Process/ProcessStartInfo Icon

Question

Is it possible to define an icon for a process? For example Like:

startInfo.Icon = 'C:\somepath\icon.ico';

The icon should be shown in the taskbar. The only possible way (as far as I know) to achieve this is a link, but I would like to have an other option than creating a link dynamically and start it.

Answer 1

The icon is associated with the executable file of that process so you can't change it. As the only workaround you may create a shortcut to the executable and set a custom icon for the shortcut. Then you can pass the path to the shortcut file into Process.Start (you need to add a COM reference to Windows Script Host Object Model via Project > Add Reference > COM > Windows Script Host Object Model for this to work):

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using IWshRuntimeLibrary;

class Program
{
    private static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string shortcutAddress = Environment.GetFolderPath(
            Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop) + @"\MyProcess.lnk";

        var shell = new WshShell();
        var shortcut = (IWshShortcut)shell.CreateShortcut(shortcutAddress);
        shortcut.Description = "New shortcut for a Notepad";
        shortcut.Hotkey = "Ctrl+Shift+N";
        shortcut.TargetPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(
            Environment.SpecialFolder.System) + @"\notepad.exe";
        shortcut.IconLocation = Environment.GetFolderPath(
            Environment.SpecialFolder.System) + @"\calc.exe";
        shortcut.Save();

        Process.Start(shortcutAddress);
    }
}