Solved Drives have no image in Dock

[lymphor]

Hi everybody

I'm running Ubuntu 24.04 alongside Windows 11 Pro, and I recently found a method to change the icons of the drives in Windows and I applied it. The method is the following:
1. Copy the ico file in the root of the drive.
2. Create a txt file in the root of the drive and rename it "autorun.inf".
3. Open "autorun.inf" with a text editor and type the following:

[autorun]
icon="name+extension of the ico file"

4. Save the file, restart Windows and voilà! The job is done!

After some time I closed Windows and opened Ubuntu and, to my surprise, I noticed the following: after opening the drives from Dock, their image disappeared (please see screenshot attached).
I don't know why this is happening, I thought the "autorun.inf" only works in Windows, and I don't understand why it erases the images of drives in Ubuntu.

If anyone has more knowledge about it and can help me, I would really appreciate it.

Thank you!

 

[lymphor]

Since there's currently no solution to this issue, I gave up having customized icons in Windows 11. Instead, I set up customized icons in Ubuntu. I used this guide: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1374132/how-can-i-set-different-icons-for-drives-in-dock
I must say: compared to the goal, the process was tiring and time consuming. These are the occasions in which I have the feeling Windows is winning the competition against Ubuntu for "the most user friendly OS" cup...

 

[KGIII]

I must say: compared to the goal, the process was tiring and time consuming. These are the occasions in which I have the feeling Windows is winning the competition against Ubuntu for "the most user friendly OS" cup...

I am confused.

You say that Ubuntu let you do something Windows didn't let you do - but that Windows is more user friendly. That doesn't make much sense to me.

 

[lymphor]

I am confused.

You say that Ubuntu let you do something Windows didn't let you do - but that Windows is more user friendly. That doesn't make much sense to me.

That's not what I said. I can change icons in both OS, but:
1. Windows method is much simpler and less time consuming (1 point in favor for Windows).
2. If I change icons in Windows, Ubuntu reacts by removing its own in Linux (-1 point for Ubuntu).
Final score: 2-0 for Windows.

Not to mention the headaches I'm having for a simple operation like increasing the swap file size. It's 2024, no one ever thought of a simple GUI for doing that? (and that's another point in favor of Windows )