Uninstall & icon in "add/remove programs"

[jassing]

I set up a "custom icon" but the icon isn't displayed in "add/remove programs"

how can I get my apps icon to show up in "add/remove programs"?

Thanks
-josh

[Adam]

Jassing,

The custom icon setting in the uninstall does not show up in Add/Remove programs. Here are the instructions to do this using actions if you so desire:

Create a new value in the Registry in the following location:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr
entVersion\Uninstall\YourProduct

Create a value called "DisplayIcon".
Then as it's data, have the full path to your executable, followed by a comma and then the icon index integer.

You can also use a path to an icon file.

Adam Kapilik

[jassing]

thanks.

Will that be addressed in the next release?

[Adam]

Sorry this has not been added to 6.0.1.4. This is something that we will address in a future version. For now I hope that he manual way works for you.

Adam Kapilik

[csd214]

Thanks for the tip, Adam. If the EXE file includes the icon, “Add/Remove Programs” displays the application icon without any Value Name like “DisplayIcon”.

[hitchcockgreen]

Originally posted by Adam
Jassing,

Create a value called "DisplayIcon".
Then as it's data, have the full path to your executable, followed by a comma and then the icon index integer.

Adam Kapilik

So how exactly do you 'code' a link to an icon integer within an icon library or dll file?
How exactly would it look?
"C:\my app\example.dll ..... " ?

[Darryl]

I'm not sure whether you are asking about the contents of the Registry action, or the actual icon inclusion in the resources of a DLL or Executable.

If you are asking about the Registry action, basically in order to create that string, the "Value data" field in your Modify Registry action would be the path to the file, followed by a comma and then then the number representing the icon index in the file's resources.

However if the file does not contain any icon resources you want to use, the path in the "Value data" field of the action would be the path to the installed icon file( .ico).