Change the OpenVPN GUI icon on the taskbar

[vandreytrindade]

It looks pretty much like the Windows 10 network icon.
Users (who are not from IT) complain a lot about that.

[allanlinuxmg]

I have the same problem.
I think the OpenVPN icon itself is more intuitive.
My suggestion would be a white icon of the openvpn itself.

[CampinCarl]

At the risk of thread necromancy, I recently did this for myself and wanted to share in case there's still any interest. I'm new here so I'm not sure if the developers frequent this forum, but I can create a pull request on GitHub if desired.

Updated Icons


How To
Gist: OpenVPN-GUI Replace Windows System Tray Icons

TL;DR
Use a resource editor like Resource Hacker to modify your copy of openvpn-gui.exe. Icons and sample script provided in Gist (see above).

[vandreytrindade]

Great @CampinCarl !
I'll give it a try!