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Update windows changing application icon page for Godot 4.4 #10497

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17 changes: 9 additions & 8 deletions tutorials/export/changing_application_icon_for_windows.rst
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.. image:: img/icon_taskbar_icon.png

To change the taskbar icon, go to
**Project → Project Settings → Application → Config → Windows Native Icon**.
Click on the folder icon and select your ICO file.
**Project > Project Settings > Application > Config**, make sure
**Advanced Settings** are enabled to see the setting, then go to
``Windows Native Icon``. Click on the folder icon and select your ICO file.

.. image:: img/icon_project_settings.png
.. image:: img/icon_project_settings.webp

This setting only changes the icon for your exported game on Windows.
To set the icon for macOS, use ``Macos Native Icon``. And for any other platform,
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After downloading, you need to tell Godot the path to the rcedit executable
on your computer.
Go to **Editor Editor Settings Export Windows**.
Go to **Editor > Editor Settings > Export > Windows**.
Click on the folder icon for the **rcedit** entry.
Navigate to and select the rcedit executable.

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On macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or later, make sure to use a 64-bit version of
both WINE and rcedit since 32-bit applications aren't supported anymore.

.. image:: img/icon_rcedit.png
.. image:: img/icon_rcedit.webp

You should now have everything in place to change the file icon.
To do that, you will need to specify the icon when exporting.
Go to **Project Export**. Assuming you have already created
Go to **Project > Export**. Assuming you have already created
a Windows Desktop preset, select your icon in ICO format in
the **Application Icon** field.
the **Application > Icon** field.

.. warning::

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If you provide invalid metadata in the export preset, the application icon
won't change as rcedit will fail to change the executable's metadata.

.. image:: img/icon_export_settings.png
.. image:: img/icon_export_settings.webp

.. note::

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