As such, an MSI file cannot have an icon that is different than all the other MSI icons on the same system. Unless changed, a shortcut to some EXE will have the same icon as the EXE itself.Īn MSI file is NOT an EXE. That means an EXE file may have its own unique program icon. When you ask if you can change the 'setup icon' it isn’t clear of your setup is an MSI or an EXE.Īn EXE file is a program file. Please let me know is there any way to do this? browse to and select your 'primary output'.go to the shortcut Properties (right-click and pick 'Properties Window').in the File System window, find the shortuct whose icon you want to change (for example, under 'Users's Programs Menu').Here are steps mentioned in the blog and the link

> first icon is from my debug folder and i need to change icon as shown in second one ex:(MSoffice setup icon)įew blogs are telling to change manually from project right click ,but we cant do it each time when we give for upgrade etc Is there any way to change the setup icon to my app icon please refer the below images MSI we cant change the icon as it is standard icon for Windows systems.ġ.

I have already changed the icon for my app which displays fine in Programs and features.It is fine, but i need to change the icon for setup.

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