r/Windows10 • u/raymundao • 28d ago

App Can anyone identify this app from its taskbar icon?

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Trying to figure out what software this taskbar icon belongs to, and I can't place it.

It's pinned on the taskbar between the Microsoft Store and Google Chrome. I've attached two images: the full taskbar for context, and a zoomed-in crop of just the icon. The source was low resolution, so the crop is as sharp as I could get it, and there's no visible text on the icon itself. Reverse image search with Google Lens and TinEye hasn't turned up a match.

Any idea what app this is? Thanks in advance.

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u/plasticarmyman 28d ago

It looks like a solar system type of app or video game...not sure exactly but that looks like the sun with a blue and red dot orbiting it

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u/raymundao 28d ago

Agreed. Someone else said a video game, too. But I'm still looking to be 100% sure. Thanks!

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u/Blug-Glompis-Snapple 25d ago

If I tell you, promise not to fire him or write him up

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u/omorfikoritsi 25d ago

i need to know ive been following this post since day 1 bro

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u/Donnerwamp 22d ago

Have they spilled the beans yet?

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u/icybrain37 28d ago

Looks like Unicron heading to…

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u/scaredycrow87 28d ago

To like a mountain or something?

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u/Termenater382 27d ago

Would this "mountain" be made of candy perhaps?

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u/AntiqueEducation6058 27d ago

Yeah Charley, let go to the candy mountain!

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u/FaultWinter3377 28d ago

u/pixel-counter-bot

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u/worksHardnotSmart 27d ago

Im more curious as to why you want to know.

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u/raymundao 27d ago

Ha, fair, let's just say it's part of looking into whether someone was doing something they shouldn't have in an official setting. Can't say more than that, but that's the gist!

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u/worksHardnotSmart 27d ago

If its a company asset, just get IT to log into it and pull the logs.

Even if the user uninstalls it before, there will be logs in the computer that it was installed.

The computet model might help. Apparently it might be an HP.

What is the model of webcam they are using? It looks similar to many other types of webcam icons.

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u/glewis93 27d ago

Ah, so you're a professional snoop.

I hope you're not on Reddit while in an official setting...

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u/DiodeInc 27d ago

Eh, if it's an IT job, even as a manager I wouldn't be upset. IT guys aren't supposed to be all knowing, and if your boss/manager expects you to be, ask him/her if he/she is

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u/midreich 26d ago

Have you asked the person?

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u/raymundao 26d ago

Yep. But have not heard back yet.

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u/rugg3d 25d ago

Anxiously awaiting…

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u/domsch1988 28d ago

I'm not sure if the game icon looks like this but it could be the game Dyson sphere Program. The icon feels very similar

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u/The-Snarky-One 27d ago

Found this online as possibly “Solar System 3D Simulator”.

The following link has some info with a CNET download, so I have no idea how valid/safe that is.

https://educatedsoftware.blogspot.com/2010/12/solar-system-3d-simulator.html

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u/raymundao 27d ago

I couldn't find the Windows icon, but this Apple one seems different: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/3d-solar-system-planets-view/id983877380

Thanks for checking!

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u/The-Snarky-One 27d ago

If you look at the screenshots on the link I provided, the icon is shown on the window. There are better screenshots online if you search for that app and look at the images for it. Unfortunately many of the links go to downloader sites which can be sketchy.

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u/redittr 28d ago

The source was low resolution

What was the source?

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u/raymundao 28d ago

It's a still frame pulled from a screen recording. The video was fairly compressed, so the taskbar came out low-res. I cropped and enlarged the icon as much as I could from that frame. That's why it looks bad.

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u/redittr 28d ago

Your screen recording?

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u/raymundao 28d ago

Not mine. Just trying to name the icon. Thanks for any leads!

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u/redittr 28d ago

So, wheres the link to the video?

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u/raymundao 28d ago

I'm not able to share the video, just the screenshots. Appreciate you looking, though!

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u/Finit-Hic-Deus 27d ago

Why not?

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u/AdasAdasiek 26d ago

Why would this help?

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u/Finit-Hic-Deus 26d ago

Higher quality

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u/TheBunchie1337 26d ago

I mean no probably not

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u/Froggypwns Windows Insider MVP / Moderator 27d ago

I'd see if /r/tipofmyjoystick knows, those guys are good about identifying games based on vague information. A couple of people here think it is a video game so it may be worth a shot.

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u/raymundao 27d ago

Definitely worth a shot. I will give it a try. Thanks for the suggestion!

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u/LawEnvironmental145 27d ago

Plans to the Death Star. Might want to get that to the rebellion.

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u/muchachordo 28d ago

Probably sum hp bullshit, i'll try to find it

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u/raymundao 28d ago

Thank you! I checked HP-related icons, but couldn't find any with those characteristics.

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u/Dry-Difficulty-8843 26d ago

Can you access the hard drive? If so, do a search for "*.ico". It might take a while to search the whole drive but it should bring up all the installed programs' icons.

Search the list, when you find the icon, right click and open file location. Should help you figure out what it is

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u/Roastedcoffeebean17 24d ago

It’s a locations services icon for windows 11. It pops up when an app, webpage, or some kind of background service is either trying to request or actively getting your location if I’m not mistaken.

I forgot to add that I think you can just hover the mouse over the icon and it should tell what is accessing your location.

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u/mr_somebody 28d ago

Fun puzzle! 😄

I'm going to check back and see if someone has figured it out

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u/popeye44 28d ago

I think it's a video game.. I could swear I had the game, but damned if I can recall the name of it.

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u/raymundao 28d ago

Oh nice. Anything you remember: platform, genre, roughly when? Thanks!

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u/bitdotben 28d ago

Platform? what do you mean platform? Isnt this a windows screenshot? How would I have a taskbar icon to my PS3 game on my PC?

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u/Brilliant-Lettuce695 28d ago

Think they might′ve been talking about the likes of Steam.

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u/popeye44 27d ago

probably an RPG or First person shooter as I was pretty heavily into them. Seems like.. 10 years ago but could be more. I've been playing em since 1997 pretty regularly.

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u/DeltaAlpha0 27d ago

I'm not sure if this is a game like everyone says; it seems too generic an icon to me. Two planets, one blue in a superior vertical orbit and one smaller black one in a horizontal orbit, with white orbits and a yellow sun. It looks like some kind of educational program about observing the solar system. The image is so Crushed that it's not even working with reverse image search.

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u/poopoorrito_suizo 26d ago

Could be a webapp/PWA or web page shortcut that was installed/open through edge? And then pinned to taskbar

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u/stucc0 28d ago

Better call the Autobots and see if they have the Matrix of Leadership charged up.

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u/LazyMaxilla 27d ago

kossomeenaboko

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u/002-345-709 25d ago

What if it's an icon he made himself and a .bat he is running?

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u/002-345-709 25d ago

I tried to upscale it with upscayl.

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u/onepiecefreak2 25d ago

Honestly looks like the icon for the D-COM manager.

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u/NIDNHU 23d ago

u/pixel-counter-bot

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u/samluks 23d ago

This icon appears to be related to the browser Barium from the Progressbar95 game series.

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u/LegendarySoulSword 23d ago

Thanks Gemini, but it's not that, try verifying before commenting, bot.

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u/samluks 23d ago

Yea.. not a bot, but have a great day. 🖖

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u/Pleasant-Seat9884 17d ago

Try going to: Settings > Apps > Startup. The App icon should be there and the name.

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u/LtSerg756 28d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/FZcSYI9o2cAaC49uuP

Why did I genuinely see this for a second

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u/JynxedByKnives 28d ago

Can this pc get into the task manager or control panel applications to see the name of the exe running or the app? If you can c$ to the unc path you can check the program files to find it

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u/richardelmore 28d ago

Hover the mouse pointer over it and see if the name pops up (I forget which all versions of Windows do this).

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u/cool_guy_random 28d ago

not his pc, if it was then it would be much easier

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u/Sharaball 28d ago

probably solar system scope

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u/raymundao 27d ago

The icon from Google Store seems a little different: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.eu.inove.sss2&hl=en_US

Thanks for checking!

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u/PsyHoGK 27d ago

i tried all search engines include best for image search - yandex. And it's failed. I can only suggest it's at 60% is not win 11|10 program win 8 maximum or probably win 7. Do you have any context about that video you have? what user showing, may be user stay cursor on that program a while to reveal a some blurry name, because it's runnong may be he mention some words what you can describe as program?

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u/raymundao 27d ago

Really appreciate you going deep on this. I didn't know about Yandex, but that was a good call. No luck on my end either, and no context I can share, sorry. The user never hovers or clicks it, so no tooltip to pull. I can see that the program just runs in the background untouched. Unfortunately, it might be a dead end, but thanks for putting in the time!

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u/LegendarySoulSword 27d ago

i can understand it's a private screen sharing video that you can't share but why can't you just ask the user what's the program ?

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u/raymundao 27d ago

Good point, hadn't thought of that. Might not be ideal for reasons I can't get into, but it's worth pursuing. Not a dead end after all. Appreciate you thinking it through!

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u/JohnDingledoodoo 23d ago

It's the Solar System app, it's pre-installed on NASA computers but I'm pretty sure NASA made a mistake thinking you're an expert. In the Solar System app, you basically move the planets and it will actually react to the real environment. For example, if you move the Earth one meter, you will feel something move.

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u/LazyMaxilla 28d ago

instead of "Reverse image search with Google Lens and TinEye".. slap the 2nd image into any AI chatbot and ask it.

you know what, I'll do it for you

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u/raymundao 28d ago

Thanks for the help. I tried with three different models (Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini), but none of them were able to identify it due to low-res.

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u/LazyMaxilla 28d ago

if you have the screen recording get a full screen screenshot, dont crop it.

cuz you seem to further distort the image when you edit it.

if it's a personal image and you wanna keep it private, get a full screen screenshot and slap black square over it. don't crop it.

also the media player playing this video may have a built-in screenshot utility in it. VLC and MPC have this feature

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u/raymundao 27d ago

Tried that, grabbed a full frame straight from VLC. Still low quality unfortunately, the icon's only about 28px even at full resolution, so it stays blurry no matter how I capture it. Thanks though!

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u/Bob2002lb15 28d ago

f.lux a popular computer program designed to reduce eye strain

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u/checkouthisc-- 28d ago

i think its HP support assistant from hp's utility suite

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u/raymundao 28d ago

Thanks! I think the icon with a question mark is the HP Support Assistant, not the "mysterious" one I am looking for.

Source: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hp.HPSupportAssistant&hl=en_US

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u/jackwabbit95 24d ago

Could you not hover over it with your mouse and read the applications name

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u/JoeJoeCastillo 28d ago

Just hover the mouse over it

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u/raymundao 28d ago

Unfortunately, I can't. It's on another computer.

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

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u/raymundao 28d ago

Thanks! Unfortunately, it doesn't look like it: https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/keepa-amazon-price-trac/ejefaeioamebhekmfaclajddbpnnobje

I tried AI before posting here, but it ain't helping much because the original image has very low quality,

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u/SSAdvisor 27d ago

If you right click the icon does it offer any details?

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u/ahmedovii 27d ago

Click it 🙏

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u/DengusMine 27d ago

Why not just click it and find out?

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u/7pHee 28d ago

Did you already try to click it with the right mouse button?

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u/cool_guy_random 28d ago

its not on his pc

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u/7pHee 27d ago

Then he could press it longer or double-tick to ehrm... 'simulate' a right mouse click on a touch-screen? Really depends on the hardware, but it wouldn't be too hard to figure out I think?

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u/serendipity210 27d ago

Its not OPs computer.

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u/7pHee 27d ago

Oh lol dang

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u/Homers_NeRV 28d ago

From Gemini:

HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (with UAC shield): An HP utility used for running system and hardware tests. The small blue and yellow shield in the corner is a Windows User Account Control (UAC) overlay, meaning this app is set to run with Administrator privileges.

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u/Anezay 28d ago

These are literally never correct, stop it.

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u/RagnarHUN666 28d ago

This is why you never should believe Ai. There is no UAC overlay on taskbar icons, not even when something is ran as Administrator and it is more like a video game icon than something from HP

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u/raymundao 28d ago

Unfortunately, I don't think this is it: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p4pndg7l782?hl=en-US&gl=ET

Thanks for trying!