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Console icon?
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Description
I don't know if this has anything to do with conhost, but I can't think of a better place to ask "What's going on here?".
If I give this command to CMD, `start "C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.EXE" cmd`, I get a new instance of CMD in a console with notepad's icon. Why does specifying a title affect the icon?

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Research direction
Reproduce the behavior with `start "C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.EXE" cmd` in CMD and compare it with the equivalent command without a title. The issue mentions conhost but no source files or tests; done would be an agreed explanation of why the title changes the console icon, or a clearly scoped fix if the behavior is unintended.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- shell
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100