Different Icon for installer / App ? (Windows)

[ghost]

I use a white icon because it looks good in windows, but the installer has then a white-on-grey icon which is nearly invisible. Is it possible to use a different icon inside the installer window? (but not in the dock)?

Also, the icon in the upper left corner of any windows app, has a white background, is it possible to use a different icon for that too?

[develar]

NSIS — cannot reproduce. Or do you mean to use different installer icon?

Please attach screenshots, I am not windows expert.

[develar]

As far I understand, windows uses the same icon for task bar and window bar, but I am not expert, help wanted.

[ghost]

Yes, I mean the icon that is shown in the installer, above the progress bar. Since my icon is white, on the light gray background of the installer window it almost looks invisible. Same for the icon in the window bar, but that I don't know if it's possible to change. Installer matter most.

[ghost]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7431039/how-to-replace-the-default-logo-in-nsis-installer - this may work but don't know if it works with your splash screen.

[develar]

Solution found — we use SpiderBanner plugin instead of splash, it is in 5.5. Installer icon and uninstaller will be customizable, you can expect fix on this week.

[ghost]

Cool you're so fast, and this is done for free, its unbelievable. You should put up a donate page or something. Just to be clear, the icon shown INSIDE the installer window (above progress bar) can be different from the icon shown in the start menu bar / dock (however you call it in windows) (from that same installer) ? I'd like my white transparent icon to show in the windows dock, but the black one to show in the installer window itself.

[develar]

We use SpiderBanner plugin, MUI_HEADERIMAGE_BITMAP is not supported.

    /*  Set the icon on our dialog. It retrieves the icon from the installer resources. */
    SendDlgItemMessage(hwndDlg, 1025, STM_SETICON, (WPARAM)(HICON)LoadIcon(GetModuleHandle(NULL), MAKEINTRESOURCE(103)), 0);

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?p=3061114#post3061114

[ghost]

Not supported but you are supporting it anyway it seems? What should the size be of that bmp? (Does it need to be bmp?)

[develar]

@kunkinkan Supported only for boring installer, not for one-click. I will wait SpiderBanner plugin change — see http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?p=3061117#post3061117

What should the size be of that bmp?

See example https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/electron-userland/electron-builder/master/test/fixtures/test-app-one/installerHeader.bmp

Regular icon converted to bmp will not work.

(Does it need to be bmp?)

Yes.

[ghost]

I place headerIcon.ico in the build directory, but it doesn't seem to be used. Default still is. (Yes, one-click installer).

[develar]

I suppose that installerHeader is also specified? In the 5.9.0 there is a bug that headerIcon.ico is not checked if installerHeader specified, it is already fixed.

[ghost]

No, i only have

    "win": {
      "target": "nsis"
    },

[develar]

@kunkinkan please try 5.10.0

[ghost]

Seems to make no difference.

[develar]

Renamed to installerHeaderIcon and fixed (http://forums.winamp.com/showpost.php?p=3061392&postcount=32).