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Windows 11 - Ability to use custom icon for secondary icon (tile)
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# Proposal: Ability to use custom icon for secondary icon (tile)
In the previous generation of Windows, secondary tiles (now icons) can actually have a different visual displayed than the backing app's icon. However now, all of them will use the app's icon which makes it confusing and ambiguous. The only sign that this is different is the text below. Some of the apps used the live tile feature to display a different icon/logo even if it wasn't really live.
## Summary
Provide a new API to set an icon that's different from the app's icon to emphasis that it's a secondary icon.
## Rationale
* More flexibility for developers
* Richer user experience
* Existing apps can work as they were originally intended
## Scope
| Capability | Priority |
| :---------- | :------- |
| This proposal will allow developers to set a custom icon/logo for a secondary icon | Must |
| This API will allow developers to dynamically update the icon of secondary tiles | Should |
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