Changed pinned Firefox icon, but it returns to default when opening. Help?

I have two different profiles of Firefox pinned to my Win7 taskbar. I changed the icon on one of them to distinguish between them, but the change is only visible when FF is closed. Once I open the Firefox with the changed icon, it switches back to the default icon, the same as the other pinned profile.
I tried deleting the icon thumbnail database, no change.
How do I make the icon stay changed when opening Firefox?

This sounds rather like it is a question relating to the Windows Operating System rather than Firefox itself. You may get an answer faster on some Windows forum.
Or maybe do websearch e.g.
* https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=god+mode+change+shortcut+icon+windows+7+&meta=cr%3DcountryUK|countryGB

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