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user496949
user496949

Reputation: 86055

what's the difference between an ico file and a png icon file

For windows programming, can I use PNG file as icon?

Upvotes: 10

Views: 14933

Answers (2)

Greg D
Greg D

Reputation: 44066

No.

An ICO is actually a specialized file format that contains a collection of images at potentially many different sizes and color depths. A png is a specific image.

What you can do is create an .ico from a .png. I've found IconMaker convenient for that purpose.

Upvotes: 15

sleske
sleske

Reputation: 83577

Well, the difference is that they are different file formats :-).

As to using them as icons on MS Windows:

Only Vista supports PNG icons out of the box; for earlier Windows versions, you will have to use .ico files. There are however many converter programs. So your best bet probably is to internally store icons as PNG during development (as it is a superior format), then convert the icon to .ico during your application's build process.

Upvotes: 1

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