pyinstaller doesn't change python executable window icon

Question

I am trying to change the default python icon in my executable using pyinstaller. I'm trying this on Windows 10 and the GUI framework is pyqt5.

I have only managed to change the icon of the application (as seen in a file) but not the icons when you open the application (on the app's window).

These are the commands I used after a bit of online searching:

pyinstaller SSL_Configurator.py

pyinstaller --onefile -w --icon="favicon.ico" SSL_Configurator.py

pyinstaller --onefile -w --icon="favicon.ico" --paths=<C:\Users\Haylee\Desktop\python>\Lib\site-packages SSL_Configurator.py

What else should I include in order to get the icon to be displayed on the window as well?

thanks

pyinstaller doesn't control this. Look in the documentation for whatever GUI you are using — Alexander, Nov 22 '22 at 05:00
When I run the application in VS Code, the icon appears on the window, so it might be a Windows 10 thing. I use this: self.setWindowIcon(QtGui.QIcon("favicon.ico")) — Michael Papageorge, Nov 22 '22 at 09:14
The problem is most likely that you are not compiling the favicon with your executable — Alexander, Nov 22 '22 at 09:49
Oh I see. After your comment I googled and found this [asnwer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/72060275/17016288) which solved my problem. — Michael Papageorge, Nov 22 '22 at 11:59
I know... that was me voting to close your question because it is a duplicate. — Alexander, Nov 23 '22 at 09:18

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 22 '22 at 12:08

After Alexander's comment, I found this answer that explains how to fix this. Basicaly you need to compile the image with the code.

new pyinstaller command would look like this (after following the answer linked):

pyinstaller --onefile -w --add-data "favicon.ico;." --icon="favicon.ico" --paths=<C:\Users\Haylee\Desktop\python>\Lib\site-packages SSL_Configurator.py

pyinstaller doesn't change python executable window icon

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