Windows 10 Incorrect icon of command window started with a START command if title is set to a name of existing file or folder in Windows directory

[Evgeny Maystrenko]

If I start a batch file by using a START command then as usual it has a default black terminal icon in the title.

START "Title" cmd

But when I use a folder name or a file name that is an existing item in the C:\Windows directory as a title then I get another white-blue icon.

START "Help" cmd

START "System" cmd

START "Windows" cmd

START "Logs" cmd

START "Temp" cmd

START "twain_32.dll" cmd

and so on.

This makes some of command windows I start look another way than the others.


I am not sure if this is a security issue because a user could get all file names that placed in the C:\Windows directory.

I think this should be fixed to display the same icon regardless of the title specified.

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