Set Icon of my .exe File

[max-253yomann]

Hello,
i would like to set an application Icon (which is shown on my Desktop).

I added
RC_ICONS = icon.ico
to my .pro file but my compiler says:
mingw32-make[1]: *** [debug/01_resource_res.o] Error 1

Does anyone know what I have to do?

(Qt Creator 3.3.0 - Qt 5.4.0)

[svyatoslav911512]

Check that doc:

http://doc.qt.io/qt-4.8/appicon.html

There is a step by step plan on how to show .exe icon.

[Chris Kawa]

@svyatoslav911512 The link is for Qt4. In Qt 5 it's simplified with RC_ICONS (like the OP posted).

@max-253yomann What you did should be enough and it works for me. Does deleting the output directory entirely and rebuilding help? Can you check if it links if you create a new empty project and add this icon?

[svyatoslav911512]

@Chris-Kawa It's true for Qt5 also. I have Qt4 project with this way for setting icons and it works also if project build on Qt5. OP can use it as workaround.

[Chris Kawa]

Sure, I'm just suggesting trying to find (and hopefully fix) the problem before looking for workarounds.

[max-253yomann]

Deleting the output directory and rebuilding does not work.
Now I created a new project and now it works.

Thank You :)