nwjs taskbar icon on Windows for NW.js is a red square, can't set icon in package.json

NWJS Version : 0.42.5 SDK version Operating System : Windows 10 (x64)

Expected behavior

You should be able to set the icon associated with NW.js using the provided method of setting “icon” in the “window” section of the package.json file.

Actual behavior

The icon associated with the NW.js application is a red square and cannot be set using the provided methods in the package.json. See screenshot in the comments below.

How to reproduce

Download 0.42.5 SDK for Windows x64 and set your package.json to be like:

NOTE: This is not a path problem as it works fine in 0.40.

{
  "name": "app-name-here"
  "main": "index.html",
  "window": {
    "icon": "image.png"
  }
}

[rogerwang]

I managed to reproduce it in another system. This is now fixed in git and will be available in the next nightly build.

[frankhale]

I don’t think a sample is really needed of my icon because the same icon works fine in NW.js 0.40.0 and in much older releases. I’ve been using the same icon for my app for a lot of years.

Here is my icon:

Just running NW.js demonstrates the behavior. Here is a screenshot of it. Notice that the task bar icon is a red square. When you attempt to set the icon in the package.json it doesn’t work.