I don't see this. I see the icon in both VFP7 and VFP8 without having to specify it. Maybe it's specific to particular icon files.

Here is a simple code example:

* May need to change following line to point at correct VFP8 home dir
#define ICOFILE "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual FoxPro 8\Graphics\Icons\Misc\BULLSEYE.ICO"
erase testxx.exe
erase testxx.pj?
CREATE PROJECT testxx nowait
TEXT TO lcText NOSHOW
*	_screen.Icon = ICOFILE 
	MESSAGEBOX('test')
endtext
DELETE FILE testxx.prg
?STRTOFILE(lcText,'testxx.prg',0)
_vfp.ActiveProject.files.add('testxx.prg')
_vfp.ActiveProject.Icon = ICOFILE 
?_vfp.ActiveProject.Build('testxx.exe',)
_vfp.ActiveProject.close
lcRuncmd ="! /n "+SET("Default")+CURDIR()+'testxx.exe'
&lcRuncmd
return

What does this code do for you?

>>Please see thread #775160. "When I build my app in VFP8 the icon is missing. It shows the windows icon instead of my custom icon."
>>
>>I'm having the same problem. Things definitely worked fine with VFP7. What's the suggested workaround? Thanks.
>
>One workaround I've found is to put the ico file in the project and at startup of the exe, set _screen.icon to that file.