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Why does Windows makes changing executable's icons so damn hard? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm aware this has been the case since Windows 3.x, you always need an external program to ensure the executable is created with the icon you want. Why?

Please no mentions of Linux and other OSs, I know it's trivial to do so for them.

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[–] WhoRoger 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yea mate, that's a cache problem of the local system... You should've just asked that question in the first place.

Btw I don't know how this works on newer Windows (probably worse), but on older versions you just needed to view the properties of the exe to view its actual icon, and refresh the desktop or explorer window. On even older Windows 9x, my trick was to switch from 32b to 16b color bit depth and back to refresh the icons.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You should’ve just asked that question in the first place.

I know a few ways to change, I just wanted to know why Windows specifically has the most asinine way to do it