# Not much difference between SKP & SKB icons in folder

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/not-much-difference-between-skp-skb-icons-in-folder/344908>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [February 23, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/not-much-difference-between-skp-skb-icons-in-folder/344908 "2026-02-23T21:13:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![SKhan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@SKhan](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/SKhan)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/not-much-difference-between-skp-skb-icons-in-folder/344908/1 "2026-02-23T21:13:15Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/c/6/c6f2ae4fdc1eeaf9b4c23121d4cbde3004eebe06.png)

There doesn’t seem too much of a difference between the icons for SKP and SKB files in the file explorer. Could the SKB file just be greyed out instead of the blue color similar to an SKP file?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/not-much-difference-between-skp-skb-icons-in-folder/344908/2 "2026-02-23T21:16:45Z")

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At least until such time as your feature request is granted, if it ever is, just show the file extensions and sort by file type.

Or open files directly from SketchUp. Only the .skp files will show in the Open window.

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**Author:** ![Anssi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/anssi/32/105_2.png) [@Anssi](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Anssi)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/not-much-difference-between-skp-skb-icons-in-folder/344908/3 "2026-02-23T21:53:48Z")

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This is not something done by SketchUp. This is how the files look in my Windows Explorer:

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/3/d/3d56d1684045a37ab320b965558f4407c7a1c21f.png)

Probably what has happened is that you have opened a SKB file and let Windows associate the file type with SketchUp. By default it is not associated with anything.

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**Author:** ![SKhan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@SKhan](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/SKhan)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/not-much-difference-between-skp-skb-icons-in-folder/344908/4 "2026-02-23T22:17:24Z")

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Yes. This has happened sometime ago. Earlier it showed as yours does. Maybe something to do with windows update? I will try to see if I can disassociate it with Sketchup.

Thank You

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**Author:** ![SKhan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@SKhan](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/SKhan)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/not-much-difference-between-skp-skb-icons-in-folder/344908/5 "2026-02-23T22:23:25Z")

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Thanks again Anssi. That worked perfectly.

![Screenshot 2026-02-23 141945](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/a/4/a4c55ef0fef93b420753ecf961226bd30698d3a9.png)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/2/f2a121500b085ed60806607a82720b092d800bb3.png) [@system](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/not-much-difference-between-skp-skb-icons-in-folder/344908/6 "2026-03-02T22:24:20Z")

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