   Icons
  Well I've got my VC++ 2005 project running ok and advancing just like I want but... It still shows that ugly default icon, both windowed and "closed".So I'd like to know how to link my own icon. I addet to the project something.ico, but it didn't work (as I thought).I am doing with SDL (as if it has some function)so... sorry for my english, I'm also beginner in that language :-P   
  Well with SDL, you can set the runtime icon with SDL_WM_SetIcon.  This is the icon that appears on the window itself.To set the icon that shows up with in explorer, you need to use the IDE.  With MSVC 2003, you can just add it to the project and be set.  I heard, however, that the 2005 Express does not have the resource editor, so I don't know if you can do it the same way.  I'm sure someone else can answer that.   ;Another topic on the subject.The above link shows that it's this easy to do it:SDL_Surface *icon = SDL_LoadBMP( iconName );SDL_WM_SetIcon( icon, NULL );Cheers [smile]Edit: Looks like Simian Man beat me!;  Thanks for the link Heptagonal. In that thread I listed a method that works for me in MSVC 2003.  You can try those steps with 2005 and see if they work.   ;  Create an .rc file that contains the following line:IDI_ICONICONDISCARDABLE"Aeon.ico"Where IDI_ICON is the internal resource name or ID for the icon (used with some GDI functions), ICON and DISCARDABLE are keywords and "Aeon.ico" is the path to the icon, in this case, I have the icon in the same directory as the rc, so no need for a full or partial path, just the filename is fine, but you can use full or partial path.add the rc file to your project, compile and you're done.Now, Windows just takes the first icon it finds, so if you're going to add more icons for example for custom dialog boxes and the like, make sure the one you want to show on the windows explorer is declared first (or has the lowest ID, can't remember right now).This works only on Windows, but since you're using VC++, I am sure thats not an issue.Also, I just realized you wanted to change the window icon and not the actual exe icon [smile]   ;  well I wanted to change both xDDDDDSo, SDL_WM_SetIcon() worked gread. I'll try Kwizatz (Dune rulz >.<!!!! sorry) method as soon as possible (now I must leave :'( ), so thank you too.   