I’m not that creative so please pardon the horrible icon.Ħ. In my case, this is the start image orb I created. After doing that, save the image in PNG format and close the image editing application. Make sure they are exactly centered in their own section.ĥ. Now, drag and drop your icon(s) into those three divided sections. The top, middle, and bottom parts represent default, hover, and pressed states.Ĥ. After creating the blank image, use the built-in ruler to divide the image into three equal parts vertically. Now, create a new transparent image exactly in the below dimensions depending on your DPI settings (Settings app → System → Display → Scale and Layout).ģ. Once you have the icon, open the image editing software of your choice. As for me, I will slightly change the one icon to represent different states.Ģ. Note: If you want three different icons for three different states, then download three icons. In my case, I’ve downloaded a rocket icon from Flaticon. To start off, if you haven’t already, download the icon of your choice. i.e, default state, hover state and pressed state.ġ. So, you have to manually create the start button icon.īasically, you have to create a custom start orb image that contains icons for three start button states. I tried to find some app that makes the whole process easy but couldn’t find one that works in Windows 10. If you want to add your own custom icon to the start button then you have to go through some hoops. Click on the “Apply” and “Ok” buttons to save changes.Īs soon as you do that, you should see the modified start button icon on the taskbar.

Windows 10 start orb png