Any easy way to use icons from resources?

How I load Icons: Using Visual Studio 2010: Go to the project properties, click Add Resource > Existing File, select your Icon.

You'll see that a Resources folder appeared. This was my problem, I had to click the loaded icon (in Resources directory), and set "Copy to Output Directory" to "Copy always". (was set "Do not copy").

Now simply do:

Icon myIcon = new Icon("Resources/myIcon.ico");

1. Add the icon to the project Resources.resx.

2. Open the designer of the form you want to add the icon to.

3. Append the InitializeComponent function.

4. Add this line in the top:

   this.Icon = {EntryPointClassName}.Properties.Resources.{IconResoureceName};
   

   repeat step 4 for any forms in your project you want to update