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From: keating@rex.cs.tulane.edu (John W. Keating)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Dos Icon to Prettier Icon (was "MicroEmacs ...")
Message-ID: <6755@rex.cs.tulane.edu>
Date: 23 Mar 91 01:07:52 GMT
References: <1991Mar22.183539.26218@sj.ate.slb.com>
Organization: C.S. Dept, Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
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poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) writes:

>This is why a DOS application can only get that ugly DOS icon. There is no way
>to bind an icon to the DOS application like the resource compiler (comes with
>SDK) can to a TRUE windows application. Windows supplies the DOS icon
>internally and you can't change it.

Okay, next question is, then...  Is there any way to change the DOS Icon
to another, user defined, icon in Windows itself?  (Just a thought...  I
make no gaurantee of it ever working!)

John Keating
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