Setting the Windows taskbar icon in PyQt

Question

I\'m working on an applcation in Python\'s PyQt4 and cannot find how to change the taskbar icon. I made my .ui files in Qt\'s Designer, where I can change the windowIc

Answer 1

This problem is caused by some peculiarities in how taskbar icons are handled on the Windows platform.

See this answer for details, along with a workaround using ctypes.