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Icon disappeared - possibly after upgrade

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David Addis
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I have Thunderbird (60.09.1 64 bit) installed on my MacBook running Mac OSMojave. Recently the TB icon in the menu bar disappeared and is replaced by the generic Mac icon. How do I get the icon back? Should I re-install TB? I cannot be certain but think that the issue occurred during a recent update. Thank you for any help.

I have Thunderbird (60.09.1 64 bit) installed on my MacBook running Mac OSMojave. Recently the TB icon in the menu bar disappeared and is replaced by the generic Mac icon. How do I get the icon back? Should I re-install TB? I cannot be certain but think that the issue occurred during a recent update. Thank you for any help.

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Try clearing the icon cache:

https://gist.github.com/ismyrnow/e92c6010cda9325b2d8811387a05f224

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sfhowes
sfhowes
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Try clearing the icon cache:

https://gist.github.com/ismyrnow/e92c6010cda9325b2d8811387a05f224

David Addis
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That's great and it worked well. Thanks. But for a complete novice (like me) to make it work you first need: To get started, close all open applications and then launch Terminal from Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities. Copy and paste the following command at the Terminal prompt and press Return to execute it:

jazzcad2
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I have a WINDOWS 10 OS and when I start Thunderbird, the bird icon is replaced with generic icon in task bar. Do you have any solutions that apply to Windows OS? Thanks. Johnnie

sfhowes
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jazzcad2 said
I have a WINDOWS 10 OS and when I start Thunderbird, the bird icon is replaced with generic icon in task bar. Do you have any solutions that apply to Windows OS? Thanks. Johnnie

https://www.howtogeek.com/232779/how-to-rebuild-a-broken-icon-cache-in-windows-10/