Inno-Setup: SetupIconFile: The system cannot find the path specified

Question

I am trying to create the installation Setup.exe file using Inno-Setup as follow:

[Setup]
AppName=Muwassa
AppVersion=1.0
AppVerName=Muwassa 1.0
DefaultDirName={pf}\Muwassa
DefaultGroupName=Muwassa
Compression=zip
SolidCompression=yes
OutputDir=.
SetupIconFile={app}\muwassa.ico
UninstallDisplayIcon={app}\muwassa.ico
AllowCancelDuringInstall=no
DisableDirPage =yes
[email protected]
AppPublisher=DevSuda Ltd.
SetupLogging=yes

[Files]
Source: "Muwassa.exe"; DestDir: "{app}"
Source: "README.txt"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: isreadme
Source: "*.*"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: replacesameversion recursesubdirs

[Icons]
Name: "{group}\Muwassa"; Filename: "{app}\Muwassa.exe"
Name: "{group}\Uninstall"; Filename: "{uninstallexe}"
Name: {commondesktop}\Muwassa; Filename: {app}\Muwassa.exe; WorkingDir: {app}; IconFilename: {app}\muwassa.ico; Comment: "Muwassa"

[Run]
Filename: "{app}\Muwassa.exe"

But at line 10:

SetupIconFile={app}\muwassa.ico

This error message comes up:

Line 10:

The system cannot find the path specified.

Even though I am using a similar syntax for uninstallation icon:

UninstallDisplayIcon={app}\muwassa.ico

what am I doing wrong ?

Wosi Wosi · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-22T16:28:38

The {app} constant contains

The application directory, which the user selects on the Select Destination Location page of the wizard.

Documentation

So the value is set during run time. The setup's icon file needs to be known during compile time. That's why the file can't be found.

Inno-Setup: SetupIconFile: The system cannot find the path specified

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