WPF overlay on the icon in the taskbar via TaskbarItemInfo
<Window x:Class="WpfApp372.MainWindow" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApp372" mc:Ignorable="d" Background="{DynamicResource ResourceKey=bgImg}" Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800"> <Window.TaskbarItemInfo> <TaskbarItemInfo Overlay="/Images/1.jpg"/> </Window.TaskbarItemInfo> <Window.Resources> <ImageBrush x:Key="bgImg" ImageSource="/Images/1.jpg" Opacity="0.5"/> </Window.Resources> <Grid> </Grid> </Window>