I know this isn't strictly an Excel application issue but I don't know where else to ask, and it sort of is.

Windows 11, Office 365

I really don't like the new tasbar icons that have appeared with the latest round of updates. They are anonymous colouted squares and nowhere as easy to navigate to "at a glance" as the old ones.

I thought I'd just change the icon - something I've done many times before - but it doesn't take effect. Indeed what has happened is bizzare:

* I change the icon in the usual way but the taskbar display doesn't change.

* If I go back to try again, the new icon shows in the change icon dialog as if it has inded been changed.

* If I right click on the taskbar icon for Excel I see the new icon below recently used files but not on the taskbar.

I've tried clearing the icon cache and the taskbar icon cache, restarting Eplorer and restarting Windows - all to no effect . . . the taskbar icon doesn't change although all the other signs point to it having changed !!

I'd appreciate any insights or ideas.

Thanks