Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rna!marc From: marc@rna.UUCP (Marc Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Help setting application's icon Message-ID: <226@rna.UUCP> Date: 19 Aug 88 16:07:19 GMT References: <77900005@peterson> Reply-To: marc@rna.UUCP (Marc Johnson) Organization: Rockefeller University Neurobiology Lines: 18 In article <77900005@peterson> peterson@peterson.applicon.UUCP writes: > >I am trying to make my own icon for an application that I wrote. > [ stuff deleted ] >Unfortunately, I want to modify this icon. It seems that the mac system >(maybe the Desktop file) is refusing to forget the original icon, and >no matter what I set it to, the original is still used. > Hmmmm...did you try rebuilding the desktop (trash disk's icon, re-insert disk holding the OPTION and COMMAND keys down)? I have had inconsistent luck with resetting icons myself, but this usually works. There is an old utility called "IconInstaller" which works when this doesn't. Good luck. Marc Johnson Rockefeller Univ. (marc%rna@rockefeller.edu OR rna!marc@rockvax.bitnet [129.85.2.1])