icon for a console app

rrg · Post by **rrg** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:57 pm

Hi i have been trying to figure out how to make a console app .exe have an icon. Right now it has the defualt icon for the .exe, but is there a way to set the icon to something else.

I'm using visual studio c++ express edition 2008.

thanks in advance for the help

Sylence · Post by **Sylence** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:06 pm

Yes and no.

In Visual Studio Standard and above you add an image to your project and it will set this image as the icon for the exe. However the Express Editions don't allow ressource editing. I don't know if the express editions come with the ressource compiler. If they do you can write the ressource file by hand. Using google and msdn should give you enough informtion on what should be in this ressource file.

If the ressource compiler is not included there isn't a nice way.
You could either use a different IDE/compiler for compiling the application or you could use a ressource manipulator after the linking to change the icon by hand.

rrg · Post by **rrg** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:34 pm

Ya there is no resource compiler to add the icon which is a shame.
thanks for the reply.

Virion · Post by **Virion** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:35 pm

maybe you cna try resource hacker