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Spot the difference between Power BI Desktop and Power BI Desktop (Store Version) #PowerBI

November 28, 2020   Self-Service BI

On my computer I have 2 versions of Power BI Desktop installed – one from the Microsoft Store which is updated automatically and the downloaded version from downloads – and typically I have last month edition as my downloaded version.

But in my taskbar its impossible to tell the difference between the two.

 Spot the difference between Power BI Desktop and Power BI Desktop (Store Version) #PowerBI

Well we can solve that by changing the icon for the downloaded version – its not possible for the store version.

If you right click the icon in the taskbar and then right click the Power BI Desktop

 Spot the difference between Power BI Desktop and Power BI Desktop (Store Version) #PowerBI

You can select the properties for this App.

 Spot the difference between Power BI Desktop and Power BI Desktop (Store Version) #PowerBI

Now click the Change Icon

 Spot the difference between Power BI Desktop and Power BI Desktop (Store Version) #PowerBI

This will show you the current icon and now you can change this by clicking Browse – in my case I will select the icon for the PBIDocument

 Spot the difference between Power BI Desktop and Power BI Desktop (Store Version) #PowerBI

And click open – then icon will now be set to this

 Spot the difference between Power BI Desktop and Power BI Desktop (Store Version) #PowerBI

And when clicking OK

 Spot the difference between Power BI Desktop and Power BI Desktop (Store Version) #PowerBI

We will see the icon has changed for the Shortcut.

Notice that it will change immediately

 Spot the difference between Power BI Desktop and Power BI Desktop (Store Version) #PowerBI

But after a restart it will appear

 Spot the difference between Power BI Desktop and Power BI Desktop (Store Version) #PowerBI

Hope this can make your choice of Power BI Desktop versions easier for you as well.

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