Can we apply different icons for work items in the child project areas?
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I doubt it.
I would mark the related sections as final. Then you can try in. I believe if you use the UI you will be prevented by the final, which indicates you would override.
There is something that has been created to allow some adjustment without completely loosing the connection. This is described here: https://jazz.net/wiki/bin/view/Main/ConfigurationDataDeltaUserDoc#Fine_grained_Customization_of_Co
I am not sure if you can use that for the icons.