Question My Application Icon Not Displaying on Desktop

[Rob Gibson]

Hi, I've created my first Visual Studio (2010) app. It's a simple, single form, single exe app. I set the application icon in Project Properties and built the app. When I view the exe file in Windows Explorer the small icon displays but when I copy the exe file to my Windows 7 desktop I get the default exe icon instead of the icon I've specified.
If I copy the ico file to the desktop the picture displays and when I create a shortcut to the exe file and specify my ico as the icon it also displays.
Anyone know what the problem is?

Thanks
Rob

 

[zekeman]

Are you copying the shortcut instead of the actual exe????