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Enable changing of launcher taskbar icon

Recently the minecraft launcher icon was changed to a creeper and I think it would be nice if we had the option of re-enabling the old icons through the shortcut properties or allow us to use a custom .ico file. This is already possible for a desktop shortcut icon but for some reason it does not appear to be possible for the taskbar, although many other applications including steam, file explorer, office and discord allow the user to right click the taskbar icon, click the name, then properties, then edit its properties including changing the icon using a .ico file.

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    I'm unsure about Windows 11, should be a similar process, but in Windows 10, right click the icon in the taskbar, right click the "Minecraft" at the top, then click properties, and that'll open the properties for the taskbar shortcut, where you can change the icon file.

    If you're unable to follow the exact steps, open file explorer, navigate to the following address:

    %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar

    and in that folder should be all your taskbar shortcuts. Hope this helps.

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    Please please please! The new creeper face is so ugly! I want the simple yet beautiful grass block back.