Re: Dynamic application icon loaded

You could do something manually in the RC file like this:

http://www.developer.com/net/cplus/article.php/627551

And even #include different icons based on the solution. Otherwise, you
will have to update the registry to tell it to use the icon that you want
from the EXE (or elsewhere)

If your application has permission you can change:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ext

..ext should be your extension and this will point to another key like:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MyProgram.KeyType

That has two sub keys:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MyProgram.KeyType\DefaultIcon
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\QuickDisc.DiscSet\Shell

DefaultIcon has the default icon information:

c:\Source\vs8\Release\MYPROG~1.EXE,28

The ,28 is the index into the program of the icon you want to display.

The Shell key can have one or more subkeys depending on how your program
interacts with the shell like:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\QuickDisc.DiscSet\Shell\Open\Command

containing:

c:\Source\vs8\Release\MYPROG~1.EXE "%1"

That tells the shell how to open your program.

There is other user specific information under key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes

For the document extension, but I don't think you can change the icon
there. Just how the shell opens the program.

Tom

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