diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/open_with.py b/src/calibre/gui2/open_with.py
index 8dba201cad..9e6e14feae 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/open_with.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/open_with.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ if iswindows:
                 return
             qans = ans.replace('"', r'\"')
             name = friendly_app_name(exe=ans) or os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(ans))[0]
-            return {'cmdline':'"%s" "%%1"' % qans, 'name':name, 'icon_resource':ans + ',0'}
+            return {'cmdline':'"%s" "%%1"' % qans, 'name':name}
 
     def entry_to_cmdline(entry, path):
         cmdline = entry['cmdline']
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/open_with/windows.py b/src/calibre/utils/open_with/windows.py
index 534a8972c5..28136de470 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/open_with/windows.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/open_with/windows.py
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ def load_icon_for_file(path: str, as_data=False, size=ICON_SIZE):
         return pixmap_to_data(pmap) if as_data else pmap
 
 
-def load_icon_for_cmdline(cmdline: str):
-    return load_icon_for_cmdline(split_commandline(cmdline)[0])
+def load_icon_for_cmdline(cmdline: str, as_data=False, size=ICON_SIZE):
+    return load_icon_for_file(split_commandline(cmdline)[0], as_data=as_data, size=size)
 
 
 def display_image(png_data):