Cygwin/X taskbar icons changed with latest Windows update (OS build 22635.4225)

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 6:00 PM Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:

For a long time, I have been a Windows Insider.  I'm currently on the Beta
> Channel:
>
> Edition Windows 11 Pro
> Version 23H2
> Installed on ‎3/‎17/‎2023
> OS build 22635.4225
>
> The last update (or the one before that) changed the way that the Cygwin/X
> taskbar icons appear.  Before the most recent Windows update, the icon in
> the Windows taskbar for a given Cygwin/X window (xterm or emacs) would be
> the same as the one shown in the upper-left-hand corner of that window.
> I.e. a sigma-like "E" for emacs, or a "T" overlaid on an "X" for Xterm.
>
> After the most recent Windows update:
>
>
> https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2024/09/20/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-22635-4225-beta-channel/
>
> the icons on the Windows taskbar now are all the same, regardless of
> application -- a big black X with an orange-ish ring around it.
>

This problem now seems to be fixed as of this Windows Insider release:

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2024/10/11/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-22635-4367-beta-channel/

-- 
Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, https://ad1c.us