Problems with setting application icon

Question

(I\'m using Visual Studio 2008, though I remember having similar problems with older versions as well.)

I\'ve tried several different methods (many of them mentioned

Answer 1

I've used a single .ico file with multiple resolutions 16x16, 32x32, 48x48, 96x96 without problems, as application icon. Then windows will pick up the right size.

The windows shell have an icon cache, there is a trick to restart it without rebooting or logout from the current session, or killing explorer.exe from task manager.