Setting Icon for wpf application VS 08

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Before going much further i ll mention I have tried solutions in following   How do I set the icon for my application in visual studio 2008   Set application icon from resources in VS 05  I am trying to set an icon for my application   AFAIK  I need potentially 3 images    1 image is the actual image in explorer when clicking on the  exe  thumbnail for the exe  1 image  tiny  in the top left corner  16 x 16  Not entirely sure  1 image in the start menu dock  to the left of the app  maybe 32x32  again not sure    So thats fine   Now I have selected an Icon  How do I use it in one of above situations   I have tried adding it in resources  nothing seems to happen  Following that first SO solution     First go to Resource View  from menu  View --  Other Window --  Resource View   Then in Resource View navigate through resources  if any  If there is already a resource of Icon type  added by Visual Studio  then open and edit it  Otherwise right-click and select Add Resource  and then add a new icon    The resource view is empty  and I cannot right click in this view   If I right click on the solution   properties   resources   I can add the icon image  but it doesn t show in either of the locations listed above   or anywhere that I can see   1  How do I set the application icon for a WPF Application

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After getting a XamlParseException with message   Provide value on  System Windows Baml2006 TypeConverterMarkupExtension  with the given solutions  setting the icon programmatically worked for me  This is how I did it    Put the icon in a folder  lt icon path gt  in the project directory Mimic the folder path  lt icon path gt  in the solution Add a new item  your icon  in the solution folder  you created Add the following code in the WPF window s code behind    Icon   new BitmapImage new Uri   lt icon path gt    UriKind Relative     Please inform me if you have any difficulties implementing this solution so I can help

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You can try this also   private void Page Loaded 1 object sender  RoutedEventArgs e                Uri iconUri   new Uri   C  Apps R amp D WPFNavigation WPFNavigation Images airport ico   UriKind RelativeOrAbsolute            this Parent as Window  Icon   BitmapFrame Create iconUri

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Note   replace file ico with your actual icon filename    Add the icon to the project with build action of  Resource   In the Project Properties  set the Application Icon to file ico In the main Window XAML set  Icon    file ico  on the Window

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742 s answer works pretty well  but as outlined in the comments when running from the VS debugger the generic icon is still shown   If you want to have your icon even when you re pressing F5  you can add in the Main Window    lt Window x Class  myClass      xmlns  http   schemas microsoft com winfx 2006 xaml presentation      xmlns x  http   schemas microsoft com winfx 2006 xaml      Icon    Resources Icon myIcon png  gt    where you indicate the path to your icon  the icon can be   png    ico     Note you will still need to set the Application Icon or it ll still be the default in Explorer

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Assuming you use VS Express and C   The icon is set in the project properties page  To open it right click on the project name in the solution explorer  in the page that opens  there is an Application tab  in this tab you can set the icon

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