Removing Icon from a WPF window

Question

I am able to remove the window icon from WPF window using WinApi's, however I get the icon again in the application window when I run just the executable of the WPF project.

How do I remove the icon?

Answer 1

From WPFTutorial:

How to remove the icon of a WPF window

Unfortunately WPF does not provide any function to remove the icon of a window. One solution could be setting the icon to a transparent icon. But this way the extra space between the window border and title remains.

The better approach is to use a function provided by the Win32 API to remove the icon.

public partial class Window1 : Window
{
    public Window1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    protected override void OnSourceInitialized(EventArgs e)
    {
        IconHelper.RemoveIcon(this);
    }
}

A helper class used to remove the icon.

public static class IconHelper
{
    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
    static extern int GetWindowLong(IntPtr hwnd, int index);

    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
    static extern int SetWindowLong(IntPtr hwnd, int index, int newStyle);

    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
    static extern bool SetWindowPos(IntPtr hwnd, IntPtr hwndInsertAfter, 
        int x, int y, int width, int height, uint flags);

    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
    static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hwnd, uint msg, 
        IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);

    const int GWL_EXSTYLE = -20;
    const int WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME = 0x0001;
    const int SWP_NOSIZE = 0x0001;
    const int SWP_NOMOVE = 0x0002;
    const int SWP_NOZORDER = 0x0004;
    const int SWP_FRAMECHANGED = 0x0020;
    const uint WM_SETICON = 0x0080;

    public static void RemoveIcon(Window window)
    {
        // Get this window's handle
        IntPtr hwnd = new WindowInteropHelper(window).Handle;

        // Change the extended window style to not show a window icon
        int extendedStyle = GetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE);
        SetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, extendedStyle | WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME);

        // Update the window's non-client area to reflect the changes
        SetWindowPos(hwnd, IntPtr.Zero, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE | 
              SWP_NOSIZE | SWP_NOZORDER | SWP_FRAMECHANGED);
    }
}

Answer 2

Just add this WindowStyle="ToolWindow" to your window properties.

Answer 3

I have modified the sample from 'LnDCobra' so it can be used as an attached property (as 'Thomas' suggested:

<Window 
        ...
        xmlns:i="clr-namespace:namespace-to-WindowEx"
        i:WindowEx.ShowIcon = "false"
        ...
>

Implementation of WindowEx:

public class WindowEx
  {
    private const int GwlExstyle = -20;
    private const int SwpFramechanged = 0x0020;
    private const int SwpNomove = 0x0002;
    private const int SwpNosize = 0x0001;
    private const int SwpNozorder = 0x0004;
    private const int WsExDlgmodalframe = 0x0001;

    public static readonly DependencyProperty ShowIconProperty =
      DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached(
        "ShowIcon",
        typeof (bool),
        typeof (WindowEx),
        new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(true, new PropertyChangedCallback((d, e) => RemoveIcon((Window) d))));


    public static Boolean GetShowIcon(UIElement element)
    {
      return (Boolean) element.GetValue(ShowIconProperty);
    }

    public static void RemoveIcon(Window window)
    {
      window.SourceInitialized += delegate {
        // Get this window's handle
        var hwnd = new WindowInteropHelper(window).Handle;

        // Change the extended window style to not show a window icon
        int extendedStyle = GetWindowLong(hwnd, GwlExstyle);
        SetWindowLong(hwnd, GwlExstyle, extendedStyle | WsExDlgmodalframe);

        // Update the window's non-client area to reflect the changes
        SetWindowPos(hwnd, IntPtr.Zero, 0, 0, 0, 0, SwpNomove |
          SwpNosize | SwpNozorder | SwpFramechanged);
      };
    }

    public static void SetShowIcon(UIElement element, Boolean value)
    {
      element.SetValue(ShowIconProperty, value);
    }

    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
    private static extern int GetWindowLong(IntPtr hwnd, int index);

    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
    private static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hwnd, uint msg,
      IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);

    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
    private static extern int SetWindowLong(IntPtr hwnd, int index, int newStyle);

    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
    private static extern bool SetWindowPos(IntPtr hwnd, IntPtr hwndInsertAfter,
      int x, int y, int width, int height, uint flags);
  }
}

Answer 4

Here a simple and pure XAML solution:

<Window x:Class="...">

    <Window.Icon>
        <DrawingImage />
    </Window.Icon>

    ...

</Window>

Answer 5

I just use very small transparent image as an icon (1x1 px) for WPF window.

Answer 6

Create a transparent 1 by 1 icon and replace it with a standard one

Icon = BitmapSource.Create(1, 1, 0, 0, PixelFormats.Bgra32, null, new byte[4], 4);