exe file not updated with given icon

Hi,

When building using electron-forge, the Windows application exe icon is not changed.

Command used to make: ./node_modules/.bin/electron-forge.cmd make

config.forge.electronPackagerConfig in package.json:

"electronPackagerConfig": {
    "icon": "./assets/img/icon.ico",
    "electronVersion": "1.4.4",
    "asar": true
},
"electronWinstallerConfig": {
    "name": "eapp",
    "setupExe": "eapp-0.0.2.exe",
    "description": "EApp Application",
    "loadingGif": "./assets/img/install-splash-anim.gif",
    "iconUrl": "http://manikanta.com/favicon.ico",
    "setupIcon": "./assets/img/icon.ico",
    "noMsi": true
}

Note: Setup exe is getting generated with correct icon, mentioned in config.forge.electronWinstallerConfig

But if I run the electron-packager manually, icon is changed: .\node_modules\.bin\electron-packager ./ --asar=true --icon=./assets/img/icon.ico --electron-version=1.4.4

Even some other config params of electron-packager are not being picked up from package.json as described in electron-packager api. For example, even though I’ve specified author in package.json, I’ve to specify that in config.forge.electronPackagerConfig.win32metadata.

Stack: Windows 8.1 x64, electron-forge: 2.6.0, electron-prebuilt-compile: 1.4.4

Is this a bug with electron-forge? or, am I missing something? Thanks.

[maifeeulasad]

solution: ie4uinit -show

It may be updated. Windows cache all icons. So try this: ie4uinit -show in cmd. It’ll revalidate all cached icons.

[malept]

@dephraiim this kind of comment isn’t particularly actionable. The best kind of comment has a minimal testcase ready for someone to clone a git repo and run.

I can successfully set all three icon config options for Windows/Squirrel:

• Forge config
• Built installer via GitHub Actions