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Built-in Icon Editor no longer available in VS2005

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JJT - 14 Nov 2006 15:02 GMT
Somehow I lost the Icon Editor built into VS2005.  How can I get it back.  If
I right-click and Icon file in the solution explorer and select view designer
I get the common "No application for this file type" message.
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Jeff Johnson - 21 Nov 2006 21:34 GMT
> Somehow I lost the Icon Editor built into VS2005.  How can I get it back.
> If
> I right-click and Icon file in the solution explorer and select view
> designer
> I get the common "No application for this file type" message.

I do not have "View Designer" on my context (right-click) menu in the VS
2005 IDE Solution Explorer. What happens when you simply choose "Open"?
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JJT - 27 Nov 2006 10:58 GMT
There are (were) several ways of bringing up the designer including Open and
double-clicking on the .ico file in the solution explorer, all with the same
results.  
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JT

> > Somehow I lost the Icon Editor built into VS2005.  How can I get it back.
> > If
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> I do not have "View Designer" on my context (right-click) menu in the VS
> 2005 IDE Solution Explorer. What happens when you simply choose "Open"?
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Jeff Johnson - 27 Nov 2006 18:25 GMT
>> > Somehow I lost the Icon Editor built into VS2005.  How can I get it
>> > back.
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>> I do not have "View Designer" on my context (right-click) menu in the VS
>> 2005 IDE Solution Explorer. What happens when you simply choose "Open"?

> There are (were) several ways of bringing up the designer including Open
> and
> double-clicking on the .ico file in the solution explorer, all with the
> same
> results.

??? Was that an answer to my question? Are you saying that Open doesn't
work?
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JJT - 27 Nov 2006 19:04 GMT
Yes the is correct.  Open does not work and neither does double-Clicking.
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> >> > Somehow I lost the Icon Editor built into VS2005.  How can I get it
> >> > back.
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> ??? Was that an answer to my question? Are you saying that Open doesn't
> work?
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Jeff Johnson - 27 Nov 2006 19:39 GMT
> Yes the is correct.  Open does not work and neither does double-Clicking.

Here's what my Registry keys look like for icons:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ico]
@=""
"PerceivedType"="image"
"Content Type"="image/x-icon"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ico\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ico\OpenWithList\devenv.exe]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ico\OpenWithProgids]
"VisualStudio.ico.8.0"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ico\PersistentHandler]
@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisualStudio.ico.8.0]
@="Icon File"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisualStudio.ico.8.0\DefaultIcon]
@="%1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisualStudio.ico.8.0\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisualStudio.ico.8.0\shell\Open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisualStudio.ico.8.0\shell\Open\Command]
@="\"R:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio
8\\Common7\\IDE\\devenv.exe\" /dde"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisualStudio.ico.8.0\shell\Open\ddeexec]
@="Open(\"%1\")"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisualStudio.ico.8.0\shell\Open\ddeexec\Application]
@="VisualStudio.8.0"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisualStudio.ico.8.0\shell\Open\ddeexec\Topic]
@="system"

(Note: you probably don't have VS installed on drive R:, so be sure to
change that if you try to make a .REG file out of this.)
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JJT - 28 Nov 2006 11:37 GMT
I checked my registry settings against yours and they are the same.  Thanks
for taking the time to help.
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> > Yes the is correct.  Open does not work and neither does double-Clicking.
>
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> (Note: you probably don't have VS installed on drive R:, so be sure to
> change that if you try to make a .REG file out of this.)
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Jeff Johnson - 28 Nov 2006 14:09 GMT
>I checked my registry settings against yours and they are the same.

Well, that may have been the problem! I noticed that I too was having icon
trouble on my machine. Changing the (Default) value of
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ico to "icofile" (instead of the current empty string)
fixed it for me.

Just out of curiosity, have you recently installed IE7? That's the only big
change I've made to my box.
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JJT - 28 Nov 2006 15:49 GMT
Unfortunately that did not work for me.  It is possible we may not have the
same problem.  I have not installed IE 7 yet.  Since I am in a corporate
environment it is possible our IT department has pushed something that
"broke" my .ico file association.  My problem is that I see no application
which the VS 2005 IDE uses to handle .ico files.  If I knew what application
VS uses for .ico files I could make the association manually.
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> > Yes the is correct.  Open does not work and neither does double-Clicking.
>
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> (Note: you probably don't have VS installed on drive R:, so be sure to
> change that if you try to make a .REG file out of this.)
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Jeff Johnson - 28 Nov 2006 18:55 GMT
> Unfortunately that did not work for me.  It is possible we may not have
> the
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> application
> VS uses for .ico files I could make the association manually.

It doesn't "use" a program, it has an icon editor built-in. If you have VS
open, can you drag an .ico file directly into it? What happens?
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JJT - 28 Nov 2006 19:59 GMT
Initially I tried to create a icon in VS 2005 by using "Add Item" under the
"Project Menu"  then selecting "Icon File".   I did as you suggested and just
dragged an existing .ico file into the solution explorer and tried to open it
in VS 2005 and the "Paint" application came up!  I have no idea how that
happened.
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JT

> > Unfortunately that did not work for me.  It is possible we may not have
> > the
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> It doesn't "use" a program, it has an icon editor built-in. If you have VS
> open, can you drag an .ico file directly into it? What happens?
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Jeff Johnson - 28 Nov 2006 22:02 GMT
> Initially I tried to create a icon in VS 2005 by using "Add Item" under
> the
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> in VS 2005 and the "Paint" application came up!  I have no idea how that
> happened.

I didn't mean to drag it into the Solution Explorer, I meant to drag it
right into the working area of Visual Studio, or better yet, the title bar.
I just did that and it opened the icon in its own editor. Regardless, this
Paint thing is...weird. Especially when you consider that Paint doesn't know
how to handle icons!
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