executable built by nexe 4.0.0-rc.2 does not have the expected icon

[mcuong223]

I am using nexe to build a simple app to exe with a custom icon but the exe file I got after building didn't have the expected icon, it had the default nodejs icon

my build code:

const { compile } = require('nexe')
compile({
    input: './index.js',
    output: 'app',
    build: true,
    ico: './icon.ico'
}).then((err) => {
    if (err) throw err
    console.log('success')
})

Environment:

• Platform(OS/Version): Windows 11 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 22621)
• Host Node Version: 14.20.0
• Target Node Version:14.20.0
• Nexe version: 4.0.0-rc.2
• Python Version: 2.7.15

[lrNas]

I'm currently having the same issue.
I recommend you to follow #1032 as it's about the same problem.

[danielvandenberg95]

In my case with v3.3.3 it also doesn't work. I do see that node.exe gets my icon in ~/.nexe/16.17.0/Release, but then my dist exe doesn't have it.

[danielvandenberg95]

Okay, never mind that. In my case it was windows explorer caching the wrong icon. Killing and restarting explorer.exe solved it