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:children_crossing: Improve visibility of application icon in Windows dark mode.

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Reproduce the issue in Windows dark mode and inspect how the application icon is selected for the taskbar. Identify the icon asset or entry point involved, then verify that the icon is clearly visible in the taskbar under dark mode.

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Description

In windows dark mode, the application icon is barely visible in the Windows task bar:

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C#
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122
Forks
58
Avg merge
4d 13h
Merged PRs (30d)
2

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