# How do i change the icon of the exported exe?

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-do-i-change-the-icon-of-the-exported-exe/41140>\
**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Created:** [March 4, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-do-i-change-the-icon-of-the-exported-exe/41140 "2023-03-04T13:59:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aryszin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Aryszin](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Aryszin)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-do-i-change-the-icon-of-the-exported-exe/41140/1 "2023-03-04T13:59:29Z")

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I want to change the icon of the exe, when compiled it shows the basic Processing icon. How do i change it? Ressource hacker works, but if i try opening it it opens with an error.

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**Author:** ![jafal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jafal/32/19112_2.png) [@jafal](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jafal)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-do-i-change-the-icon-of-the-exported-exe/41140/2 "2023-03-04T14:48:27Z")

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Hi

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34547154/processing-change-default-application-icon>

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**Author:** ![mnse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/mnse/32/16520_2.png) [@mnse](https://discourse.processing.org/u/mnse)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-do-i-change-the-icon-of-the-exported-exe/41140/3 "2023-03-04T15:22:30Z")

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Hi,

Just as a short remark for those which do the change ico file method…

Since processing4 the icon file isn’t called _sketch.ico_ anymore. It is now called

- for win:  
…/modes/java/application/_ **application.ico** _.

- for mac:  
…/modes/java/application/_ **application.icns** _.

Cheers  
— mnse

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**Author:** ![Aryszin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Aryszin](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Aryszin)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-do-i-change-the-icon-of-the-exported-exe/41140/4 "2023-03-04T15:29:33Z")

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for me in C:\Users\Me (obviously)\Documents\Processing\modes is not a java folder!

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**Author:** ![mnse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/mnse/32/16520_2.png) [@mnse](https://discourse.processing.org/u/mnse)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-do-i-change-the-icon-of-the-exported-exe/41140/5 "2023-03-04T15:43:12Z")

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look on that place where your processing.exe is located … right there should be the folder mentioned above… 🙂