CmdPal: Improve loading of application icons - part 1 (#44938)

## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR improves loading of application icons:

- Fixes loading of icons from internet shortcuts

## Pictures? Pictures!

<img width="683" height="399" alt="image"
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- [x] Closes: #44819
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src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps/AppListItem.cs

@@ -98,18 +98,16 @@ public sealed partial class AppListItem : ListItem
         }
         else
         {
-            try
+            // do nothing if we fail to load an icon.
+            // Logging it would be too NOISY, there's really no need.
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_app.IcoPath))
             {
-                var stream = await ThumbnailHelper.GetThumbnail(_app.ExePath, true);
+                heroImage = await TryLoadThumbnail(_app.IcoPath, jumbo: true, logOnFailure: false);
-                if (stream is not null)
-                {
-                    heroImage = IconInfo.FromStream(stream);
-                }
             }
-            catch (Exception)
+
+            if (heroImage == null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(_app.ExePath))
             {
-                // do nothing if we fail to load an icon.
+                heroImage = await TryLoadThumbnail(_app.ExePath, jumbo: true, logOnFailure: false);
-                // Logging it would be too NOISY, there's really no need.
             }
         }
 
@@ -132,26 +130,19 @@ public sealed partial class AppListItem : ListItem
 
         if (useThumbnails)
         {
-            try
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_app.IcoPath))
             {
-                var stream = await ThumbnailHelper.GetThumbnail(_app.ExePath);
+                icon = await TryLoadThumbnail(_app.IcoPath, jumbo: false, logOnFailure: true);
-                if (stream is not null)
-                {
-                    icon = IconInfo.FromStream(stream);
-                }
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                Logger.LogDebug($"Failed to load icon for {AppIdentifier}:\n{ex}");
             }
 
-            icon = icon ?? new IconInfo(_app.IcoPath);
+            if (icon == null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(_app.ExePath))
-        }
+            {
-        else
+                icon = await TryLoadThumbnail(_app.ExePath, jumbo: false, logOnFailure: true);
-        {
+            }
-            icon = new IconInfo(_app.IcoPath);
         }
 
+        icon ??= new IconInfo(_app.IcoPath);
+
         return icon;
     }
 
@@ -183,4 +174,25 @@ public sealed partial class AppListItem : ListItem
 
         return newCommands.ToArray();
     }
+
+    private async Task<IconInfo?> TryLoadThumbnail(string path, bool jumbo, bool logOnFailure)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            var stream = await ThumbnailHelper.GetThumbnail(path, jumbo);
+            if (stream is not null)
+            {
+                return IconInfo.FromStream(stream);
+            }
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            if (logOnFailure)
+            {
+                Logger.LogDebug($"Failed to load icon {path} for {AppIdentifier}:\n{ex}");
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
 }

src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps/Programs/Win32Program.cs

@@ -1052,9 +1052,6 @@ public class Win32Program : IProgram
                 app.FullPath) :
             app.IcoPath;
 
-        icoPath = icoPath.EndsWith(".lnk", System.StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) ?
-            app.FullPath :
-            icoPath;
         return new AppItem()
         {
             Name = app.Name,