I would love to be able to change the icons used, at least for the system tray icon.
Having a red icon for RealTimeSync.exe makes me constantly look at my system tray thinking I missed something. At least change the icon to a more neutral color if user defined icons are impractical.
Thank you.
Feature Request: Change App Icon Color / User Defined Icons
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The system tray icon matches the program icon and changing it would be confusing. Many icons are red in the system tray, color alone doesn't indicate status.
The system tray icon matches the program icon and changing it would be confusing. Many icons are red in the system tray, color alone doesn't indicate status.
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I can see not wanting to change the icon color yourself, but you're opposed to letting users set a custom icon to their preferences? It would have no impact on you at all.-1
The system tray icon matches the program icon and changing it would be confusing. Many icons are red in the system tray, color alone doesn't indicate status. xCSxXenon, 17 Mar 2026, 18:39
I'm autistic and throughly disable every notification count, popup, or blinking icon I can. Have never had a red icon before. Only ever seen red on notification count indicators.
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I guess I am almost always in support of more options, but there are certainly higher-priority ones on the list, that's all
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I have not used it, but I googled it and found this: https://github.com/adithyanraj03/GUI-EXE-Icon-Editor. Icons in .exe files are just a resource, and I would expect you can swap them around with a tool that sounds like this. I would expect using such a tool on a FreeFileSync exe would break the donation edition.
