{"id":3045,"date":"2016-04-30T23:13:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T17:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=3045"},"modified":"2021-07-19T15:28:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T09:58:31","slug":"google-chrome-start-tile-icon-fix-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/google-chrome-start-tile-icon-fix-script\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Chrome Start Screen Tile Icon Large (Fix)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Based on the fix posted at Krusted.com<\/a> for the Google Chrome tile icon size<\/a> issue in the Windows 10 Start screen, I wrote a small VBScript to automate the process. This script might come in handy as you need to repeat the fix again every time after updating Google Chrome.<\/p>\n

Here is how the Google Chrome icon shows up in Start by default.<\/p>\n

\"chrome<\/p>\n

The script looks for Chrome shortcut in the Start Menu\\Programs<\/code> folder, finds the shortcut’s target path (i.e., Chrome installation path), and renames the file Chrome.VisualElementsManifest.xml<\/code> if it’s found. Additionally, to refresh the Start screen, the script updates the “Date Modified” entry of the existing Google Chrome shortcut.<\/p>\n

After renaming Chrome.VisualElementsManifest.xml<\/code> in the Google Chrome program directory and “updating” the Chrome shortcut in “%appdata%\\Microsoft\\windows\\Start Menu\\Programs”, the Chrome icon now appears correctly.<\/p>\n

\"chrome<\/p>\n

Download ChromeTileFix.vbs<\/a><\/b> (zipped)<\/p>\n

Note that the script runs elevated by default. If you have Google Chrome installed within your user profile, you can modify the script so that it doesn’t run elevated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Based on the fix posted at Krusted.com for the Google Chrome tile icon size issue in the Windows 10 Start screen, I wrote a small VBScript to automate the process. This script might come in handy as you need to repeat the fix again every time after updating Google Chrome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[480],"class_list":["post-3045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","tag-scripts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4654,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/pin-website-shortcut-start-screen-windows-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":3045,"position":0},"title":"Pin a Website Shortcut to the Windows 10 Start Menu","author":"Ramesh","date":"November 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"If you've been using desktop shortcuts to open your favorite websites, you can instead pin those websites to the Windows 10 Start menu to make your desktop clutter-free. 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