Windows 10: Windows 11 Shell Icon Overlays

Discus and support Windows 11 Shell Icon Overlays in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hello,I am using a shell extension in Windows 10 that is setting an icon overlay on specified files. When the file has an Offline Attribute... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Ivaylo Gugalov, Mar 14, 2022.

  1. IVAYLO GUGALOV
    Ivaylo Gugalov Win User

    Windows 11 Shell Icon Overlays


    Hello,I am using a shell extension in Windows 10 that is setting an icon overlay on specified files. When the file has an Offline Attribute System.IO.FileAttributes, System.Runtime.dll, I am relying on the default grey cross icon from Windows for these offline files:Unfortunately in Windows 11 the icon has been changed to a brown box:This makes me think that the Offline attribute that I am setting on the file is resulting to a different icon in Windows 11, perhaps the old icon has been either removed or changed with this brown box icon. Can this be confirmed and is t

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    Ivaylo Gugalov, Mar 14, 2022
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  2. BENJI
    Benji Win User

    Shell Overlay Icons not showing in explorer

    I ran into an very odd variant of an issue. I had a Windows program using shell overlay icons that were not appearing in windows explorer. What makes this odd is that they WERE showing in some "Save" and "Save As" dialog boxes (MS Office and Firefox), but weren't in others (Chrome). I had checked all the normal things, such as making sure the icons appeared first in the

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers

    registry key. I looked at the WOW version as well. I even checked the DPI settings as suggested in this question: TortoiseSVN shell overlays only showing for medium and large icons in explorer

    None of those worked, but I finally figured it out so I thought it would be nice to put up in case someone else is tearing their hair out over this. The system I ran into this on is Windows 10 and I haven't tested against older versions of Windows.
     
    Benji, Mar 14, 2022
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  3. YOLVI ELL
    Yolvi Ell Win User
    Icon overlays in Windows 10

    Hi,

    There are currently 15 slots allotted for icon overlays in the system image list of Windows 10. 4 of these are reserved for the system, and OneDrive uses 5, leaving six slots for use by other icon overlay handlers. If more than 15 icon overlays are registered
    in the system, the extra icon overlays aren't used. This limit of 15 overlay icons applies to Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and 10.

    Don't hesitate to let us know if you have any other questions about your computer.

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    If you think this was useful, you may "mark it as an answer" to help those who are facing the same problem.
     
    Yolvi Ell, Mar 14, 2022
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  4. ARZI(2)
    ArZi(2) Win User

    Windows 11 Shell Icon Overlays

    Icon overlays Windows 10

    Thank you. Do you know if there's a link anywhere that includes a list of overlay icons used in Windows?
     
    ArZi(2), Mar 14, 2022
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