yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Thanks - This is the second report of this nature I've seen. Clearly some sort of display scaling is happening to the control holding the picturebox, but I can't work out why... Would you mind testing the attached build (Ideally on both your laptop and desktop)? I've disabled scaling, which may have odd side effects or make it hard to see on some machines. Just trying to isolate the issue.

Appreciate if you're busy though, thanks for all your help with this :)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] AdamDesrosiers:
Testing it on my laptop, there are some odd display issues. It properly situates the icon in the preview box, but a lot of the other items are displaying oddly.

Screen capture here.

This is from my laptop with resolution of 1920x1080 and 125% scaling.

Later, I'll test it on my desktop computer too, which displays the same resolution but on a larger monitor, so I use no display scaling there.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Hm.. A step closer I guess... This DPI scaling stuff is a headache, especially as I can't seem to replicate it :(...

Could you try this attached build on your machines when you have a chance and let me know if it is any better or worse?

Thanks again for all your assistance.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] AdamDesrosiers:
That did the trick - displays perfectly on both my laptop with 125% display scaling and on the desktop without any. But, both computers show red text in the icon preview area with measurement of the icon's size, zoom level, and position.

looks like this
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Awesome, will build a release for this shortly. Thanks for your help in resolving this..!

Don't worry about the red text, I gave you a debug build in case that output was useful.

Few new features in the next build I'm just testing, will hopefully be done soon :)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] AdamDesrosiers:
good work!

Now if we can just get Microsoft to provide support for wide and large tiles ... :)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Ehh we can dream ;)

New version up:
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] FlexiPack:
Thank you for your program OP. So nice to be able to easily customise the icons in the Start Menu. I'm probably being dense but I'm not sure how to add a custom shortcut to Chrome apps which don't appear by default. Keep and Docs appeared already, but no others even though I have slides and sheets installed too. I'd also like to created a shortcut to Google Drive but not sure how to go about that.

Also, is it possible to create a shortcut to 'quick access' in File Explorer?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
You're quite right - the Chrome Apps section is only showing actual apps, not URL redirections (Sheets, Docs and Drive actually just take you to a webpage and aren't actually apps). That said, I've just thought of another way to do this where they should be included, can't say if it'll work for sure yet but I'll look at it now :)

As for quick access, yes, there is a GUID for this. Not sure why I didn't have it in the original drop down list, but I'll add this now and will be present in the next build. Sorry about that!

EDIT: Seems that Quick Access, along with some others, are new in Windows 10. Must have used an older list. Will add all the missing options, thanks for bringing this up :)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Hopefully addressed both of your issues in the latest version, v2.1.6012.29757:
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] FlexiPack:
Oh fab, thanks for updating it so quickly! I'll try the new build as soon as I'm at my pc ?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] FlexiPack:
Just did a quick test, nothing is showing up for me in the Chrome shortcut window. See attached. Quick access is there, thank you!
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Eep, that's no good. The folder C:\users\...\Extensions - could you copy and paste that and see if it exists? If it does, can you attach a screenshot of what it contains?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] FlexiPack:
I've attached a screenshot with the contents of:

c:\users\userprofile\appdata\local\google\chrome\user data\default\extensions
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Hmm, that's exactly what I was hoping to see at least.

I've attached a build that will (hopefully) crash when you try and get to the Chrome Apps. Could you post the crash report if it does, hopefully that will give a little bit of an insight as to what is going wrong!

EDIT: Actually I think I see where the issue may be - Please try the attached build (TileIconifier v2.1.6013.1850 x64) and let me know if it shows now.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] FlexiPack:
Tried your attached build but there was no crash when accessing the 'chrome apps' tab of the shortcut manager. no log generated. Wish I could add some input but I have no coding experience!
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Have poked around with it again and attached another debug build. Could you make sure it's all extracted to the same folder when you run it, as it will give a more accurate log (if it actually crashes that is..!)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] FlexiPack:
Successful crash, although it crashed as soon as the new shortcut window opened, before i was able to click on the chrome apps tab. Does that matter? Log attached :)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Ideal, think I can see what the issue is, not sure why I didn't think of it..!

Not at my machine at the moment, but will fix ASAP. Sorry..!
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] FlexiPack:
No worries, take your time. Thanks!
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Just released v2.2.6014.29164 - should *hopefully* work for you now...!
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] FlexiPack:
Works perfect, thank you! All my chrome extensions show up. Couple of notes if you would like feedback?..

I noticed when the Icon Selector is full screen, the icon preview window overlaps the OK & Cancel buttons (see attached).

The Icon Selector, Custom Shortcut Manager & New Custom Shortcut windows cannot be moved when they are floating windows. Trying to drag the title bar window either by touch or trackpad invokes the 'snap window to' option. Conversley, the main TileIconifier window can be moved but cannot 'snap to' for multitasking.

All the Chrome shortcuts currently launch a new window in Chrome. Would it be possible to open them as a new tab if Chrome is already open? Or even in a different browser?

None of those affect the usage of the program though and are not deal breakers, just user feedback.

Edit: Donated :)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Phew, glad it works, thanks for helping me debug that issue :)

Points 1 I think I've fixed, although on my machine the Icon Selector, Custom Shortcut Manager and New Custom Shortcut windows seem to always be movable (as long as they are in the foreground and not refreshing). Can you literally not move them at all without it trying to snap them? I've just amended the main window so it can resize and snap, thanks for that.

Point three seems to be a quirk of Chrome unfortunately (you can create a shortcut by going to your Chrome Apps, right click one and create a shortcut on the desktop, it seems to have the same behaviour). I've had a quick look to see if there's a way to run it with a different command line switch, but nothing obvious at the moment.

Thanks a lot for your support, it means a lot :) Let me know if you have any other issues or suggestions!
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
v2.2.6022.34241 released - a few fixes and now with Russian language translations. Happy to add other languages if anyone is able to assist with translations :)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] 1112ee:
Thanks to responding to my issue so quickly ?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Not a problem, thanks for raising it :) ;)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] ven07:
I will help with Dutch as soon as I get my laptop sorted. Can't get the 14366 build to install yet
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
That would be greatly appreciated :)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] FlexiPack:
Really like the URL option in the latest update. I found a work around for using Edge Browser by default for Google apps (and indeed any website for which you wish to use Edge by default.

Right click your desktop, select new > shortcut. In the location window that pops up, type: %windir%\explorer.exe microsoft-edge:Put-your-web-url-here

Name it in the next window. Right click the new shortcut and 'Pin to Start', It will show up in TileIconifier where you can change the Tile icon.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] dodietheshorters:
Awesome

Thanks for sharing this excellent application with us, Jonno12345, it's exactly what I've been looking for.

Great work mate. :highfive:
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Awesome :) Do you think this is worth adding as a feature? Do URL shortcuts open okay in Edge if it's your default, or did you just want to be able to choose between them?

Not a problem at all, glad it's working for you :) Any suggestions, please let me know :)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] VirtualBoost:
Love your application! Any chance of adding wide tile support? Would be really nice! :)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Glad you like it :) Unfortunately the wide option is currently only a possibility with live tiles. Hopefully Microsoft will implement this for regular shortcuts too, but until then there's nothing I can do I'm afraid :(
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Estebanium:
Somehow the latest Insider Build messed everything up. I can not use TileIconifier anymore. All tiles that were already created are still there, but if I create a new one, the tile will not change. Any suggestions?

Windows 10 Insider Preview; Build 14372.rs1_release.160620-2342
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
This is bad news :( This utility just creates a VisualElements.xml file for the Windows Start Menu to generate a tile from. It sounds like something in the latest build has partially broken this. Assuming the tiles don't update even after a reboot, it sounds like any cached tiles are okay, but it's failing to regenerate new ones..?

Unfortunately something for Microsoft to fix, if they're even aware of it :( Hopefully this is resolved before it becomes a release build..!
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Estebanium:
Ok it turned out, that I had just to wait, or restart my PC. LOL. After I changed a tile with TileIconifier, I had the Start Menu open and after a minute or so the tile changed.

I only have one problem left. I downloaded this tool some time ago and created some tiles. I don't know if this problem is related to the newest version, or the fault of another problem:

I tried to create a tile for jDownloader, but I am not able to find it in the list of TileIconifier. The shortcut is positioned here: "C:\Users\USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs"

Some versions ago, it was working and I found the shortcut in the list.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Phew, at least that's not as bad..!

That second issue is odd - the shortcut works as expected? Can you find it in the list if you search 'jDownloader' in search/Cortana? I'm wondering if your start menu is just doing something funky in that build, as those shortcuts aren't anything special, just normal LNK files that normal installations should also generate..!
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Estebanium:
Yes, I am going to find them if I tipe jdownloader. I did some testing and found out that TileIconifier don't like shortcuts that will lead to a jar-file. You can start jdownloader by executing the exe or the jar file. The advantage for executing the jar file is, that java supports High-DPI displays -> using a DPI of 140%, while the exe will show a blurry interface. So if the shortcut leads to a jar file, I will not find the shortcut in TileIconifier, but if it leads to the exe I will. Moreover I found out that there was an issue with the tile picture. Something is messed up with this picture, because I am able to use other pictures that will work then. Solution for this is to use another picture.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
That's odd, custom shortcuts shouldn't point to an EXE *or* a JAR file, they should be pointing to a custom build .vbs file, that would then execute the JAR or EXE as expected. Are you sure you used the Custom Shortcut Manager to do this, like so?

This should create a .vbs file in C:\ProgramData\TileIconify\jDownloader:

As such, it shouldn't matter what the target is, Windows doesn't even know beyond it being a .vbs script. Could you have created another shortcut pointing somewhere else, or edited the custom built one?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Estebanium:
vbs? To be clear. I never used vbs files, if I use the therm custom shortcut it will mean that I right-clicked an exe, created a shortcut and copied it to the start menu folder.

If I have a look into my start menu folder (C:\Users\USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs), most shortcuts will lead to a exe file, so I don't understand your procedure.

Spotify for example has a reference to an exe-file, TileIconifier (one shortcut I created) has a reference to an exe-file, Mozilla, too (even if this shortcut is located at C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs).

To answer your question. I moved the TileIconifier folder to C:\Program Files\TileIconifier right-clicked the exe, created a shortcut and moved it to the start menu folder. I then opened TileIconifier found TileIconifier in the list and applied a tile picture. If I do the same thing for the jdownloader.exe, I am able to create a tile picture as well. If I now create a shortcut for jdownloader.jar, I will not find this shortcut in TileIconifier and this is the point!
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Ah right. In that case, you're not actually using the custom shortcut feature of TileIconifier. That feature is in there specifically for this use case, where you want a shortcut to a file that isn't actually supported by the start menu (Most file types aren't, only certain executables, in your case a '.jar' file doesn't show). This is not a TileIconifier limitation, but a start menu one, and that's why I built the Custom Shortcut Manager to build shortcuts to things that, by default, won't work.

Go to Utilities -> Custom Shortcut Manager -> New Custom Shortcut -> Other

Put the path to you .jar file in the Shortcut Target box (as per my screenshot above)

Choose an icon and a name for the shortcut

Click 'Generate Shortcut'

That will give you a shortcut that *does* execute your .jar file, even though it'll actually point at a .vbs file, and will be able to have a custom tile. You'll find the shortcut in the TileIconify folder in your start menu.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Estebanium:
Ah! Now we are talking about the same thing :D Thank you, I tried it out and it works. :good:
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Glad to hear, let me know if you have any other issues :)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] ven07:
Ok I is ready to help Sir :p
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] kilador:
Hi,

I spent most of my morning playing with this program and I've been unable to pin my stuff in the start menu.

I create custom shortcuts with the custom shortcut manager (store apps) and then there is no option to pin them. I see that it just creates a vbs file within the programdata/tileconifier folder, and I don't really know what to do with it since those files cannot be added to the start menu neither.

Can you kindly let me know how to pin all those custom shortcut tiles to my start menu? I just don't seem to be able to pin them in any manner.

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,

C
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Looks like you're just looking within a different place - I might need to make that clearer :)

Go to Start -> All Apps

Scroll down to T, find TileIconify, and right click your apps, you should have the Pin option :)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] kilador:
Thanks! It was not really intuitive at first but I see now how it works!

Wonderful, thanks a lot!
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
No problem, glad it's working :) Can you suggest any wording that may be clearer? I wasn't sure how best to describe it as I knew where to look, I made it after all...! Maybe adding 'All Apps -> Tile Iconify'? I guess a proper how to guide would be handy.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] KreNtal:
I think that this solution is clearer
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] speedx77:
Why only small and medium icons? I've been looking for an alternative to Oblytile but so far all programs I have used have fell short of the mark, but this almost makes it there, so why no support for Wide and Large icons?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] AdamDesrosiers:
TileIconifier's custom tiles survived the Windows10 Anniversary update - Congratulations!
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] thanhtu150:
Good app ! Tks for it !
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
*Huge sigh of relief* :)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Hi - Unfortunately OblyTile and others were building Live Tiles - not actual shortcuts to a program as such, but special tiles that executed different parts of a Windows Store UWP App.

The method I am using takes normal LNK files and builds a metadata file for them that Microsoft have accommodated for. Their current specification does not include anything for Large or Wide tiles, and won't allow transparency or animation, unlike it's similar Live Tile component. Whilst they are both achieving the same task of giving you a tile you can pin to the start menu, they are accomplished in very different ways, and unfortunately don't allow for the same control.

Rest assured if this ever becomes an option I will add it, but for now this is the best that can be done without a false UWP app as a MITM (which is why with other utilities that can achieve this, you will see another window pop up briefly after clicking the shortcut).

Hope this helps
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] reuben2phil:
Transparent tiles?

Is there anyway to make a completely transparent tile? I tried adding a transparent.png image to a shortcut but when I iconify it program forces a background color. Is the anyway to get a completely transparent tile?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Aleksandar038:
Option enquiry

I have to say, this is by the far best app for creating custom tiles for Windows 10. It really works good, you did great job.

I have one question - is it possible to create tile with background color automatically updated to current accent color? For example, my accent color is picked up from background automatically, so when background change, accent color also change, changing color of some tiles in process (for example, mail app, or those desktop apps that are not customized). So when accent color is green, background color of tile is also green, when accent color changes to blue, tile background also becomes blue.

Is it possible to achieve this with TileIconfier? I know it automatticaly picks background color from accent color, but when accent color changes tile is, logically, left with old color. I think that is last option that could possibly miss within your program (except for transparent tiles, but that is MS stupid limitation...).

I think, but I am not sure, that I read somewhere that if "transparent" color is picked for tile background (instead of navy, maroon etc), it automatically corresponds to accent color (I think I read that somewhere in MSDN), but I am not sure...

Anyway, is this possible anyhow?

Best regards!
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Sorry for not replying sooner - didn't get a notification for some reason...! Many thanks for your kind words :)

I'm currently adding a facility to batch amend shortcuts, so you can change all your shortcuts to the same color in a couple of clicks. Unfortunately 'transparent' doesn't seem to work with the method used, I can only assume that functionality hasn't been added by Microsoft.

I'm hoping being able to update all your icons quicker will be a good enough work around for now, until a better solution exists.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Aleksandar038:
Thanks for reply. Damn MS, they are bloody mess really... Whole their doing with tiles is complete chaos...

Batch change of background is great feature anyway :) Keep it up!
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] revpickle:
What a wonderful app! I love it. Used to use Oblytile and then had to abandon it with Win10. Used Tile Creator and PinIt, but never really liked the need for a splash screen. This is perfect! Thank you for your hard work and for sharing it with us. I do plan to make a donation!

I ran into one issue today that I am guessing might be user error. I've Iconified a bunch of things without issue. As I was Iconifying an Excel document I noticed that it wouldn't launch correctly. It launches Excel, but never loads the file. Playing around some, I can Iconify word docs, publisher docs, and many other types of docs and they launch as expected. But every Excel file I launch just opens Excel with a blank window.

Has anyone else run into this? Do I need to add parameters to make it launch?

Any and all help would be appreciated!

Thanks again!
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] bumpaneer:
Does opening an Excel doc work normally for you? The reason I ask is that I ran into an issue where the same situation you are describing happened to me without Iconify involved. Even directly opening a document resulted in a blank window. I had to re-install office to get it working correctly again.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] revpickle:
Thanks for responding. Actually, yes. I intentionally tested that with a few excel files and they all open just by clicking the file name. That's what's weird here. I browse to the exact same file and link it through iconifier, but it doesn't launch. But when I click it through Explorer, it launches just fine. Weird.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] AdamDesrosiers:
With the release of the Desktop converter, can we hope to see TileIconifier show up in the Windows store soon? Does this utility abide by the restrictions on these conversions?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Not something I had really considered but I'll see how plausible it is and take it from there. Thanks for the link :)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Sorry, didn't see this message as it didn't notify me!

How are you creating the shortcut? The only reliable way I can think of that "should" work would be to create a custom shortcut, where the target is your excel document. Something like this:
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Tydi:
Hey, I highly appreciate your tool, and would gladly help for french translations. Any infos here to go to help you out on this ?

Keep up the good work !
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] TaliQuarian:
I can't create a shourcut for Uplay game. I try copy Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege shourcut to C:\Users\pc\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs but it not show up in TileIconifier. Uplay games shourcut is just URL shourcut similar to steam game. I try make custom URL in TileIconifier but it say error. Any ideas how to make Uplay shorcut work with this program?: thanks:)
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] talmarsh:
Great app!

When I create a tile (Iconified, not custom). Where is it saved? I'm trying to migrate to a fresh installation of windows.

Thanks.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Udzi:
Does anyone else expect a delay after clicking a tile till the vbs action for a custom shortcut executes?

It happens the first time, the second there is no delay but reappears after a reboot.

I tried to recreate the shortcut, still a delay
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] hartmut.kleeberger:
Sounds as this is a great app. I would really like to use it, but after downloading and extracting, the exe is just starting, not installing anything. Is this the way it should work?

After starting and choosing the custom shortcut manager the app is crashing. I would appreciate using thisgreat app. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks for any help.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Jonno12345:
Odd - no error message or anything? Not a lot to go on at the moment, could you maybe provide any output or screenshot of what happens?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Bekrah:
As soon as Large and Wide tile options become avaiable you will definitely be receiving money from me in your paypal account. Keep up the good work!