Windows 10: Windows search icon is broken?

Why on my computer the search task on task manager has a broken icon. Is this icon intentional or is it just broken and how can i fix it?

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Search Box Reduced to Magnifying Glass Icon

Hi,

Welcome to the Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow the below steps to change the settings to show the search icon.

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  Right click on the search bar
  
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  Click on search
  
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  Check show search icon
  

Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance with Windows related issues. We will be happy to help.

 

Broken Icons Appearing

Hi Nick,

We still can't identify what causing this broken icons issue. To get more closely at the root cause, we need additional information:

• When did the issue start?
• Have you made any changes prior to this issue?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?
• Does it happen to all the apps icon you are trying to search?

We look forward to your response.

 

Broken icons for native Windows app search

Thanks for the suggestions @dalchina. BUT... I just figured it out. I mentioned above that I thought this had something to do with me attaching an external display. Turns out that was the culprit. Something happens with the scaling of the icons on different resolutions. I found two sources that were helpful and with some constant trying, I was able to resolve the issue: By going into Settings -> Display -> Scale and Layout, and changing the the "size of text, apps, and other items" by one notch (25%) up or down, and then back, it fixes the issue. In researching this problem, I found two solutions that suggested the same, here: - The 2nd answer here: Some Windows 10 UWP icons not displaying on search, or in settings - Super User And the 2nd method here: Fix: Icons not showing Correctly in Windows 10 Search - Appuals.com (I'm pasting the solution here in case that article is ever nuked):