Change the icon of an EXE file

[Cov]

Hello!

I've downloaded a PC game called Pharaonic (Early Access) the other day.
Yesterday I noticed there being an updated version, so I downloaded that as well.

But I liked the icon of the first version more than the icon of the new one.

So I used BeCyIconGrabber to extract the icon of the first version
and used Resource Hacker for replacing the icon of the new one.


(left = icon of updated version / right = icon of old version)

Having followed the process to successfully change the icon,
upon double click on the exe file, I get this error message:




The original game (with the ugly icon) does work tho.
What might be the problem

[Kingfish]

Why dont you use resource hacker to extract and replace?

[Cov]

Oh I didn't know that's possible. Have just looked up how to do it, extracted and replaced the icon with Resource Hacker, resulting in the same error message.

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[dolly_cat]

The no-name administrator replied to your thread and probably deleted the post after that (no idea why).

In any case, I agree with this part of message: "The simplest thing you can do is delete the copy of the .exe you modified, and rename the backup copy back to the original. Then leave it alone."
Keep it simple and don't screw up the executable.

[Spud17]

The no-name administrator replied to your thread and probably deleted the post after that (no idea why).

Actually, he didn't delete the post, I accidently deleted it. My sincere apologies Cov, I seem to have nervous fingers and a major case of the derps today.

[Cov]

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

[dolly_cat]

Actually, he didn't delete the post, I accidently deleted it. My sincere apologies Cov, I seem to have nervous fingers and a major case of the derps today.

'know that feel mate. I have part of derps every day. They're so annoying and they make me do bad things

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

Ain't know you're so deep dude

[Fuzzfox]

The OP post image shows the executable is an NSIS installer, best option to change the icon would be to use an NSIS decompiler and recompile it with the new icon! :3