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Changing the Icon of a Windows Phone 7 Application in Visual Studio 2010

When you Start the Windows Phone 7  Device or Emulator  you might see your App with the Default Icon .

Changing the Icon of a Windows Phone 7 Application in Visual Studio 2010

This is the png image ApplicationIcon in your root folder of the project .

You can change the Icon by following the following steps

  • Add the Icon / png images to the Project . In the properties window , change the Build Action to Content and the Copy to Output Directory setting to Copy if newer
Changing the Icon of a Windows Phone 7 Application in Visual Studio 2010
  • Right Click the Project – Select Properties .
Changing the Icon of a Windows Phone 7 Application in Visual Studio 2010
  • In the Application Tab , and the Icons Combo box , select the newly added Icon file . You will see that test.png that was added recently is listed . Save the Project and run the Application .
Changing the Icon of a Windows Phone 7 Application in Visual Studio 2010
  • You might need to close the emulator and start the application from Visual Studio for the new changes to reflect . You should see the new Icon now .
Changing the Icon of a Windows Phone 7 Application in Visual Studio 2010
  • You can also change the title that is displayed for your Application . This can be done again at the same place where we changed the icon . You will find an option “Title” in the Deployment Options .

There are some Application Icon requirements which can be found in the Windows Phone 7 Application Certification Requirements guide.

Did you try changing the Windows Phone 7 Project Icon in Expression Blend ?? I was not able to find a way for it 🙁

Here’s a simple video tutorial on Creating a Sample Icon using Expression Design

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  1. Dheeraj Kumar
    June 18, 2011
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    HI , i just following your tutorial , and in fact i have deleted all default images but still when i deploy it to Mobile device it still shows me old (Default) black icon.
    Please help me ..
    Urgent…
    Dheeraj Kumar
    [email protected]
    [email protected]

  2. June 18, 2011
    Reply

    Hi Dheeraj ,
    After deleting it . Did u verify in the project properties what is the icons set for background and icons … make sure it is of proper format and size..

  3. Dheeraj Kumar
    September 21, 2011
    Reply

    Ya i also checked those properties

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