Using icon file

[Aaron Prohaska]

I've modified the icon file in my winforms project and am now using it
so that when someone drags a shortcut for the app onto the desktop the
icon shows up. This seems to be working fine except that if the user
drags the shortcut onto the Quick Launch portion of the Task Bar then
the default icon shows instead of the one I made. Does anyone know why
this is happening?

Regards,

Aaron Prohaska

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Wrench Science Inc.
http://www.wrenchScience.com/
Phone: 510.841.4748 x206
Fax: 510.841.4708
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[Tim Wilson]

Have you drawn an icon of the appropriate size for the Quick Lanch
container? I'm guessing that you have edited the 32x32 portion of the
multi-format icon but not the 16x16 portion. If that is true then try
editing the 16x16 format. You can do this by selecting "Image -> Current
Icon Image Types" from the menu in VS.Net and then select the 16x16 format
to edit.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I've modified the icon file in my winforms project and am now using it
so that when someone drags a shortcut for the app onto the desktop the
icon shows up. This seems to be working fine except that if the user
drags the shortcut onto the Quick Launch portion of the Task Bar then
the default icon shows instead of the one I made. Does anyone know why
this is happening?

Are you sure you included images in different resolutions in your icon
file? Which application did you use to create the icon file? If you
are using VS.NET, right-click in the VS.NET icon editor and choose the
icon size you want to edit. Make sure, images for the most common icon
sizes/resolutions are included in your icon file.

 

[Aaron Prohaska]

Have you drawn an icon of the appropriate size for the Quick Lanch
container? I'm guessing that you have edited the 32x32 portion of the
multi-format icon but not the 16x16 portion. If that is true then try
editing the 16x16 format. You can do this by selecting "Image -> Current
Icon Image Types" from the menu in VS.Net and then select the 16x16 format
to edit.

Tim,

Thank you, I had no idea that there were different sizes within the same
icon file.

Regards,

Aaron Prohaska

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Wrench Science Inc.
http://www.wrenchScience.com/
Phone: 510.841.4748 x206
Fax: 510.841.4708
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