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Some of the icons in Windows 10 & 11 change depending on whether Windows is set to light or dark mode.

Is there a way I can have the app icon for my WPF app change depending on the current mode?

Here is an example of the Windows 10 store icon changing

Store icon changing with modes

And here is an example of some of the icons changing on Windows 11 Windows 11 light/dark modes

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    Rather than changing only icons you need to add themes support into your application. There are control libraries with themes support, perhaps the easiest way. – Sinatr Jun 29 '21 at 09:42
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    Otherwise [check windows theme](https://stackoverflow.com/q/56007857/1997232) and [change icon](https://stackoverflow.com/q/43179090/1997232). – Sinatr Jun 29 '21 at 09:55
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    I have theme support in the application but that doesn't help if the app isn't running – User Jun 29 '21 at 11:23
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    If you are talking about desktop shortcuts, then look carefully at your screenshot, icons are the same. I don't know much about app store icons, I guess they have some OS switching support for that. You wouldn't be able to achieve it for wpf application (unless you mean [tag:uwp]) easily. – Sinatr Jun 29 '21 at 11:47
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    The alarms and clock icon has changed as well. I thought it was probably something the OS is doing but I would like to know if there is a way. I know you can supply different images for the start menu on Windows 10 using a VisualElementsManifest.xml file and thought maybe there was an undocumented way to add different images for light/dark modes. – User Jun 30 '21 at 12:11
  • There [is](https://stackoverflow.com/q/39533783/1997232), `RequestedTheme="Light"`. No idea how you apply icon to a theme though. – Sinatr Jun 30 '21 at 12:16
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    Thanks for your efforts but that article refers to UWP and I am asking about WPF. Also that article is talking about changing the theme in-app during runtime. I am talking about changing the short-cut icon on the start menu, even when the app isn't running. – User Jul 01 '21 at 13:05

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