b bit icon in standalones

[Mr X]

The easiest way (around this) is to make a shortcut and use a custom
icon on it... 

I also asked this and it's also impossible...

Then again, you can re-write the desktop in MC, launch me in startup and
then use strictly any image as an icon ;))

=)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com
> [mailto:metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com]On Behalf Of J. Landman Gay
> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 6:48 PM
> To: metacard at lists.runrev.com
> Subject: Re: b bit icon in standalones
> 
> 
> On 12/13/02 11:06 AM, Klaus Major wrote:
> 
> > I meant: has someone succesfully replaced the 4 bit MC icon
> > of a standalone with another 8 bit icon.
> > 
> > If yes, how ? What icon-editor can do this ?
> 
> I would also love to be able to do this, but so far I haven't found a 
> way. MC only allows enough space in the file itself for a 4-bit icon. I 
> have seen some Windows programs that have separate .ico files in their 
> folders and presumably the application is using that icon, but I don't 
> know how it is done (a registry entry, maybe?) I asked once if MC could 
> be updated to allow 8-bit icons, because that's really the standard 
> these days, but apparently it would require too many changes to the MC 
> file format to be practical. I have some beautiful Mac icons for my apps 
> that I can't use in Windows, which is a shame. If anyone knows whether a 
> registry setting would allow the use of 8-bit icons, I'd very much like 
> some instructions.
> 
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