🔒 how am i able to add an .ico file to vsc

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[grand acorn]

What do you mean?

vsc = Visual Studio Code?

[zenith mason]

what is adding a file in this context

[ocean flame]

yes

[ocean flame]

adding the image

because im

[grand acorn]

So just putting a file in a folder?...

[zenith mason]

VS Code is a text editor, so I am still having trouble understanding

[ocean flame]

look

so

im trying to compile everything into an exe file right

then i would put the image

but the

i changed the directory

to where my py file was right?

[grand acorn]

What language are you using? What code are you using to compile the exe?

[ocean flame]

and it keeps telling me it dosent exist

[ocean flame]

python i use

cd

[grand acorn]

Are you using pyinstaller?

[ocean flame]

yep

[grand acorn]

Ok so you want to embed the icon into the bundle

[ocean flame]

yup

[grand acorn]

How are you doing it right now? What's your pyinstaller command?

And how are you referencing the icon path in your python code?

[ocean flame]

see the thing is

since i cant change the directory

i cant compile it all into an exe

am i supposed to put it into the python folder enviorment?

or can i keep it anywhere i want

[grand acorn]

I need to know those two things, and also the project structure

[ocean flame]

its in documents right now, so im trying to

change the directory

[ocean flame]

ok gimme a sec

[zenith mason]

From what I can see you give the icon path in the options when you run pyinstaller

https://pyinstaller.org/en/stable/usage.html#cmdoption-i

[ocean flame]

ok thank you js gimme a sec

[grand acorn]

Also use absolute path to reference icon in the command

Well you can also use a relative path, but it depends on you project structure, you should call the pyinstaller command when inside the root folder of your project, and your icons are in the same folder or in some nested folder.

Idk if pyinstaller can accepts relative paths tho

[nimble vault]

it can, but i don't know it it will access the file if it's not somewhere under the project directory or if it will traverse paths outside the project tree

the icon for the exe is pretty basic and works well if you have an .ico file with all the required sizes in it

but windows can cache the icon for a file that you have browsed/listed in Windows Explorer, sometimes you have to rename the file or move it somewhere else (or even switch view so that it shows the icon in another size) for the new/correct icon to appear on your system

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