>Yes, of course, but it looks HORRIBLE! That's the problem, the icon has a gradiente, and I would like to use it in this way.

Well, I dunno then, my only suggestion is to use a 16 color version in the EXE and the 256 version as the shortcut, or use something that can use a 256 color icon (VB?) as a luancher app for your VFP EXE.