I have an application whose size is 16kb.
After adding an icon resource through the Project Properties menu, the application, as expected, increased to a size of 299kb.
Now, under Properties/Application when I set the Icon File to "Resource\IconName.ico" the file size again increases to 581kb.
Is this normal behavior? I understand that it increases when I add the icon as a resource, but not when I set the icon from the resources to the Application Icon.
Can anyone explain why this is happening?
EDIT:
Maybe a better question would be how can I set the Application Icon using an icon from the Properties/Resources section?