mintty icon escape string does not work (the same) in version 3.7.9-1

Kevin Schnitzius dont.know.at.all@gmail.com
Mon Aug 11 20:10:47 GMT 2025


Additionally, when starting mintty without an icon, changing the
titlebar icon does not change the taskbar icon.  It only shows the
embedded mintty icon.

Thanks,
Kevin

On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM Kevin Schnitzius
<dont.know.at.all@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> echo -e "\e]I;/c/devtrees/bin/shell_black.ico\a"
>
> version 3.7.7-1: icon is changed
> version 3.7.9-1: icon is unchanged
>
> Further testing with 3.7.9-1:
>
> c:\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe  -i /Cygwin.ico
> Cannot change the icon.
>
> c:\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe
> Icon is changeable.
>
> Is this by design?
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin


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