The Problem

Chrome’s Start Menu icon always bugs me. It’s slightly too large and the background colour clashes with the theme. Here’s a screenshot of the problem:

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The Fix

  1. Search for Notepad in your Start Menu
  2. Right click Notepad and select Run as administrator
  3. Open C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.VisualElementsManifest.xml
  4. Change this line BackgroundColor='#5F6368'/> to BackgroundColor='transparent'/> and save the file
  5. Right click the Chrome icon in the Start Menu, More > Open file location
  6. Right click the Chrome shortcut, Properties > Change Icon...
  7. Click Okay without changing the icon

Results

As you can see the Chrome icon is now the right size and colour with a change of a single variable

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