Icon removed from compiled exe on network location?

[ueberyak]

If I compile a macro into an executable and save it on my local drive, I get the exe with the icon I specified. If I copy/paste that .exe to a network location, the icon reverts back to the default icon.

When I try to generate the .exe directly to a network location, the .exe is generated but the custom icon is stripped out and I get the default one instead. Has anybody experienced anything like this?

I did poke around the forums but when your search includes "icon" you get a lot of static. Following is the code I'm using.

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// COMPILE_OPTS|C:\Users\MyUsername\Documents\SDC Workflow.exe|\\data\shares\SDC_Workflow\Production\Icons8-Ios7-Data-Workflow.ico|CONSOLE=0|INCLUDES=1||RUNTIMES=1|BMPS=1
//Set IGNORESPACES to 1 to force script interpreter to ignore spaces.
//If using IGNORESPACES quote strings in {" ... "}
//Let>IGNORESPACES=1
ExecuteFile>C:\Users\%User_Name%\Documents\SDC_Workflow\SDC_Workflow.accdb

[CyberCitizen]

I'm using the latest version of MS without issue, have you used this icon file previously?

Have you tried with another icon file?

[Marcus Tettmar]

Could just be Windows caching the icon from previously. If you drop the .exe in a different path does it show correctly? Promise you it won't be modifying the exe and somehow stripping the .exe out!! It's just Windows not showing you the correct one because it's cached it from previously (based on location).

[ueberyak]

Yeah, Marcus, you were right! Today the proper icon is there. It seemed far-fetched that the icon was somehow being stripped out.

All right, everybody relax. Everything's fine.