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I was developing an UWP app. I changed the app icon. All app icons (taskbar, start menu, desktop shortcut) are changed. But Start Menu search icon is not changed. It is showing previous icon which is currently not present in the project.

I am using "Visual Studio 2019 Professional" for development & generated app icons from Visual Assets as described here (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/design/style/app-icons-and-logos). Except the generated icons there is no other icons in "/Assets/Images/TileLogo" folder.

After searching in google I found that File Explorer cached old icon & it's showing old icon from cache. But there is no proper solution to clean the cache or prevent this caching.

How can I prevent the caching or clean the cached icon and show new icon in Start Menu search?

Abu Raihan
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    Well, this behavior is controlled by the system and the UWP app could do nothing with it. A possible workaround is to uninstall the app and reinstall it to refresh the cached icon. – Roy Li - MSFT Feb 04 '21 at 06:33
  • I tried several times uninstall & install but not solved. Can you please give me any MS-Docs link/reference where it is said that "It is handled by system and UWP app can't handle it" ? – Abu Raihan Feb 04 '21 at 07:04
  • What about rebooting your device after uninstalling the app. Then reinstall it. This is a system feature. UWP does not have such an API that could control the file explorer feature like cache the icon. – Roy Li - MSFT Feb 04 '21 at 08:14
  • I'm seeing the same problem. Did you ever find a solution? – Ben Jasperson Apr 12 '23 at 15:37

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