Clearer LabVIEW app icons with versions

[jacemdom]

Change the current LabVIEW app version icons used with one clearer. Included in attachement versions 2009 to 2017 (just in case ni wants to use it in the new version 🙂

Also included the photoshop used to create them. Personnaly I not only find them clearer but also prettier!

[RavensFan]

Your modification seems to only change the icon of the actual shortcut, correct?  I don't have a problem with shortcuts because I can see the year description of a shortcut on my desktop.  (I make sure the superfluous "Shortcut to " is deleted.)

What I want to have is that the tiny version of the icon that shows up on the taskbar for each and every open LabVIEW windows to show a clearer version number than the 3 pixel height it is now.

Do you know a way to do that?

[jacemdom]

What OS do ou use?

Are you talking about the little icon in the following snapshot? If yes don't know if it can be changed and I didn't even notice it before you talked about it as all windows are grouped on the same taskbar version. If not what you are talking about, a screenshot would probably make things clearer.

[RavensFan]

Win 7.  I do have the taskbar set up for "small icons" so that I have a little more screen real estate when my laptop is off the dock and I'm using its built-in screen.  Here I have LV 2016 open just to its splash screen.  And LV 2014 open with numerous VI that there are enough that it grouped them.

I can't tell which is which from the icons.

[jacemdom]

Can be done with ressource Hacker, tried it without problems. You can even modify all the icons used by LabVIEW.

http://www.howtogeek.com/75983/stupid-geek-tricks-how-to-modify-the-icon-of-an-.exe-file/

[jacemdom]

BTW at this size you are probably better making your own icons with just numbers on them. The ones I created work well for big icons, but no so well for the smaller ones, altough much better than the standard ones.

[elset191]

I use the ones featured here. (From this idea)  They work well with the small icon.  I haven't kept up with LV versions, so I don't know if the icons go above 2013.