Set an icon for a .exe file

Question

I've made a .exe file of a game I made in Python, but I'm not sure how to make that exe file have an icon, because it looks dull and boring. I want to somehow make the icon be a picture of an asteroid let's say, because I made the game asteroids. I used cx_freeze to compile it.

possible duplicate of [How to set up icon for a program?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4915202/how-to-set-up-icon-for-a-program) — Tasos, Sep 29 '13 at 09:56
If there wasn't any edit option, I could swear it wasn't there before! Maybe I need a coffee before stackoverflow. Sorry for that. — Tasos, Sep 29 '13 at 19:58
@Tasos I found out how to, never mind, it's in the setup.py file :) — Infamouslyuseless, Sep 29 '13 at 20:21
@Infamouslyuseless : please do post what you found out - it helps other people who might read this when they have the same problem. — Thomas K, Oct 01 '13 at 00:03
@Infamouslyuseless : the comments fine - I meant to say: write it up as a proper answer showing what you had to add to setup.py (and maybe explain why Blender's answer didn't work for you). — Thomas K, Oct 01 '13 at 21:40

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 28 '13 at 23:13

4

Add it to the options in your setup.py file:

setup(
    ...
    options={
        "build_exe": {
            "icon": "path/to/icon.ico"
        }
    }
)

answered Sep 28 '13 at 23:13

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This isn't working for me and I don't see any reference to an icon parameter for build_exe options in the docs. https://cx-freeze.readthedocs.io/en/latest/distutils.html#build-exe – Max Strater Dec 21 '18 at 01:49

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 01 '18 at 17:49

This is easier to understand!

import cx_Freeze
import sys
base = None

if sys.platform == 'win32':
   base = "Win32GUI"

executables = [cx_Freeze.Executable("example.pyw", base=base)]

cx_Freeze.setup(
name = "SeaofBTC-Client",
options = {"build_exe": {"packages":["tkinter",],"icon":"example.ico"}},
version = "0.01",
description = "Sea of BTC trading application",
executables = executables
)

Set an icon for a .exe file

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