SolutionIcon is an extension that adds solution-related overlay icon to VS taskbar button.
I often have multiple Visual Studio instances open.
I never combine taskbar buttons as it makes switching inefficient — however this means that I do not get previews either.
This extension allows to quickly distinguish VS buttons with a glance.
The solution icon is chosen as following:
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First choice: .editoricon.png (or .ico, .gif, etc) under solution root.
This is inspired by .editorconfig, however I am not aware of anyone using .editoricon before. -
Second choice: certain images within the projects.
This is very limited at the moment, but e.g. favicon.ico might be recognized. -
Third choice: if no applicable icon is found in solution, a new icon is generated.
The algorithm uses one or two letters from the solution name, and a color based on solution path.
Supports Visual Studio 2012 - 2017.