diff --git a/src/gui/win.rs b/src/gui/win.rs
index fb1385116..d73a7d9ee 100644
--- a/src/gui/win.rs
+++ b/src/gui/win.rs
@@ -274,15 +274,19 @@ fn get_icon_p_impl(
             .unwrap_or_else(|| OsStr::new(""))
             .to_string_lossy()
             .to_string();
-        let is_icn_ext_valid = if !IMG_EXT.iter().any(|&i| i == icn_ext) && f_ext[i].is_some() {
-            warn!(
-                "user icon extension \"{}\" might be invalid (or just not an extension)!",
-                icn_ext
-            );
-            false
+        let is_icn_ext_valid = if f_ext[i].is_some() {
+            if IMG_EXT.iter().any(|&i| i == icn_ext) {
+                trace!("icn_ext={:?}", icn_ext);
+                true
+            } else {
+                warn!(
+                    "user icon extension \"{}\" might be invalid (or just not an extension)!",
+                    icn_ext
+                );
+                false
+            }
         } else {
-            trace!("icn_ext={:?}", icn_ext);
-            true
+            false
         };
         'p: for p_par in parents {
             trace!("{}p_par={:?}", "  ", p_par);
@@ -879,6 +883,12 @@ impl SystemTray {
                     } else {
                         msg_title += &("🔄 \"".to_owned() + cfg_name + "\" NOT loaded");
                         flags |= f_tray::ERROR_ICON | f_tray::LARGE_ICON;
+                        {
+                            let app_data = self.app_data.borrow();
+                            if app_data.gui_opts.notify_cfg_reload_silent {
+                                flags |= f_tray::SILENT;
+                            }
+                        }
                         self.tray.show(
                             &msg_content,
                             Some(&msg_title),
@@ -895,6 +905,12 @@ impl SystemTray {
                     } else {
                         msg_title += &("🔄 \"".to_owned() + cfg_name + "\" NOT reloaded");
                         flags |= f_tray::ERROR_ICON | f_tray::LARGE_ICON;
+                        {
+                            let app_data = self.app_data.borrow();
+                            if app_data.gui_opts.notify_cfg_reload_silent {
+                                flags |= f_tray::SILENT;
+                            }
+                        }
                         self.tray.show(
                             &msg_content,
                             Some(&msg_title),
@@ -943,6 +959,12 @@ impl SystemTray {
             flags |= f_tray::ERROR_ICON;
         };
         flags |= f_tray::LARGE_ICON; // todo: fails without this, must have SM_CXICON x SM_CYICON?
+        {
+            let app_data = self.app_data.borrow();
+            if app_data.gui_opts.notify_cfg_reload_silent {
+                flags |= f_tray::SILENT;
+            }
+        }
         self.tray.show(
             &msg_content,
             Some(&msg_title),
@@ -1125,8 +1147,22 @@ impl SystemTray {
                 *icon_act_key = Some(cfg_layer_pkey);
                 self.show_tooltip(None);
             }
-        } else if let Some(layer_icon) = layer_icon {
-            // 1b cfg+layer path hasn't been checked, but layer has an icon configured, so check it
+        } else if layer_icon.is_some() || app_data.gui_opts.icon_match_layer_name {
+            let layer_icon = match layer_icon {
+                Some(layer_icon_inner) => {
+                    trace!("configured layer icon = {}", layer_icon_inner);
+                    layer_icon_inner
+                }
+                None => {
+                    trace!(
+                        "no configured layer icon, checking its name = {}",
+                        layer_name
+                    );
+                    layer_name
+                }
+            };
+            // 1b cfg+layer path hasn't been checked, but layer has an icon configured...
+            // or configured to check its name, so check it
             if let Some(ico_p) = get_icon_p(
                 layer_icon,
                 layer_name,