Codex Desktop on Windows uses the same taskbar icon as ChatGPT.
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Description
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
Latest
What subscription do you have?
Pro
What platform is your computer?
WIN11
What issue are you seeing?
Codex Desktop on Windows uses the same taskbar icon as ChatGPT.
I have both ChatGPT and Codex pinned/open in the Windows taskbar, and they are visually indistinguishable because both show the OpenAI swirl icon. This makes it hard to switch between them.
From the Codex MSIX manifest, Codex also appears to identify itself as "ChatGPT" and runs app/ChatGPT.exe, with ChatGPT/OpenAI logo assets. Codex should have a distinct Windows app name, AppUserModelID, executable identity, and taskbar icon.
Platform: Windows 11
Expected: Codex has its own recognizable taskbar icon, different from ChatGPT.
Actual: Codex and ChatGPT show the same icon.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Codex Desktop on Windows uses the same taskbar icon as ChatGPT.
I have both ChatGPT and Codex pinned/open in the Windows taskbar, and they are visually indistinguishable because both show the OpenAI swirl icon. This makes it hard to switch between them.
From the Codex MSIX manifest, Codex also appears to identify itself as "ChatGPT" and runs app/ChatGPT.exe, with ChatGPT/OpenAI logo assets. Codex should have a distinct Windows app name, AppUserModelID, executable identity, and taskbar icon.
Platform: Windows 11
Expected: Codex has its own recognizable taskbar icon, different from ChatGPT.
Actual: Codex and ChatGPT show the same icon.
What is the expected behavior?
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Additional information
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by inspecting the MSIX manifest and the app/ChatGPT.exe and logo assets referenced in the report. Confirm how the Windows package sets the app name, AppUserModelID, executable identity, and icon; done when Codex and ChatGPT are visibly distinct in the Windows 11 taskbar.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 58/100