# Style and SKM file icons

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/style-and-skm-file-icons/347138>\
**Category:** Pro\
**Tags:** image, windows, style, skm\
**Created:** [May 25, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/style-and-skm-file-icons/347138 "2026-05-25T13:37:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 25, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/style-and-skm-file-icons/347138/1 "2026-05-25T13:37:28Z")

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One long running Windows bugbear is that SKP files etc show an image in their file-icon, but SketchUp’s .SKM [material] and .Style files do not [of course they do show up in SketchUp itself but use a generic icon in Windows Explorer].  
There are paid 3rd party apps to fix this, but the free ones [e.g. SageThumbs] fail with SKMs, until now. There is a good free and safe alternative called ‘Icaros’. It’s simple to install and use. You need to add this to its supported filetype lists -

`;.style;.skm`

and restart to see your Style and SKM files images in the Windows Explorer file-icons…  
[https://github.com/Xanashi/Icaros/releases/tag/v3.3.5](https://github.com/Xanashi/Icaros/releases/tag/v3.3.5)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/4X/8/c/b/8cbe1a63bbc71348ad79e3a19f173b615fbdd12b.jpeg)