How do I set the icon for my application in visual studio 2008

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How do I set the executable icon for my C   application in visual studio 2008

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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   Use the embedded image editor in order to edit the existing or new icon  Note that an icon can include several types  sizes   selected from Image menu   Then compile your project and see the effect   See  http   social microsoft com Forums en-US vcgeneral thread 87614e26-075c-4d5d-a45a-f462c79ab0a0

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If you re using  NET  in the solutions explorer right click your program and select properties  Under the resource section select Icon and manifest  then browse to the location of your icon

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I don t know if VB net in VS 2008 is any different  but none of the above worked for me  Double-clicking My Project in Solution Explorer brings up the window seen below  Select Application on the left  then browse for your icon using the combobox  After you build  it should show up on your exe file

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This is how you do it in Visual Studio 2010   Because it is finicky  this can be quite painful  actually  because you are trying to do something so incredibly simple  but it isn t straight forward and there are many gotchas that Visual Studio doesn t tell you about   If at any point you feel angry or like you want to sink your teeth into a 2 by 4 and scream  by all means  please do so   Gotchas    You need to use an  ico file   You cannot use a PNG image file for your executable s icon  it will not work   You must use  ico   There are web utilities that convert images to  ico files  The ico used for your exe will be the ico with the LOWEST RESOURCE ID  In order to change the  ico    1  Open VIEW  gt  RESOURCE VIEW  in the middle of the VIEW menu   or press Ctrl Shift E to get it to appear   2  In Resource view  right click the project name and say ADD  gt  RESOURCE     3  Assuming you have already generated an  ico file yourself  choose Icon from the list of crap that appears  then click IMPORT   4  At this dialog   ico files aren t listed  and you can t use a regular PNG or JPG image as an icon  so change the file filter to   ico using the dropdown   Misleading UI  I know  I know   5  If you compile your project now  it will automatically stick the  ico with the lowest ID  as listed in resource h  as the icon of your  exe file   6  If you load a bunch of ICO files into the project for whatever reason  be sure the  ico you want Visual Studio to use has the lowest id in resource h   You can edit this file manually with no problems  Eg     resource h  define IDI ICON1                       102  define IDI ICON2                       103   IDI ICON1 is used    resource h  define IDI ICON1                       106  define IDI ICON2                       103   Now IDI ICON2 is used

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The important thing is that the icon you want to be displayed as the application icon   in the title bar and in the task bar   must be the FIRST icon in the resource script file  The file is in the res folder and is named  applicationName  rc                                                                                      Icon        Icon with lowest ID value placed first to ensure application icon    remains consistent on all systems   icon ID            ICON                     res  filename ico

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The important thing is that the icon you want to be displayed as the application icon   in the title bar and in the task bar   must be the FIRST icon in the resource script file  The file is in the res folder and is named  applicationName  rc                                                                                      Icon        Icon with lowest ID value placed first to ensure application icon    remains consistent on all systems   icon ID            ICON                     res  filename ico

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The important thing is that the icon you want to be displayed as the application icon   in the title bar and in the task bar   must be the FIRST icon in the resource script file  The file is in the res folder and is named  applicationName  rc                                                                                      Icon        Icon with lowest ID value placed first to ensure application icon    remains consistent on all systems   icon ID            ICON                     res  filename ico

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You add the  ico in your resource as bobobobo said and then in your main dialog s constructor you modify   m hIcon   AfxGetApp  - gt LoadIcon ICON ID FROM RESOURCE H

User · Answer

If you re using  NET  in the solutions explorer right click your program and select properties  Under the resource section select Icon and manifest  then browse to the location of your icon

User · Answer

I don t know if VB net in VS 2008 is any different  but none of the above worked for me  Double-clicking My Project in Solution Explorer brings up the window seen below  Select Application on the left  then browse for your icon using the combobox  After you build  it should show up on your exe file

User · Answer

This is how you do it in Visual Studio 2010   Because it is finicky  this can be quite painful  actually  because you are trying to do something so incredibly simple  but it isn t straight forward and there are many gotchas that Visual Studio doesn t tell you about   If at any point you feel angry or like you want to sink your teeth into a 2 by 4 and scream  by all means  please do so   Gotchas    You need to use an  ico file   You cannot use a PNG image file for your executable s icon  it will not work   You must use  ico   There are web utilities that convert images to  ico files  The ico used for your exe will be the ico with the LOWEST RESOURCE ID  In order to change the  ico    1  Open VIEW  gt  RESOURCE VIEW  in the middle of the VIEW menu   or press Ctrl Shift E to get it to appear   2  In Resource view  right click the project name and say ADD  gt  RESOURCE     3  Assuming you have already generated an  ico file yourself  choose Icon from the list of crap that appears  then click IMPORT   4  At this dialog   ico files aren t listed  and you can t use a regular PNG or JPG image as an icon  so change the file filter to   ico using the dropdown   Misleading UI  I know  I know   5  If you compile your project now  it will automatically stick the  ico with the lowest ID  as listed in resource h  as the icon of your  exe file   6  If you load a bunch of ICO files into the project for whatever reason  be sure the  ico you want Visual Studio to use has the lowest id in resource h   You can edit this file manually with no problems  Eg     resource h  define IDI ICON1                       102  define IDI ICON2                       103   IDI ICON1 is used    resource h  define IDI ICON1                       106  define IDI ICON2                       103   Now IDI ICON2 is used

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You add the  ico in your resource as bobobobo said and then in your main dialog s constructor you modify   m hIcon   AfxGetApp  - gt LoadIcon ICON ID FROM RESOURCE H

User · Answer

The important thing is that the icon you want to be displayed as the application icon   in the title bar and in the task bar   must be the FIRST icon in the resource script file  The file is in the res folder and is named  applicationName  rc                                                                                      Icon        Icon with lowest ID value placed first to ensure application icon    remains consistent on all systems   icon ID            ICON                     res  filename ico

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