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How to change file icon?
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ive been trying to make my first executor for myself on visual studios so im completely new to this but my file is really ugly and doesnt look professional at all and i was trying to see if anyone knows how to change the file icon to something like my own logo or smth? also the same for when its in my taskbar?
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Been a while since I have touched anything programming/designing realted. Though I do know you click on the windows form, and then, go to properties, and scroll down until you find something like "Icon" then select a .ico file.
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Alright, time to be helpful.
Assuming your in WinForms, the easiest way to set the application icon is to go the "Project" tab on the top left of Visual Studio, and then click on "[project name] Properties", as shown in the below image.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/984079138262507573/1016195349955756092/Screenshot_2022-09-04_205717.png
This should open a new tab that should look something like this:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/984079138262507573/1016195668613799996/unknown.png
If not, repeat the steps until you see something like that. If so, you can proceed and scroll down until you see "Win32 Resources". You can also click on that in the sidebar. You should then see this:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/984079138262507573/1016196388490596442/Screenshot_2022-09-04_210054.png
Once you see this, if you already have a .ico file, you can proceed. If you don't have an .ico file, use this link to convert image types such as .png or .jpeg into a .ico file: https://www.icoconverter.com/
Once you get your .ico file, click on the "Browse" button and go to the directory your .ico file is in, then upload the .ico file as shown in the below image:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/984079138262507573/1016197067791671368/unknown.png
And that's it!
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/984079138262507573/1016197635784319036/unknown.png
In the above image, note that the image I used was a light yellow, so based on the Task Manager color scheme it is hard to see. However, you may notice that the icon in your taskbar and the actual application icon have not changed as seen below:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/984079138262507573/1016197946653560832/unknown.png
To fix this, go back to the main Visual Studio tab and click on the form itself. Then, you need to go to the form properties and find the "Icon" setting, and change that to your .ico file as well, as shown below:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/984079138262507573/1016198407645319248/unknown.png
Once you did that, it should work and your application icon should change from to your selected icon as shown below:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/984079138262507573/1016198867794014381/unknown.png
In the above image, you can see how the icon changes once I did that.
After that, you should be all set and your icons will appear everywhere.
As you seem to be new to this community, I doubt you would be using WPF, but if you are the process should be somewhat the same if not exactly the same. Enjoy!
(I know this is long but it's mainly because of the images lol)
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