>>>I don't want to deliver BMPs. These files are already included in the APP file. There's no need of these files on the client's computer. The problem is that if the original drive does not exist there, the images/icons are not displayed.
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>>I would say this is a bug. When included in the EXE, it is not suppose to react like that at run time.
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>>In my case, all the bitmaps for the icons were store on a drive where the client doesn't necessary have it and we never have this problem.
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>I agree, but if you include your bitmaps & icons in the EXE your exe file will grow big which means more time to load.

It depends on how big are your BMPs and how many do you have. There are always advantages and ... The big advantage is that you're always sure your BMPs are there all the time. Which is not true anymore since I found out about this bug. :(

Anyway, if you need those BMPs, you have to load them. And it's faster if they are in your exe. Of course, you'll not include big BMPs if they are not often used.