VS Code ON ubuntu 16.04 not showing the right launcher icon after installation

Question

After installing VS Code i'm getting a default icon not that one that comes with vs code

How can i get it look like these ?

Solution

Based on VS Code developers on github we can solve this by changing the path to the right icon like so:

sudo nano /usr/share/applications/code.desktop

And change the Icon link to :

Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/code.png

It should Look like so:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Visual Studio Code
Comment=Code Editing. Redefined.
GenericName=Text Editor
Exec=/usr/share/code/code --unity-launch %U
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/code.png
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=Code
Categories=Utility;TextEditor;Development;IDE;
MimeType=text/plain;inode/directory;
Actions=new-window;
Keywords=vscode;

X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.22

[Desktop Action new-window]
Name=New Window
Name[de]=Neues Fenster

Comments

[lotfio]

Hi there the problem is not because of the installation i followed vs code installation guide besides i have seen some people reporting the same problem on github but now i solved it :) thanks for feedback

[chazecka]

You're welcome bro, glad to hear you've fixed what was broken :) Many ppl tend to install packages wrong way, so I started simply. Plus, I had no problem with icons installing it this way, so my answer was based on my experience.

[Alkarin]

Icon=code was how mine was set by default. Changed it to the path you specified and it worked. Thanks!

[Marecky]

I have installed VS Code via Snap on Ubuntu Budgie 18.04 and I have this code.png graphic file missing. Where I could download the original?

[AlainD]

@Marecky: I had the same problem, but you should find a copy in /usr/share/code/resources/app/resources/linux. Open Terminal, navigate to that folder and try this command: sudo cp code.png /usr/share/pixmaps/code.png.