How do I add an icon to a standalone project on Windows 10?
I'm running Max 8 on windows 10 and I can't seem to add an icon. When I go to build the executable, I click on include file, select the .ico file, then change the word include to appicon. But then when it builds there's no icon, and I get a message in the console that reads
appbuilder: error adding appicon
Other than that the build works fine. Does anyone have a solution to this?
windows process starts around minute 12
Hello,
I have the same problem when I try to build the application with a given icon specified in a standalone object.
I tried the Visual Studio trick given in the tutorial, but I'm not able to open the .exe file with Visual Studio 2022. I'm on max 8.3. any idea of why it doesn't work like in the video ?
I finally found a quite similar solution with Resource Hacker by following this tutorial https://www.howtogeek.com/75983/stupid-geek-tricks-how-to-modify-the-icon-of-an-.exe-file/
confirming.. i can't make it work as well in visual studio 2022.
Trying that go-around,
Resource Hacker is simple to use.
Only single icon group 1033 is needed in case you don't use own file formats which need custom icon as well.
In same go, one can adjust version infos etc
One can make standalone exe out of max runtime even without compiling it at all. Copy the exe file, rename it as your mxf, edit String Table to match the name as that makes it write proper named settings etc.