Hello,
Since installing SketchUp 26 (in November 2025), when I open a completed project,
the file opens in SketchUp 26 but with the 2019 logo (pictures 1 and 2).
When I open a blank SketchUp file, it opens in SketchUp 26 (as expected) (pictures 3 and 4).
Is there a solution, as I always have two SketchUp icons on the taskbar?
PS: This also happens on another computer (Windows 11) but with the 2025 logo.
Alexis
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nah, 2019 logo was red. this is also the 2026 logo.
it’s kinda weird, I noticed it as well, but since sketchup opens different instances for different files, I’m not worried about it. first tend to be transparent, more and they get white too.
From memory, and I may be wrong, the double icon is caused by having Vray installed.
Okay, I thought it was the 2019 logo, however the problem is still there
My first computer has SketchUp 2019 installed (on Windows 10).
My second computer has SketchUp 2025 installed (on Windows 11).
And my third computer doesn’t have this problem (also on Windows 11).
Do you have V-Ray installed?
I don’t, yet I see this as well.
however I wouldn’t qualify this is a problem. ok it’s a visual weirdness, but a problem ? idk.
I guess @colin can log a bug about it or tell us if it’s already reported / fixed.
very simple to recreate on my end. no Vray. I launch SU (by any mean), it opens in the blue on white icon.
then, I open any number of extra instances, they all pile on the blue over transparent icon.
Any chance it is just a taskbar setting. I have mine set to always stack.
Hmm nah, I also stack.
I’ll check in the morning if I have any specific weird parameter.
It could be language related too, my SU is also in french. Wouldn’t be the first time a language pack acts up
Pretty sure it started with 26. Can’t say when I noticed it, but I immediately sorted id as a trivial thing that does not impact actual work.
I don’t see it as a problem either. It must be something related to windows cause I use V-Ray on MacOS as well and it doesn’t show the extra icon.
