Windows XP icon generation

[Ronald W. Kiesel]

I wish to create a custom icon from a .bmp image - how
can this be accomplished?

 

[cimex]

Do a Google search for "custom icons," because you need a program to create
them and merge them into Windows. Some of these programs are free.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I wish to create a custom icon from a .bmp image - how
can this be accomplished?

Make or resize the bmp file to an appropriate one (standard icons are
32x32, but you may be displaying them at a different size, eg I use
40x40, and it is best if they match). Save as a .bmp and rename as an
..ico

 

[Richard Mason]

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, Ronald W. Kiesel wrote in

I wish to create a custom icon from a .bmp image - how can this be
accomplished?

As cimex says, use a program created for this purpose. I use
IconWorkshop.
Alex Nichol's post is incorrect, you can not turn a .bmp image into an
icon by just changing the file extension.