icon in .exe

[Guest]

hi,

i have a resx file with an icon in it.

1. how do i make that icon the icon for the exe file?

2. when you change the icon for a folder (this only works with win xp) and
click an .exe file, the icons stored in it appear. this doesnt happen with my
exe file. do i need to do something different

 

[Matt]

hi,

i have a resx file with an icon in it.

1. how do i make that icon the icon for the exe file?

The icon used for the exe file is the app.ico icon that is generated
with the project. Change that and you will see it reflected in the
windows folder. Note that this is the executable file only, the form
icons are set in the individual forms.

2. when you change the icon for a folder (this only works with win xp) and
click an .exe file, the icons stored in it appear. this doesnt happen with my
exe file. do i need to do something different

No, folders and executables are different. You can view the icons in an
executable file, using an icon editor, but you won't see them in
Windows.

matt