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Asked: 2026-05-11T09:07:12+00:00

My application install file is being generated using WiX. In the WiX configuration I

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My application install file is being generated using WiX. In the WiX configuration I am associating a file type that works with the application. How can I associate an icon with this file type in the WiX configuration?

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  1. This is how I did it. I declared: 

    <Icon Id='Icon.exe' SourceFile='..\Installer\Graph.ico' />

    before </Product> and added it as a reference as follows:

    <ProgId Id='myApp.exe' Description='Some description' Advertise='yes' Icon='Icon.exe'>           <Extension Id='xyz' ContentType='application/text'>             <Verb Id='open' Sequence='10' Command='Open' Argument=''%1'' />           </Extension> </ProgId>
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