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Asked: 2026-05-27T13:35:22+00:00

I was reading this very useful article and noticed that a Windows Phone application

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I was reading this very useful article and noticed that a Windows Phone application needs many different icons. The article listed these:

  1. Marketplace_Desktop_200x200.png
  2. Marketplace_Device_173x173.png
  3. Marketplace_Device_99x99.png
  4. Application_TileImage_173x173.png
  5. Application_IconImage_62x62.png

note: each image should be changed in the properties to have build == content

Then I noticed that when I pin my application to the start, the icon was wrong. So I copied the Application_TileImage_173x173.png over the Background.png in the root of my project. But now when I pin my application to start, the icon is completely blank. Grr!

So, I hit a frustrating wall here:

  • What is the purpose of each of those sizes? Should they all be in the project?
  • Where is the right location for each of those sizes? An /Images folder?
  • Where is the correct reference to any of those sizes in the proj props?
  • And, sort of an aside, should screenshots also be included in the app?
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  1. Editorial Team

    1) Either use the same name as the ones in your root (Background.png and ApplicationIcon.png) and then just copy them over from Windows Explorer (say yes to overwrite existing) or 2) go into WMAppManifest.xml and replace those names with your own images’ names and then add them and make them Content.

    See also: https://stackoverflow.com/a/5860417/353716

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