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Violet Giraffe
Violet Giraffe

Reputation: 33605

Is it possible to assign SetupIconFile from .exe file?

Inno Setup has a SetupIconFile directive to specify an .ico file that the installer binary itself will get. But I don't want to specify my app's .ico file which is buried deep down in the app's resources. The installer already has access to the application binary, can't the icon be extracted from there?

This works:

UninstallDisplayIcon={app}\App.exe

But this doesn't:

SetupIconFile=binaries\App.exe

Resource update error: Icon file is invalid.

Is it doable?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1154

Answers (1)

Martin Prikryl
Martin Prikryl

Reputation: 202584

No, it's not possible.

The SetupIconFile is loaded by the Inno Setup compiler. It supports the .ico files only.

The UninstallDisplayIcon is loaded by Windows (Control Panel). Inno Setup installer only stores the value of the UninstallDisplayIcon to the installed program's uninstall entry (value DisplayIcon). Windows supports other formats, like .exe and .dll, in addition to .ico.

Upvotes: 2

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