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Just for information anyone with this issue still, it is resolved with the Windows 11 upgrade(?!) I have my nice blue T icon for text files

I have tried the options suggested, e.g. I change txt files to always open with WPS office, the icon changes to the WPS icon, then I change back to always open txt files with TextPad and I get the white ruled paper icon, to be honest it's only a minor annoyance but I preferred the Blue T icon, which ...

Please try right clicking a .txt file in Explorer (or any other file extension you want TextPad to open by default) and choose Properties. Next to "Opens with" click the "Change" button. If TextPad isn't in the list, click on "More apps" and choose TextPad from there.

I hope this helps.

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I would like to change the "default icon" for text files in Windows 10 to TextPad's Big Blue "T". Can anybody tell me how to do this. I am using TextPad version 7.0.7. It works fine in Windows 10. My computer was originally a Windows 7 PC. I have another PC that was originally a Windows 8.1 PC. Its ...