Customize the Viewer program icon in the taskbar

You can customize the Viewer program icon that appears in the Windows taskbar simply by copying your custom icon into the program folder.

This customization works both for the local Viewer module that is part of the project runtime software and for the standalone Secure Viewer program that is part of the thin client software. It is primarily intended for the latter, however, because that is the program most users will see.

You might want to customize the Viewer program icon if, for example, you are a system integrator and you want to provide a branded, turnkey solution to your customers. Customizing the icon can help to maintain a common look and feel.

This procedure assumes you already have the custom icon that you want to use. It should be a standard Windows .ico file.

To customize the Viewer program icon, copy the .ico file into the same folder that contains the Viewer program file (Viewer.exe), and then rename the .ico file to Viewer.ico.

The location of the Viewer program file varies:

• For the standalone Secure Viewer program running in Windows, the Viewer program file is typically located at: C:\Program Files (x86\AVEVA\AVEVA\AVEVA Edge Thin Client 2026\BBBE2E0F-084D-484b-AFDF-EA12BF0E52FF\Viewer.exe

• For the SCADA runtime edition running in Windows, the Viewer program file is typically located at: C:\Program Files (x86)\AVEVA\AVEVA Edge 2026\Bin\Viewer.exe

• For the Embedded HMI runtime edition running in Windows Embedded, it is located in the same folder into which you copied the Remote Agent utility (CEServer.exe) and then installed the system files. For more information, see Install Embedded HMI on Windows Embedded.

The next time the Viewer program is run, it will automatically get the custom icon and then display it in the taskbar.