Adding icon to project?

Question

i would like the installer to put an icon shortcut to my app created in vb.net. how do i do this?

i am using click once

edit:

i am using visual basic express 2008. perhaps it is not possible to add the icon to desktop using the built in installer?

Answer 1

Do you mean change the icon of the program so it is not a generic box thing? If that is the case, open your project, click the project menu, and select <project name> properties. Then, under the application tab, there is a place to browse for your icon:

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

This is about embedded in VS Deployment Project

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/1424/setupico.png full size

So add an icon file to Application Folder, name it properly. After add a shortcut to Desktop (choose a project output as target) and setup icon (your ico file as target)

Answer 3

Every installer does that differently, depending on what you are using you should be able to find a feature to add the icon to the desktop.

What installer are you using? .Net Deployment wizard?