How can I set an icon for an asscociated file using WiX?

Question

My application install file is being generated using WiX. In the WiX configuration I am associating a file type that works with the application. How can I associate an icon

Answer 1

FROM: http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson1.php#1.7

If your application handles its own file data type, you will need to register a file association for it. Put a ProgId inside your component. FileId should refer to the Id attribute of the File element describing the file meant to handle the files of this extension. Note the exclamation mark: it will return the short path of the file instead of the long one:

To assign an icon to this file type, you have to specify the appropriate registry entries yourself inside your component: