Wrong Icon On Title Bar, revisited

Question

I'm developing a win32 application with Visual Studio 2008 on Windows Vista. I specify the iron resource in the resource file:
IDI_MEXPLORER           ICON DISCARDABLE "..\\resource\\icon\\mexplorer.ico"

However, I get a generic application icon on my title bar. What's weird is that it is ONLY in the title bar where I get the generic icon. In the taskbar, Windows explorer, and in the desktop shortcut, the icon is the correct one.

The code that load the icon is:

   WNDCLASS wndclass;
 
   hInst = hInstance;
 
   wndclass.style         = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW | CS_DBLCLKS | CS_OWNDC;
   wndclass.lpfnWndProc   = WndProc;
   wndclass.cbClsExtra    = 0;
   wndclass.cbWndExtra    = 0;
   wndclass.hInstance     = hInstance;
   wndclass.hIcon         = LoadIcon(NULL, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_MEXPLORER));
   wndclass.hCursor       = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
   wndclass.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH);
   wndclass.lpszMenuName  = szAppName;
   wndclass.lpszClassName = szAppName;

Answer 1

I found a similar post at http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-us/vcgeneral/thread/3126EA77-E27E-4CE8-AD4C-DED5D87B781C, but it is all about MFC.

Answer 2

Try to send WM_SETICON message: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms632643(VS.85).aspx.

Answer 3

Leonard2007 wrote:

wndclass.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_MEXPLORER));

If IDI_MEXPLORER is a custom icon included in your app's resources, then  the first parameter should be the HINSTANCE of your app, not NULL.

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Igor Tandetnik

Answer 4

use

wndclass.hIcon         = LoadIcon (hInstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_MEXPLORER));

instadeof

wndclass.hIcon         = LoadIcon(NULL, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_MEXPLORER));

Answer 5

Thank you all, it works.