Using a 256 x 256 Windows Vista icon in an application

Question

I have an application which I have made a 256 x 256 Windows Vista icon for.

I was wondering how I would be able to use a 256x256 PNG file in the ico file used a

Answer 1

Have a look at the Windows icon functions that are available. There's also an overview that mentions querying for different icon sizes. There's a Dream.In.Code forum thread for using the APIs in C# as well as a Pinvoke.net reference.