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How to change icon of exe file? [modified]

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  • 8 88Rocker

    i cant google it because of sonicwall :( just code project allowed here, so asking you guys. thanks in advance edit: stop cursing me..... :^) its not programming question. am talking about any exe not the one only in bin folder. (like yahoo messenger exe)

    modified on Thursday, May 19, 2011 7:04 AM

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    Lost User
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    Edit the exe in a resource editor. VS can do this. Open it as resources, and do what you want to it.

    Dr D Evans "The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s" financialpost

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      Edit the exe in a resource editor. VS can do this. Open it as resources, and do what you want to it.

      Dr D Evans "The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s" financialpost

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      how can i do it? should i open it in resourse file?

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      • 8 88Rocker

        how can i do it? should i open it in resourse file?

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        No, open it in a resource editor, like VS. Each exe has a resources section that contains strings, version, icons, bitmaps, all sorts of crap. This is freely editable after the exe is compiiled.

        Dr D Evans "The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s" financialpost

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          No, open it in a resource editor, like VS. Each exe has a resources section that contains strings, version, icons, bitmaps, all sorts of crap. This is freely editable after the exe is compiiled.

          Dr D Evans "The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s" financialpost

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          88Rocker
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          thanks got it

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          • 8 88Rocker

            i cant google it because of sonicwall :( just code project allowed here, so asking you guys. thanks in advance edit: stop cursing me..... :^) its not programming question. am talking about any exe not the one only in bin folder. (like yahoo messenger exe)

            modified on Thursday, May 19, 2011 7:04 AM

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            Aamir Butt
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            You have been treated very nicely in the Lounge up till now. Lounge is not for programming questions. That's what it says at the top in Big Red font when you try to post a question here. Ask programming question in Questions and Answers Section of the site.Link here.[^]

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            • 8 88Rocker

              i cant google it because of sonicwall :( just code project allowed here, so asking you guys. thanks in advance edit: stop cursing me..... :^) its not programming question. am talking about any exe not the one only in bin folder. (like yahoo messenger exe)

              modified on Thursday, May 19, 2011 7:04 AM

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              Pete OHanlon
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              So the only area you are allowed to go to at all is the lounge? Are the forums here blocked? What about the Questions & Answers sections? Well, that's one tough set of restrictions you've got going on there.

              Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

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                You have been treated very nicely in the Lounge up till now. Lounge is not for programming questions. That's what it says at the top in Big Red font when you try to post a question here. Ask programming question in Questions and Answers Section of the site.Link here.[^]

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                88Rocker
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                this is not programming question :) its general question

                modified on Thursday, May 19, 2011 7:33 AM

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                • P Pete OHanlon

                  So the only area you are allowed to go to at all is the lounge? Are the forums here blocked? What about the Questions & Answers sections? Well, that's one tough set of restrictions you've got going on there.

                  Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

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                  i never said that, sorry if its doesnt belong from this section

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                  • 8 88Rocker

                    i cant google it because of sonicwall :( just code project allowed here, so asking you guys. thanks in advance edit: stop cursing me..... :^) its not programming question. am talking about any exe not the one only in bin folder. (like yahoo messenger exe)

                    modified on Thursday, May 19, 2011 7:04 AM

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                    Put your head in a bucket of boiling oil, that should help.

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                    • 8 88Rocker

                      i cant google it because of sonicwall :( just code project allowed here, so asking you guys. thanks in advance edit: stop cursing me..... :^) its not programming question. am talking about any exe not the one only in bin folder. (like yahoo messenger exe)

                      modified on Thursday, May 19, 2011 7:04 AM

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                      JustWorking
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                      Use this site Clicky[] to convert any image to .ico and use it in your .exe file

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                      • 8 88Rocker

                        i never said that, sorry if its doesnt belong from this section

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                        Lesson learned hopefully. There's a big hunk of text at the top in a very bold font telling you not to post programming questions here in the lounge. This is where we come to get away from programming, or in Dalek Dave's case, to talk to real programmers and not Excel monkeys ;) .

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                        • P Pete OHanlon

                          Lesson learned hopefully. There's a big hunk of text at the top in a very bold font telling you not to post programming questions here in the lounge. This is where we come to get away from programming, or in Dalek Dave's case, to talk to real programmers and not Excel monkeys ;) .

                          Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                          My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                          88Rocker
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                          dude u didnt understand what i was trying to ask, it was not programming question, i want to change exe icon, like i have yahoo messenger exe, not one in bin folder

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                          • 8 88Rocker

                            i cant google it because of sonicwall :( just code project allowed here, so asking you guys. thanks in advance edit: stop cursing me..... :^) its not programming question. am talking about any exe not the one only in bin folder. (like yahoo messenger exe)

                            modified on Thursday, May 19, 2011 7:04 AM

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                            Right click on the file in explorer, select 'Properties' from the context menu and on the dialog that pops up select the most suitable looking button.

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                            • 8 88Rocker

                              dude u didnt understand what i was trying to ask, it was not programming question, i want to change exe icon, like i have yahoo messenger exe, not one in bin folder

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                              waqas316 wrote:

                              dude u didnt understand

                              Dude :rolleyes: If I didn't understand it, that means you didn't explain it clearly. Now, could you stop using text speak here in the lounge, it's extremely irritating. You have a keyboard full of these wonderful things, we call letters, which you can take advantage of.

                              Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

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                                waqas316 wrote:

                                dude u didnt understand

                                Dude :rolleyes: If I didn't understand it, that means you didn't explain it clearly. Now, could you stop using text speak here in the lounge, it's extremely irritating. You have a keyboard full of these wonderful things, we call letters, which you can take advantage of.

                                Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                                My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                                Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                                If I didn't understand it, that means you didn't explain it clearly

                                Hey, Dude, don't make yourself dumber as you are, Dude. I tell ya, Dude.:rolleyes:

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                                  Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                                  If I didn't understand it, that means you didn't explain it clearly

                                  Hey, Dude, don't make yourself dumber as you are, Dude. I tell ya, Dude.:rolleyes:

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                                  There's nothing sounds worse than a middle-aged English white man saying dude. If I ever was a dude, that probably passed over 20 years ago.

                                  Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

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                                  • P Pete OHanlon

                                    So the only area you are allowed to go to at all is the lounge? Are the forums here blocked? What about the Questions & Answers sections? Well, that's one tough set of restrictions you've got going on there.

                                    Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                                    My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                                    DAMN THAT SONICWALL!

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                                    • 8 88Rocker

                                      i cant google it because of sonicwall :( just code project allowed here, so asking you guys. thanks in advance edit: stop cursing me..... :^) its not programming question. am talking about any exe not the one only in bin folder. (like yahoo messenger exe)

                                      modified on Thursday, May 19, 2011 7:04 AM

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                                      Keith Barrow
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                                      Wrong forum.

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                                      • P Pete OHanlon

                                        There's nothing sounds worse than a middle-aged English white man saying dude. If I ever was a dude, that probably passed over 20 years ago.

                                        Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                                        My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                                        Rage
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                                        I don't know why, but I have always made a mental association between Marc Clifton and the Dude[^]. Even if Marc also probably passed the Dude time 20 years ago.

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                                          I don't know why, but I have always made a mental association between Marc Clifton and the Dude[^]. Even if Marc also probably passed the Dude time 20 years ago.

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                                          Pete OHanlon
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                                          Marc is not the "Dude". Marc is definitely "Da Man". Possibly even "The Daddy".

                                          Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                                          My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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