As i mentioned you should have only one icon file consisting of both 16 X 16 and 32 X 32.
16 X 16 is used to display in the detaild folder view.
32 X 32 is used as an icon of your desktop.

Otherway.
there are lot of util comes which can directly change the icon of an executable.

Aashish

>Thanks for your reply.
>
>I used Iconedit to set up a 16x16 Ico file but I cannot get my
>app to automatically display it on the desktop.
>(It still displays the Fox head umless I go in and change it.
>
>I have set the Project properties to specify the icon .
>Any ideas on what could be happening ?
>
>Regards,
>
>Gerard
>
>
>>Make sure that your icon has both a 16x16 and 32x32 image.
>>
>>Search for Icon editor on download.com
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hi.
>>>Whenever I copy on my latest EXE to a site, I have to go and change the icon to point to a specific icon (rather than using the Fox)
>>>
>>>Is there a way to automatically embed an icon in an app so that it will automatically show this iocn on the desktop (Using VFP 7 or 8)
>>>
>>>regards,
>>>Gerard