When can I use program's short name for icon

[binocular222]

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"Menu|Notepad" msg Hi //Notepad icon
"Menu|IExplore" msg Hi //IE icon
"Menu|Outlook" msg Hi //invalid icon although at %programfiles% as IExplore
"Menu|dxdiag" msg Hi //invalid icon although at the same location as Notepad -  %winsysnative%

[admin]

It's the ProgID.

If the below registry path returns a valid file system path, you will get an icon (replace <ProgID>):

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\<ProgID>.exe\shell\open\command\(Standard)