AnsweredSuggestion: Make SONAR icon in Taskbar easier to see [SOLVED]

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2016/01/30 22:13:13 (permalink)

Suggestion: Make SONAR icon in Taskbar easier to see [SOLVED]

The little icon in my Windows Taskbar (bottom row of the screen) is almost all black.  That makes it black on black, and hard to distinguish from a few other icons.
 
Yeah, I know, minor stuff.  But if it were almost any other color or had a larger design inside, it would be far easier to see.
 
post edited by riojazz - 2016/02/02 10:46:19

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    Paul P
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    Re: Suggestion: Make SONAR icon in Taskbar easier to see 2016/01/30 22:47:51 (permalink)
    riojazz
    The little icon in my Windows Taskbar (bottom row of the screen) is almost all black.  That makes it black on black, and hard to distinguish from a few other icons.



    Your task bar is black ?  Mine's forest green so Sonar is more than visible, especially since it's the only black icon.
     
    Perhaps some coloured dots like the Command Center's orange ones (maybe light blue ?) would make it more visible.
     

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    Re: Suggestion: Make SONAR icon in Taskbar easier to see 2016/01/30 22:48:14 (permalink)
    You can also turn on transparency for the taskbar and change the color. That should make things easier. Can't remember if that was added in the first big Win10 update or was there when it launched.

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    Re: Suggestion: Make SONAR icon in Taskbar easier to see 2016/01/30 23:04:11 (permalink) ☼ Best Answerby riojazz 2016/02/02 10:48:38
    You can change the icon to be anything you like.
     
    Right click->Properties->Change Icon
     
    You can load any ICO file or choose EXE's and DLL's with embedded icons.
     
    Here are some:






     

    post edited by arachnaut - 2016/01/30 23:25:21

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    Re: Suggestion: Make SONAR icon in Taskbar easier to see 2016/01/31 06:26:47 (permalink)
    I use the X4 ico


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    Re: Suggestion: Make SONAR icon in Taskbar easier to see 2016/02/02 10:35:27 (permalink)
    This helped very much.  I changed the icon to the blue square one and it's much easier to see.  Thank you for your help.

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