[Wine] Re: use Windows icons in Wine?

[Mike Dee]

"droid" <jshowalter at gmail.com> wrote in
news:1166015373.049245.260570 at n67g2000cwd.googlegroups.com: 

> I've learned how create and install icons for these programs in
> KDE, but can't duplicate the icon graphic.  And in Windows,
> right-clicking on an icon and selecting "Properties" doesn't tell
> me anything about the icon itself - only the application it points
> to. 
> 
> So I am hoping there is some method of 'porting' an applications'
> icon from Windows into Wine.

What I do to recreate Windows application icons for use in those 
programs I run under Wine is:

In windows, use an icon editor to open the program's .exe and locate 
the icon resource (I use IconForge, there are many others that do the 
same).

Use the icon editor to save the icon as a bitmap (in Windows icon 
editors the choice here is usually .BMP)

Move the saved bitmap to Linux. The icon converted to a bitmap has 
become 'flattened' (lost invisible surround if any) so needs further 
editing at this point in Gimp to give it an 'Alpha Channel' and remove 
the background.

Save edited bitmap as .PNG - Now use it as your icon for the app you 
want to run under Wine.

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dee