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First of all, I am a real newbie to programming in Visual Studio. That being said, I have created a small program that pops up an Internet Explorer window; I now want to replace the Internet Explorer icon in the top-left corner with the project's icon.

Currently, I am opening the window in C#, using the ShDocVw object:

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        SHDocVw.InternetExplorer IE = new SHDocVw.InternetExplorer
        {      
                AddressBar = false,
                MenuBar = false,
                StatusBar = false,
                ToolBar = 0,
                Visible = true,
                Height = 768
            };

            IE.Navigate2("http://someURL/page.aspx");

        }

What I want to replace is the IE icon in the top-left corner (see included picture). The icon is in my project as a resource, and appears on the .exe.

Screen capture of IE header

Is there a way to change the browser icon here?

Lux
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After checking the SHDocVw InternetExplorer Interface and test it on my side, it seems that there is no way to change the IE window icon on the left via the SHDocVw library.

From your description, I suggest you could try to create a WPF or Windows Forms application, then use the WebView or WebView2 control to display the web content. In this scenario, you could add the custom icon for the WPF or Windows Forms window. screenshot like this:

enter image description here

About how to set the window icon, please refer to the following methods:

  • To the WPF application, try to use the following code (set the Icon property):

    <Window x:Class="WpfApp1.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApp1"
        mc:Ignorable="d"
        Icon="favicon.ico"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800">
    <Grid>

    </Grid>
</Window>

    More detail information, please check Setting the application icon in WPF

  • To the Windows Form application.

    Right click the Form, in the Properties , it contains the Icon property, click the ... button to select icon.

    enter image description here

Zhi Lv
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  • Hi Zhi Lv ! Thanks for your answer. However, I encountered a small problem with the solution you are proposing. The project I must build uses the Windows 10 1607 version, and Microsoft Edge isn't an option. I really need the solution to use an Internet Explorer control. Do you have any ideas that would involve IE ? – Ysopet Jan 21 '20 at 13:55
  • You could try to use the [WebBrowser control](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.forms.webbrowser?view=netframework-4.8) in the Windows Form application. Here are some resource, you can check them: [link1](https://weblog.west-wind.com/posts/2011/May/21/Web-Browser-Control-Specifying-the-IE-Version) and [link2](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17922308/) – Zhi Lv Feb 05 '20 at 09:23