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

submitted 1 year ago by ICastFist to c/no_stupid_questions

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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

It’s not that they make it hard, it’s that it’s inherently hard because of the way resources are stored and managed within the binary.