Icon Adobe Reader DC on taskbar is wrong

My icon adobe reader is now icon of Windows Photo Viewer on Taskbar. How can I fix it? I tried to uninstall or repair but it didn't work.

Joey

Posted 2015-11-05T10:06:05.907

Reputation: 713

Try following this tutorial; How to Reset and Clear All Pinned Apps on Taskbar in Windows 10 if it works I will post a detailed answer.

– Ramhound – 2015-11-05T12:16:29.397

It doesn't work. – Joey – 2015-11-05T16:06:50.510

I can't believe this problem is still not fixed in 2020. – J-qak – 2020-01-22T22:19:19.887

Answers

Found it here : https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1113673?tstart=0

Remove, unpin or delete Adobe Acrobat icon from the Start Menu, the desktop and (if you have it there) from the taskbar.

Go to C: > ProgramData > Microsoft > Windows > Start Menu > Programs and you'll find the "sinner" "Adobe Acrobat XI Pro" with the wrong icon. The that looks like a shortcut. Delete it!.. Close the window.

Go to C: > Program Files (x86) > Adobe > Acrobat 11.0 > Acrobat... and find Acrobat.exe

Right click on Acrobat.exe > Send to > Desktop

Right click again on Acrobat.exe > Pin to Start Menu... and close the window

Right click on Acrobat.exe - shortcut (that you just created on your desktop) > Copy

Go back to: C: > ProgramData > Microsoft > Windows > Start Menu > Programs... and Paste the shortcut here (you need administrator privileges for that)

Rename this shortcut from "Acrobat.exe - shortcut" to "Adobe Acrobat XI Pro"

Close the window

Now if you open any PDF document, the right icon will appear on the taskbar.

Shivam

Posted 2015-11-05T10:06:05.907

Reputation: 1 006

Please read How to reference material written by others. You need to quote copied text that you didn't write. I've done it for you this time.

– DavidPostill – 2015-12-12T16:12:05.210

10According to a now deleted answer: for some installations it might not be Acrobat.exe but AcroRd32. – Arjan – 2016-08-06T15:44:37.980

1I had figured this fix out on my own, but after a month or so it just happens again. I've yet to find a permanent solution. – Drew Chapin – 2018-02-17T03:05:25.060

Just had Acrobat reader update automatically, and it again installed at shortcut with wrong icon - this is definitely some weird bug in the Adobe installer! – codeling – 2018-05-18T06:52:07.380

1I did a similar thing, but with Adobe DC, so this was really helpful thanks :) – Shiasu-sama – 2018-09-27T06:39:41.343

1I had no Pin to Start Menu option (step 5), so I just renamed the shortcut on the Desktop, copied the remained shortcut back to the Start Menu >> Programs folder (step 7), deleted the shortcut on the Desktop, dragged the shortcut in the Start Menu to the pinned shortcuts area, and it worked. :) – Jim Fell – 2018-10-17T14:03:42.713

Same problem with Adobe DC, and i think this is the fix too. – john – 2020-02-19T18:44:05.883

I didn't try the existing solution posted by Shivam here, but, rather got another workaround (solution) from the thread Adobe Reader icon not showing on Windows 10.

The workaround (solution) was as simple as to change the default application for .ico files to Microsoft Paint.

This solved the problem for the poster as well as for me, :) - (Looks like a bug with the Adobe Acrobat Installer package for Windows 10.)

Am_I_Helpful

Posted 2015-11-05T10:06:05.907

Reputation: 376

but the "fixed" icon doesn't seem to be the new red border back in fill logo – Daniel Cheung – 2018-10-04T14:36:38.570

@DanielCheung - Would you elaborate a bit more? I didn't get what you meant! – Am_I_Helpful – 2018-10-04T17:55:09.037

The icon became https://botw-pd.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/logo-thumbnail/s3/0017/9729/brand.gif?itok=Bovi-ZIv, not https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Acrobat_Pro_CC_icon.svg/240px-Acrobat_Pro_CC_icon.svg.png. The latter is the latest logo.

– Daniel Cheung – 2018-10-06T13:12:22.787

1Works like a charm! – Laurens Koppenol – 2019-08-28T06:19:09.737

This is probably not a workaround but a fix to the source of the problem. – Eliahu Aaron – 2019-10-28T18:11:20.743