On other forms, the icon is shown in the taskbar but only in this form, the icon is not shown in the taskbar.
I also made sure that there is an icon in the form's property.
Right Click the Project file and Select Property as follows
Now Change the default Icon here
Have you run the program from the exe in the debug/release folder.
I've found that the icon doesn't show in the taskbar when run from the debugger.
Edit: Just realised how old this is.
Well, hopefully this will help someone else.
To change the main icon for your application, go to the "Application" tab under the project property page, and change the "Icon:" combo box.
You can change icon form from properties form like this picture.
You need to change icon of application from Project Properties -> Application -> Icon
In properties of the form, browse for an icon in the icon tab.
Make sure that the picture you are using is in .ICO format. Sometimes, in newer versions, the language accepts images other than .ICO format but can produce error and doesn't display correctly everywhere.
Make sure that the .ICO you have converted is in more than 1 or 2 sizes (.ICO files have many resolutions in just one file).
I hope you understand!
In addition to other answers here, make sure that the 'ShowInTaskbar' property on the form is set to true. Sometimes settings get toggled. Toggle it back.
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This is a Visual studio 2019 WinForms project on a Windows 7 64 bit machine
I know how to use the Properties to add an icon but if the icon is to be embedded with the EXE file that is not the process to use. I have also created a folder named Resources and place the icon in the folder not sure that is the best idea based on the EXE might not include the folder
Here is what I have tried Right Click Project > Properties > Application > Icon ComboBox > Browse
Select the icon which is named s.ico and is 32 X 32
I also tried to cut and paste from the solution explore to the Debug folder BIG MISTAKE
Now I have no Release folder ?
The question is this the correct process ?
Do I still need code to make this icon show on all the project forms ?
One form does not have a title bar
OK I am adding to this Question
I created a test project with only a form. textbox and button
I added a icon to the button and it shows when the project is run
For some reason when I added the icon to the button a Resource Folder was created that contained the cat.ico I DID NOT CREATE the FOLDER( See New Screen Shot )
Now I followed the steps to add an icon to the titlebar NO LUCK
Here is where I have no idea what is going on
If I right click on the two icon files One says the Build Action is "content"
If I right click on the other icon the Build Action is "None"
I see the option to select Build Action "Embedded Resource"
Question What does Build Action do?
And if "Embedded Resource" is selected does that mean the file is included in the EXE?
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I am not sure this is a good way to solve the question
WHY because I do not understand how the code works BUT IT WORKS
Here is what I did I Right Click Project > Properties > Application > Icon ComboBox > Browse Select the icon
The icon in question is in the project > See the Screen Shot
Then I added this 7 year old code I found on SO
Stackoverflow Link
Icon = Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(Application.ExecutablePath)
OK So now someone please explain how this works ?
Based on my limited knowledge I would say this will include the icon in the EXE file
(Project > Properties > Application > Icon ComboBox > Browse
Select the icon)
this indeed is the right way to select an icon for your project.
The icon will be found after that in your project folder not the debug folder.
After debugging your Project it will be embedded with it and the EXE file icon will be changed to the selected Icon.
No need to add it to the resources.
Finally, to set the same icon for all your forms, take a look at this topic:
Set same icon for all my Forms
or of course, you could change it manually one by one in the (properties) menu, in (Icon), then browse to your Ico File.
I have seen many guides where artifacts menu contains Native bundle field. But I don't have it. Moreover, after building the project, the EXE file doesn't appear in any folder. See pic
The option is there but the bottom panel hides it. Please resize the panel and you get the option back. There is similar report on YouTrack: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-183544
Using VS2012, I would like to add an image to the My.Resources. namespace.
I would like to draw this image to a PictureBox on the Paint event.
I did the following:
I clicked "Add existing item", then I opened up the image.
I clicked the image from the Solution Explorer and set the Build Task to "Embedded Resource".
I saved the project and re-built it.
But it still does not show up under My.Resources.
What did I do wrong, please?
Thank you for the help!
ps:
I do not want to add it directly to "Resources.resx" (for example by clicking the "BackGroundImage" property of a form).
I would prefer having the image in the solution explorer instead. I once experienced that VS2012 once damaged a file, and I had to rebuild the resource file. I would like to avoid it.
You need to add the image to the Resources tab in Project Properties, not to the project directly.
possibly an easy answer to this.?
I have a theos built tweak with a preference bundle displayed in the settings app.
This allows me to activate / deactivate my tweak.
My question is, how do you put an icon on the main settings app list along side the title.
I can put an icon by the switch, but thats it.
I have not included any code as the preference bundle is working, it just doesn't have an icon.
The default way to do this is to drag your icon named icon.png into /Resources/.
If you want, you can rename it by editing icon entry in your /layout/Library/PreferenceLoader/Preferences/<yourbundlename>.plist file.
I am developing an application in which I have to mark a set of files/folder. The marked files/folder when viewed in Finder must be shown with a custom icon. But when they are selected for preview ( using spacebar) they must show their original icon ( i.e the blue icon for folder etc) .
This behavior is similar to symbolic links in the fact that for symbolic links , an arrow comes at the lower left corner of the icon whereas when we preview it , it shows the icon of the file/folder it is pointing to (without the arrow) .
Now I went over
[[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] setIcon:icon forFile:#"path" options:NSExcludeQuickDrawElementsIconCreationOption];
But it sets the icon of the path permanently and the same custom icon appears when I preview it .
I tried to register a custom file type but the same problem happened . The custom icon also appeared in the preview.
Can anyone please help me out ??
Thanks :)
Starting with OS X 10.6, you will need to inject code into the Finder process and override objective C methods in the Finder process. Refer How to Write OS X Finder plugin post.
Symbolic links are not just documents, but a special entity in the OS, and therefor gets special treatments in some cases.
If you use setIcon:forFile: to set an icon, I do not believe there are any options to say that the icon should only appear in directory view, and not in preview.