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How does one change the titile bar image (the top-left most icon) in WPF?

Brian A. Henning
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KMC
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The Icon attribute of Window is used to set Icon of a window.

<Window x:Class="WindowSample.MainWindow"

xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"

xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"

Title="WPF Window Sample" Height="350" Width="525"

Name="FirstWindow" Icon="Icon1.ico" >

The Icon property of Window class represents a window's icon at run-time. This property takes an ImageSource variable.

The following code snippet uses BitmapFrame.Create method to create an ImageSource and sets the Icon property of a Window.

Uri iconUri = new Uri("pack://application:,,,/Icon1.ico", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute);

this.Icon = BitmapFrame.Create(iconUri);

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kamaci
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Easy way to add image to title bar:

In your Project, Select - Properties - Application - Resources - Icon and Manifest - select the .ico image(always convert your image to .ico)

Add this line(icon) in WPF Main window: 

Title="xxxxx" **Icon="xxxxxx.ico"**>
EM-Creations
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Praveen Gopal
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  • R click on project in the solution explorer menu > properties > application > resources – Mike Oct 16 '17 at 17:40
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<Window
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
x:Class="SDKSample.MainWindow"
Icon="WPFIcon1.ico">
</Window>

or in code

// Set an icon using code
Uri iconUri = new Uri("pack://application:,,,/WPFIcon2.ico", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute);
this.Icon = BitmapFrame.Create(iconUri);

Source: Window.Icon Property

Jens
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This one worked for me (using Visual Studio 2017)

  • Select menu Project/[yourprojectname] Properties
  • Click Application tab (its the first one on top)
  • Here you can browse for Icon, and it will be copied to your project
mgear
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  1. Add ico file to project Resources and check as Embedded Resource
  2. Set Project->Properties->Icon and choose from Resources
  3. Run Project in Release Mode or start without debugging.
Krzysztof Gapski
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  • While these few steps was working for me, I am still puzzled why the default icon is showing in debug. – Tiny Sep 07 '15 at 13:15
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    These steps don't make any sense in the context of visual studio. How do you add an icon to project "Resources"? Where is this "Properties->Icon" menu that you refer to? Etc. – Jake Oct 04 '16 at 20:11
  • R click on project in the solution explorer menu > properties > application > resources – Mike Oct 16 '17 at 17:40
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 <Window Icon="youricon.ico"></Window>
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