Shortcut Icon shows MMF2 icon... not mine.

[aidmm]

more testing....

I went to Display Properties, then Appearance, then Effects. Then I selected "Use Large Icons" and then my app shortcut displayed the correct icon. I wonder where it's finding that MMF2 lightning bolt icon?

[FoxBlitzz]

Perhaps you needed to rebuild your icon cache. There are steps you can take to do it manually, or if you use IconPackager, you can press a button and it rebuilds the icon cache for you.

[aidmm]

I don't have IconPackager... I'll look into that rebuilding the icon cache.

one more thing I've discovered. I have a screen shot of two icons on my desktop. both are MMF2 apps. One is using the MMF2 icon set, and the 2nd one uses my icon set, but is displaying the MMF2 icon... except for this: it looks more orange with a nasty key/alpha. weird. don't know where it's taking it from.

the link is:

http://5amproductions.com/mmf/MMF2_icons.jpg

thanks.

[Mavecode]

That's odd. It does that when I build an exe too!

MMF2 Std.

[aidmm]

whoa... in a way, I'm glad it's not just me and my system!

thanks for the post.

[Bovril]

That orange icon is the standard 32x32x8 icon for MMF games

When I opened the exe in an icon editor, it shows 2 32x32x32 icons, the second (which is favoured by windows) seems to be the 32x32x8 default icon. Definatly a bug. I'll try it with a fresh project and see if the same happens.

Edit:

This doesn't happen with a fresh app. It could have been caused by the version you're running (I'm using dev) or the way you imported the icons. Did you copy+paste, import, or what? (I tested it by drawing icons using the editor)

[aidmm]

I made my 32-bit icons in another program (three sizes), then imported them in the MMF2 icon editor. Then, I copied and pasted from the 32-bit to the 16 and 8 bit icons. I'm not using Developer... just standard.

thanks for testing this out.

[Mavecode]

Any clues as to the cause? As I mentioned, when I build his example, the same thing happens for me.

Haven't had it happen with my own apps yet, however.

[Bovril]

I just tried making an icon the way you described and it didn't show the glitch. Try making the icon again in the same way in a fresh app and see if you get the same problem again. Seems like you might have just been unlucky.

btw, if you want/need to, you could possibly use something like resource hacker to delete the unwanted icon. I'm not sure if it would work though.

[aidmm]

still the same result. not just on the desktop, but in any file explorer window with the Icon View used.

worth a shot.