Update: Resolved after update to InDesign 19.5 64-bit.
Am using InDesign 2024 version 19.1X64 on a computer running Windows 11 Enterprise version 22H2.
All of a sudden, Windows Explorer stopped showing an InDesign application icon for files made and saved with InDesign 2024. Shows a generic icon instead. Curiously, InDesign Markup Language files show the correct program icon. Note: redacted the file names in the screenshot because the docs are still in draft status.
I right-clicked the file icon and chose properties, and INDD files are assigned to InDesign 2024.
And I have used Windows 11's Default Programs control panel to map all INDD files to InDesign 2024.
But the icons for INDD files still show up generic.
Do I need to uninstall and reinstall InDesign to get the correct icon to appear?
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Uninstalling InDesign 2024 and all of my settings for it (and 2023) did not help. File icons for .INDD still showing generic. It did create quite a scary situation: When I started INDD up after doing the uninstall, deleting preferences, and rebooting, it was stuck showing "touch " with some kind of animation, and the InDesign window ran off the screen! Tried clicking my mouse to change that, but nothing happened! Then I remembered: My laptop is docked to fullsize displays and I normally run with the lid down. My laptop is "convertible," (screen can be used as a touchscreen). And had the same issue when I first moved to Creative Cloud. InDesign was set, by default, to run on touch screeen if it can't find a keyboard. After a lot of screen size adjustment, finally was able to click in its menu and convince InDesign NOT to run in "touch" mode ! Yessir, youbetcha I went into INDD's Settings and cleared the checkbox: "Switch to Touch Workspace when the Keyboard is detached."
Next I had to restore all of the deleted custom settings that I use with InDesign. Fortunately, had kept a copy of them in the Cloud on OneDrive, and was able to recover them using Microsoft's instructions. InDesign is working just fine now. The icons are still generic. Methinks that's a Windows problem, not an Adobe problem.
The generic file icon problem stopped I updated InDesign to Version 19.5 (64-bit). Now I have a different issue: After I exit InDesign, Windows flashes an error message that "InDesign has stopped working. Please close the program. (But I already did exit the program). Does the same thing after qutting Adobe Acrobat Plus (only the message is about Acrobat, not InDesign). By the way, my large organization does NOT grant Admin rights to anyone except Help Desk techs and IT folks, so can't switch.
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