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I want to change the default Notepad++ icon to the default notepad icon in Windows 11. But I can't find its location in the registry. How to find the default notepad icon path in Windows 11?

Default Notepad in Windows 7, the path is: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\DefaultIcon. With value: %SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll, -102. But in Windows 11 is no such path. There is only a path: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfilelegacy. And there is no DefaultIcon parameter.

I also checked all icons in %systemroot%\system32\imageres.dll and %systemroot%\System32\Shell32.dll. But the standard Windows 11 notepad icon is not there.

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  • The standard notepad icon is and was inside notepad.exe. also you can not change the icon of an executable, only of the files that are configured to be opened by a certain program.
    – Robert
    Commented Oct 17, 2022 at 21:26
  • @Robert But on Windows 7 I added to this path: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Notepad++_file\DefaultIcon] this value @="C:\\Windows\\system32\\imageres.dll,-102". And all files with extension .txt has the same icon as the default notepad in Windows 7. I want to do the exact same thing in Windows 11.
    – moninah
    Commented Oct 18, 2022 at 16:18

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I think the Notepad icon is within the exe itself in Windows 11. You'll find it in one of the sub directories within "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps", which itself is a hidden folder. You'll also find Notepad within "C:\Windows" and "C:\Windows\System32", but those are older versions with an older icon that I don't think Windows 11 uses by default? No idea.

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