https://github.com/mikaelbr/node-notifier/issues/99

lib/utils.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 var cp = require('child_process'),
     os = require('os'),
     fs = require('fs'),
+    url = require('url'),
     path = require('path'),
     shellwords = require('shellwords'),
     semver = require('semver'),
@@ -222,7 +223,12 @@ module.exports.mapToWin8 = function (options){
   options = mapText(options);
 
   if(options.icon){
-    options.p = options.icon;
+    if (/^file:\/+/.test(options.icon)) {
+      // should parse file protocol URL to path
+      options.p = url.parse(options.icon).pathname.replace(/^\/(\w\:\/)/, "$1").replace(/\//g, "\\");
+    } else {
+      options.p = options.icon;
+    }
     delete options.icon;
   }
 
@@ -331,4 +337,4 @@ function garanteeSemverFormat (version) {
     version += '.0';
   }
   return version;
-}
+}

test/toaster.js

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+var Notify = require('../notifiers/toaster')
+  , should = require('should')
+  , path = require('path')
+  , utils = require('../lib/utils')
+  , os = require('os')
+  , assert = require('assert');
+
+describe('WindowsToaster', function(){
+
+  before(function () {
+    this.original = utils.fileCommand;
+    this.originalType = os.type;
+    this.originalArch = os.arch;
+    this.originalRelease = os.release;
+    os.release = function () {
+      return "6.2.9200";
+    };
+    os.type = function () {
+      return "Windows_NT";
+    };
+  });
+
+  after(function () {
+    utils.fileCommand = this.original;
+    os.type = this.originalType;
+    os.arch = this.originalArch;
+    os.release = this.originalRelease;
+  });
+
+  it('should parse file protocol URL of icon', function (done) {
+    utils.fileCommand = function (notifier, argsList, callback) {
+      argsList[1].should.eql('C:\\node-notifier\\test\\fixture\\coulson.jpg');
+      done();
+    };
+
+    var notifier = new Notify();
+
+    notifier.notify({
+      'title': 'Heya',
+      'message': 'foo bar',
+      'icon': 'file:///C:/node-notifier/test/fixture/coulson.jpg'
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should not parse local path of icon', function (done) {
+    var icon = path.join(__dirname, 'fixture', 'coulson.jpg');
+    utils.fileCommand = function (notifier, argsList, callback) {
+      argsList[1].should.eql(icon);
+      done();
+    };
+
+    var notifier = new Notify();
+
+    notifier.notify({
+      'title': 'Heya',
+      'message': 'foo bar',
+      'icon': icon
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should not parse normal URL of icon', function (done) {
+    var icon = 'http://csscomb.com/img/csscomb.jpg';
+    utils.fileCommand = function (notifier, argsList, callback) {
+      argsList[1].should.eql(icon);
+      done();
+    };
+
+    var notifier = new Notify();
+
+    notifier.notify({
+      'title': 'Heya',
+      'message': 'foo bar',
+      'icon': icon
+    });
+  });
+});