Broken icon on large installer?

Linguica · 4th June 2007, 16:36

I am in the process of creating a huge installer exe (about 900 megabytes) and every time I compile, the icon on the installer is broken and defaults to the standard "unknown EXE" icon. This is weird because I have

code:


!define INSTALL_ICON			"${NSISDIR}\Contrib\Graphics\Icons\win-install.ico"

[...]

!define MUI_ICON "${INSTALL_ICON}"

Which has worked perfectly fine on every other installer I've made (quite a few), but all of which were much smaller than 900 megs. So all I can think is that the large filesize is somehow causing NSIS to screw up and not create the icon correctly.

I suppose I could try using another program to set the icon, but that will change the file's checksum and presumably cause the installer to exit with an error message.

Joost Verburg · 4th June 2007, 17:05

This is standard Windows behavior. Icons for large files are not displayed to speed up displaying the contents of a folder.

Linguica · 4th June 2007, 17:19

Really? Because I feel like I've downloaded large EXEs that had working icons before. What is the size limit before Windows gives up and doesn't look for an icon?

Afrow UK · 4th June 2007, 21:49

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=156086

Stu

4th June 2007, 16:36	#1
Linguica Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2	Broken icon on large installer? I am in the process of creating a huge installer exe (about 900 megabytes) and every time I compile, the icon on the installer is broken and defaults to the standard "unknown EXE" icon. This is weird because I have code: !define INSTALL_ICON "${NSISDIR}\Contrib\Graphics\Icons\win-install.ico" [...] !define MUI_ICON "${INSTALL_ICON}" Which has worked perfectly fine on every other installer I've made (quite a few), but all of which were much smaller than 900 megs. So all I can think is that the large filesize is somehow causing NSIS to screw up and not create the icon correctly. I suppose I could try using another program to set the icon, but that will change the file's checksum and presumably cause the installer to exit with an error message.

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4th June 2007, 17:05	#2
Joost Verburg NSIS MUI Dev Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,717	This is standard Windows behavior. Icons for large files are not displayed to speed up displaying the contents of a folder.

4th June 2007, 17:19	#3
Linguica Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2	Really? Because I feel like I've downloaded large EXEs that had working icons before. What is the size limit before Windows gives up and doesn't look for an icon?

4th June 2007, 21:49	#4
Afrow UK Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 8,434	http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=156086 Stu