diff --git a/DeepSkyStacker/DeepSkyStacker.vcxproj b/DeepSkyStacker/DeepSkyStacker.vcxproj
index 80850ab52..cd7223cdc 100644
--- a/DeepSkyStacker/DeepSkyStacker.vcxproj
+++ b/DeepSkyStacker/DeepSkyStacker.vcxproj
@@ -566,6 +566,9 @@ $(QtToolsPath)\windeployqt --pdb $(TargetPath)</Command>
     <QtTranslation Include="i18n\DSS_zh_CN.ts" />
     <QtTranslation Include="i18n\DSS_zh_TW.ts" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ResourceCompile Include="Icon.rc" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Condition="Exists('$(QtMsBuild)\qt.targets')">
     <Import Project="$(QtMsBuild)\qt.targets" />
diff --git a/DeepSkyStacker/DeepSkyStacker.vcxproj.filters b/DeepSkyStacker/DeepSkyStacker.vcxproj.filters
index 60a143eca..0f98b75fb 100644
--- a/DeepSkyStacker/DeepSkyStacker.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/DeepSkyStacker/DeepSkyStacker.vcxproj.filters
@@ -796,4 +796,9 @@
       <Filter>Qt\i18n</Filter>
     </QtTranslation>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ResourceCompile Include="Icon.rc">
+      <Filter>Resource Files</Filter>
+    </ResourceCompile>
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
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diff --git a/DeepSkyStacker/Icon.rc b/DeepSkyStacker/Icon.rc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5bd7bcbdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DeepSkyStacker/Icon.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#define IDI_ICO 1
+
+IDI_ICO ICON DISCARDABLE     "../DeepSkyStacker/Icon/app.ico"
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diff --git a/DeepSkyStackerCL/DeepSkyStackerCL.vcxproj b/DeepSkyStackerCL/DeepSkyStackerCL.vcxproj
index 92b323501..c02b131ec 100644
--- a/DeepSkyStackerCL/DeepSkyStackerCL.vcxproj
+++ b/DeepSkyStackerCL/DeepSkyStackerCL.vcxproj
@@ -313,6 +313,9 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <QtRcc Include="i18n\translations.qrc" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ResourceCompile Include="..\DeepSkyStacker\Icon.rc" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Condition="Exists('$(QtMsBuild)\qt.targets')">
     <Import Project="$(QtMsBuild)\qt.targets" />
diff --git a/DeepSkyStackerCL/DeepSkyStackerCL.vcxproj.filters b/DeepSkyStackerCL/DeepSkyStackerCL.vcxproj.filters
index 1eae7e6f3..df62d2f0d 100644
--- a/DeepSkyStackerCL/DeepSkyStackerCL.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/DeepSkyStackerCL/DeepSkyStackerCL.vcxproj.filters
@@ -353,4 +353,9 @@
       <Filter>Qt\i18n</Filter>
     </QtRcc>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ResourceCompile Include="..\DeepSkyStacker\Icon.rc">
+      <Filter>Resource Files</Filter>
+    </ResourceCompile>
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
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diff --git a/DeepSkyStackerLive/DeepSkyStackerLive.vcxproj b/DeepSkyStackerLive/DeepSkyStackerLive.vcxproj
index 8d3d25866..4f2874bed 100644
--- a/DeepSkyStackerLive/DeepSkyStackerLive.vcxproj
+++ b/DeepSkyStackerLive/DeepSkyStackerLive.vcxproj
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="..\include\SmtpMime\SmtpMime" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ResourceCompile Include="..\DeepSkyStacker\Icon.rc" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Condition="Exists('$(QtMsBuild)\qt.targets')">
     <Import Project="$(QtMsBuild)\qt.targets" />
diff --git a/DeepSkyStackerLive/DeepSkyStackerLive.vcxproj.filters b/DeepSkyStackerLive/DeepSkyStackerLive.vcxproj.filters
index dd1db610c..0d1b10ea8 100644
--- a/DeepSkyStackerLive/DeepSkyStackerLive.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/DeepSkyStackerLive/DeepSkyStackerLive.vcxproj.filters
@@ -300,4 +300,9 @@
       <Filter>Header Files\SmtpMime</Filter>
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ResourceCompile Include="..\DeepSkyStacker\Icon.rc">
+      <Filter>Resource Files</Filter>
+    </ResourceCompile>
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
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