How to set the uninstall icon in Windows 11?

[Eric To]

I tried the followings:

#define MyAppName "helloworld"

[Setup]

UninstallDisplayIcon={app}\{#MyAppName}.ico

UninstallDisplayIcon={app}\{#MyAppName}.exe

[Icons]

Name: {group}\{cm:UninstallProgram,{#MyAppName}}; Filename: {uninstallexe}; IconFilename: "{app}\{#MyAppName}.ico"

Name: {group}\{cm:UninstallProgram,{#MyAppName}}; Filename: {uninstallexe}; IconFilename: "{app}\helloworld.ico"

Name: {group}\{cm:UninstallProgram,{#MyAppName}}; Filename: {uninstallexe}; IconFilename: {app}\helloworld.ico

Name: {group}\{cm:UninstallProgram,{#MyAppName}}; Filename: {uninstallexe}; IconFilename: {commonpf}\{#InstallPath}\helloworld.ico

The uninstall shortcut would either use the same icon as my application or would show without an icon. Even under Settings > Apps, it would just be a dummy generic square icon... I cannot specify my own icon, I even manually put one in the installed folder such as helloworld.ico.

What gives...?

[michael....@gmail.com]

have the same problem. Any solutions?

[Gavin Lambert]

On Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 5:12:33 PM UTC+13 Eric To wrote:

[Setup]

UninstallDisplayIcon={app}\{#MyAppName}.ico

UninstallDisplayIcon={app}\{#MyAppName}.exe

These affect the icon shown in Programs and Features, not the icon of the actual unins*.exe file on disk.  The latter icon will always be the same as the SetupIconFile, due to the way that the uninstaller is created.

 

[Icons]

Name: {group}\{cm:UninstallProgram,{#MyAppName}}; Filename: {uninstallexe}; IconFilename: "{app}\{#MyAppName}.ico"

Name: {group}\{cm:UninstallProgram,{#MyAppName}}; Filename: {uninstallexe}; IconFilename: "{app}\helloworld.ico"

Name: {group}\{cm:UninstallProgram,{#MyAppName}}; Filename: {uninstallexe}; IconFilename: {app}\helloworld.ico

Name: {group}\{cm:UninstallProgram,{#MyAppName}}; Filename: {uninstallexe}; IconFilename: {commonpf}\{#InstallPath}\helloworld.ico

Any one of these should work to set the icon of the shortcut (provided that you actually install the corresponding icon file).  It will not affect the unins*.exe file itself.

Note that Windows will hide uninstall icons from the Start Menu by default, because you're not supposed to be creating them any more.  You should adjust your documentation to tell people to use Programs and Features instead, then remove the uninstall shortcut from your script.