Sure thing MS Devs would love to forget about 32 bit apps altogether. They'd also like to forget about using Windows altogether - most development has been carried out in Ubuntu Linux for years. Hence WSL and WSL 2 - although far less stable than a VM. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt and all that.

Hmmm, one thing is giving me hope Microsoft might end up fixing this instead of sweeping it under the rug: some of the shortcuts to UWP apps I dropped onto the Windows Desktop are now also displaying the white paper icon.

So, this issue seems to affect Windows itself too.

The problem still remains: how long will it take Microsoft to fix this (if ever) ?

Another clue this might be mainly a 32 bit vs 64 bit issue (or perhaps a permissions issue?): if I show the Windows Desktop in a NextSTART menu and then right click the "Notepad" shortcut and select Properties, the Properties dialog (which belongs to and is generated by Windows) for this shortcut also displays a blank page icon. HOWEVER, if I right click the same Notepad shortcut on the Windows Desktop itself and select Properties, the icon for Notepad is now displayed correctly on the dialog! So, same dialog, different behaviors.

I REALLY hate this because it is wasting my time and distracting me from finishing the next release. MS keeps breaking stuff left, right and center, they can't get one right, OMG!!!!

Definitely not what you need, all this distraction and hassle Jorge. I'm inclined to think that ever since Gates retired and devoted himself to very worthy causes the whole organisation has gone to pot and couldn't organise a piss-up (booze-up) in a brewery, as the saying goes.

Got what *could* be good news from a Winstep user: he is running 23H2 on one PC and 24H2 on another.

Both PCs were exhibiting the blank UWP icons problem (24H2 since the KB5055627 preview in April and/or KB5058411 in May 14th) but after installing the May 13th KB5058405 update on his Windows 11 23H2 machine the UWP icons went back to normal. His 24H2 machine is still displaying the blank icons, of course.

So, it's possible Microsoft has already fixed the problem and the fix will be part of the next update (one can always hope).

If I were using Win 11 I wouldn't hold my breath...

Oh, and f**k off GPT Bot!

Ok, so another patch Tuesday has come and gone, latest Windows update installed, icons for UWP apps are still showing blank pieces of paper.

Haven't tried resetting the Windows icon cache yet.

Anyone else?

I have the same problem.
Today upgrade nexus to last version hoping to resolve but "Apps" form remain blank.

I have win11 upgraded to last version.

...and IT'S FIXED!!!!

Microsoft changed something that no longer allows to get the UWP icons as ICO files (in truth they were never icons but bitmaps, however this worked perfectly fine before).

So, the IShellItemImageFactory.GetImage call I was using to get the icon of a UWP app specified the SIIGBF_ICONONLY flag, which worked fine before (although what was returned was actually a bitmap with an alpha channel) but now it no longer works. Removing that flag fixed the issue!

The changes Microsoft made also prevent SHGetFileInfo from returning the icon of a UWP app as an ICO, something that worked fine before.

So, unfortunately this fix will only be part of the next release, you guys will have to be a bit patient until then. I'll see if I can put out a beta or an alpha before, so stay tuned to the What's next after v25.2 thread (NOTE: the private beta currently posted there does not include this fix)

I've released private betas for Nexus Ultimate and Winstep Xtreme that fix the blank UWP app icon issue. Links to download this betas HERE.

WARNING: These are updates and MUST be installed ON TOP of an EXISTING Nexus Ultimate v25.2 or Winstep Xtreme v25.2 (or later) installation. Please make sure before installing that your license keys will still work with the new betas.