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OpenVPN-GUI Replace Windows System Tray Icons
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OpenVPN-GUI Replace Windows System Tray Icons

As of this writing, the OpenVPN-GUI system tray icon is very similar to the Windows 10 wired network icon, making it difficult to distinguish the two at a glance. This gist provides color swapped versions of the default OpenVPN icon to match the three (3) connection states, i.e., disconnected, connecting, and connected.

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Using a resource editor, the user can modify their copy of the openvpn-gui.exe binary file to use the new icons. This gist includes a sample Resource Hacker script for this purpose, see "replace-tray-icons.txt".

Usage: ResourceHacker.exe -script replace-tray-icons.txt

The sample script assumes the openvpn-gui.exe file is in the same directory. Modify the Open and Save parameters to change this as needed.

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[FILENAMES]
Open = openvpn-gui.exe
Save = openvpn-gui-new.exe
Log = replace-tray-icons.log
[COMMANDS]
-modify connected.ico, IconGroup,91,1033
-modify connecting.ico, IconGroup,92,1033
-modify disconnected.ico, IconGroup,93,1033
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MaxAllianov commented Aug 20, 2025

Thank you for the nice icons!

Works with OpenVPN Connect (3.7.3):
Just download icons and put them in the OpenVPN Connect folder:
C:\Program Files\OpenVPN Connect\resources\app.asar.unpacked

Official minimalist design sucks, I can't find the icon every time

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