How to change the title bar icon using winapi

Question

I have made an application using Windows API and have used the resource folder to change the icon to a custom one I made. Now the program is using my icon on the desktop how

Answer 1

If you use RegisterClassEx to register your window class, the WNDCLASSEX structure has a hIconSm field that lets you specify a small icon. If you go this way, don't forget to also initialize the cbSize field.

Alternatively, you can assign a small icon to a window after creation using the WM_SETICON message.