WinLogo

Building a brand and instilling its philosophies can be a tricky endeavor, which is why an emblem that stands out and summarizes the core of your company is a great place to start. As such, while many organizations implement custom wallpapers on employees’ devices, one extra way to create an immersive user experience can be through changing the Windows Start button icon to your firm’s logo, which is where WinLogo comes into play.

Double-clicking the portable program’s executable summons a resizable window featuring a compact and straightforward layout with previews for the icons meant to replace the default Start logo, in order to let users get an idea of what the end result would look like before implementing the change itself. By default, the app lets you instantly apply a Windows 7-style version of the operating system icon, in the same monochrome fashion as Windows 10’s iteration.

Staying true to the original concept, a second, colorful rendition of the logo is also available for users to preview when hovering the cursor over the Start button, thus adding to the immersion and maintaining the same overall experience. Left-clicking each preview brings up a file picker allowing you to change the icon into your desired version, and a small option underneath can reset the image to the original one provided by the app when necessary, while the top-placed application slider also serves as a way to toggle between the custom and original Windows logo.

Moreover, for maximum convenience, once the custom icons are picked, the app lets users export a version that automatically loads the given logos to avoid bundling the images and manually selecting them each time they are meant to be applied. Unfortunately, the logo change is applicable only on Windows 10’s taskbar, an issue that can be circumvented on Windows 11 by installing an excellent utility known as Explorer Patcher to restore the old taskbar and enjoy WinLogo’s functionality.

Whether you wish to easily differentiate between work and personal laptops in a way other than simply changing the wallpaper, or you want to ease the transition from a Linux distro utilizing the highly customizable KDE Desktop Environment, WinLogo may be the right tool for you, given its fast-paced application method, ease of use and ability to change the Start Menu’s icon to any image that suits your preferences.