ArduPilot / ArduPilot/apm_planner
Windows icon not created when shortcut put on desktop
Open
- Dominant language
- C++
- Stars
- 550
- Forks
- 483
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
If you create a desktop shortcut for the Windows version, no icon is supplied so Windows uses this piece of stand-in sadness.

Contributor guide
Research direction
No file or test is named. Start by locating the Windows desktop-shortcut creation entry point and the resources used for its icon. Done means creating a Windows desktop shortcut displays the application's icon instead of the default stand-in.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100