setup with all of this today and I am still having the black icon issue. It worked at first and then messed up. Currently using batch scripts.

Any way to use a batch script to launch a store app?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Marotheit:
This app is a life saver. I really wish we could do large or wide tiles, but I guess we'll have to wait for Windows to support such tiles. It's a shame.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] tinywolves:
Is there a way to change calendar and calculator without making new shortcuts and what not? I have live tile off.

Edit: The Steam icon keeps reverting back, does anyone know why this is??
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] wetworker:
I've notice that I can't replace some of the tiles. Anyone else have that issues?

Still this app is awesome!