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ought

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Registered: 2016-06-04

Posts: 29

rEFInd uses Arch icon for Windows

I have a small problem that is bothering me. I'm not using any manual configurations, relying on the autodetect feature. In my dual-boot setup, the Windows bootloader is installed on the same drive as Linux one:

$ tree /boot -L 3
/boot
├── EFI
│   ├── Boot
│   │   └── bootx64.efi
│   ├── Microsoft
│   │   ├── Boot
│   │   └── Recovery
│   ├── refind
│   │   ├── BOOT.CSV
│   │   ├── icons
│   │   ├── icons-backup
│   │   ├── keys
│   │   ├── refind.conf
│   │   ├── refind.conf-sample
│   │   ├── refind_x64.efi
│   │   └── vars
│   └── tools
├── initramfs-linux-zen-fallback.img
├── initramfs-linux-zen.img
├── intel-ucode.img
├── refind_linux.conf
├── System Volume Information
└── vmlinuz-linux-zen

In the rEFInd documentation I see that it should not be a problem for the icon autodetection - it is done based on the common path /boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot . But in reality, rEFInd shows the same Arch icon for Windows as it does for Linux: https://i.postimg.cc/Qd0XvJWX/20240503-103148.jpg .

Is there any way to force rEFInd to detect my Windows installation as Windows and not Arch? I can make the manual boot stanzas, but I don't like the idea of doing that just for better icons =-)

Awebb

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Registered: 2010-05-06

Posts: 6,688

Re: rEFInd uses Arch icon for Windows

Have you looked at the actual icon and checked whether it's actually a Windows icon?

ought

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Registered: 2016-06-04

Posts: 29

Re: rEFInd uses Arch icon for Windows

It would be really funny if it was the case =-)) But no, I checked the /boot/EFI/refind/icons/ folder, and the windows icons contain the windows flag, and not the arch logo.

ought

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Registered: 2016-06-04

Posts: 29

Re: rEFInd uses Arch icon for Windows

Does somebody know why it might happen? It's a small issue, but it irritates me so much.

astralc

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Registered: 2022-09-17

Posts: 103

Re: rEFInd uses Arch icon for Windows

refind use some logic to select the icon (I assume the ESP label or partlabel have 'arch' in it) - I don't know how it select one for windows boot manager.
you can try put the image yourself like this https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 8#p2112398.

(Also, did you try to update refind on ESP, just in case it was defect that was fixed?)