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C# Compiler Options Listed Alphabetically
@ (Specify Response File)
/addmodule (Import Metadata)
/baseaddress (Specify Base Address of DLL)
/bugreport (Report a Problem) (C# Compiler Options)
/checked (Check Integer Arithmetic)
/codepage (Specify Code Page for Source Code Files)
/debug (Emit Debugging Information)
/define (Preprocessor Definition)
/delaysign (Delay Sign the Assembly)
/doc (Process Documentation Comments)
/errorreport (Set Error Reporting Behavior)
/filealign (Specify Section Alignment)
/fullpaths (Specify Fully Qualified Path in Compiler Output)
/help, /? (Compiler Command-Line Help)
/keycontainer (Specify Strong Name Key Container)
/keyfile (Specify Strong Name Key File)
/langversion (Conformant Syntax)
/lib (Specify Assembly Reference Locations)
/linkresource (Link to .NET Framework Resource)
/main (Specify Location of Main Method)
/moduleassemblyname (Specify Friend Assembly for Module)
/noconfig (Ignore csc.rsp)
/nologo (Suppress Banner Information)
/nostdlib (Do Not Import Standard Library)
/nowarn (Suppress Specified Warnings)
/optimize (Enable/Disable Optimizations)
/out (Set Output File Name)
/pdb (Specify Debug Symbol File)
/platform (Specify Output Platform)
/recurse (Find Source Files in Subdirectories)
/reference (Import Metadata)
/resource (Embed Resource File to Output)
/target (Specify Output File Format)
/unsafe (Enable Unsafe Mode)
/utf8output (Display Compiler Messages with UTF-8)
/warn (Specify Warning Level)
/warnaserror (Treat Warnings as Errors)
/win32icon (Import an .ico File)
/win32res (Import a Win32 Resource File)
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/win32icon (Import an .ico File) (C# Compiler Options) 

Visual Studio 2005

The /win32icon option inserts an .ico file in the output file, which gives the output file the desired appearance in the Windows Explorer.

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/win32icon:filename
filename

The .ico file that you want to add to your output file.

An .ico file can be created with the Resource Compiler. The Resource Compiler is invoked when you compile a Visual C++ program; an .ico file is created from the .rc file.

See /linkresource (to reference) or /resource (to attach) a .NET Framework resource file. See /win32res to import a .res file.

To set this compiler option in the Visual Studio development environment

  1. Open the project's Properties pages. For details, see How to: Set Project Properties (C#, J#).

  2. Click the Application property page.

  3. Modify the Application icon property.

For information on how to set this compiler option programmatically, see ApplicationIcon.

Compile in.cs and attach an .ico file rf.ico to produce in.exe:

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csc /win32icon:rf.ico in.cs
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