>Hi,
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>I have my app installed on a Windows 2008 R2 server. On two Workstations a have links on the desktop connected to that installed EXE. On the Windows 7 workstation the the Icon included in my EXE is shown. On my Windows 8 workstation I can not manage to get the icon shown. I also tryed to add another "standalone" ico file to the dekstop link. But the icon is not show. Insted I get an icon that looks like a blank sheet of paper.
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>What do I miss here?
>
>TIA
>Gerhard

Finally found a / the solution:

The Iconlib was corrupted. After letting Windows recreate it, the problem is gone.

A detailed description how to solve the problem is here:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-desktop/icon-cache-gets-corrupted-after-installing-new/d92093bf-b424-4f67-8bb4-53112355dcfb

Gerhard