Question

I have the following in my Inno Setup file which creates a desktop icon no problem:

Name: "desktopicon"; Description: "{cm:CreateDesktopIcon}"; \
    GroupDescription: "{cm:AdditionalIcons}"

However, the main file that launches the program is a VBS file rather than an EXE. I’d like to have a nice icon on the shortcut rather than the VBScript one, but can’t find an option to change the icon.

Is there such an option available to set a custom icon?

Answer 1

The Inno Setup help about the [Icons] section says:

IconFilename

The filename of a custom icon (located on the user’s
system) to be displayed. This can be an executable image (.exe, .dll)
containing icons or a .ico file. If this parameter is not specified or
is blank, Windows will use the file’s default icon. This parameter can
include constants.

Example:
IconFilename**: "{app}\myicon.ico"

(source)

Hope that helps.