Workspace Shortcut Icon Lost After Temp Folder Cleanup

[killerkarnickel404]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.84.1

Installation method

GitHub

Running as admin

No

Area(s) with issue?

Workspaces

Steps to reproduce

Open PowerToys and configure a Workspace.
Save the Workspace settings.
Check the desktop; a shortcut for the Workspace is created.
Observe that the icon for the shortcut is stored at %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp{unique-ID}.ico.
Clear the Temp folder.
Notice that the icon for the Workspace shortcut is missing or broken.

✔️ Expected Behavior

The Workspace shortcut icon should be stored in a permanent location, ensuring that it remains intact even after the Temp folder is cleaned.

❌ Actual Behavior

The Workspace shortcut icon is stored in the Temp folder, which causes it to be deleted when the Temp folder is cleaned, resulting in a missing or broken icon on the desktop shortcut.

Other Software

No response

[g3zod]

This happened to me with version 0.87.1 after installing 24H2, which presumably must have cleaned up the temp directory.
Here's an example of an icon file path:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp{4126DC60-368F-47D6-9AAC-1B7ADF8E2194}.ico

They can be restored by unchecking and re-checking "Create desktop icon" in the editor and saving the workspace ... but who stores permanent files in a temp directory??

[Greg-ATG]

This happened to me with version 0.87.1 after installing 24H2, which presumably must have cleaned up the temp directory. Here's an example of an icon file path: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp{4126DC60-368F-47D6-9AAC-1B7ADF8E2194}.ico

They can be restored by unchecking and re-checking "Create desktop icon" in the editor and saving the workspace ... but who stores permanent files in a temp directory??

No need to even uncheck-recheck. Just open the workspace in the editor and clicking "Save" will fix the icon.

But agreed--why can't the icon be saved in a permanent local appdata folder? This is a trivial fix.

[g3zod]

No need to even uncheck-recheck. Just open the workspace in the editor and clicking "Save" will fix the icon.

Thanks; I hadn't noticed that.