Wix icon in Add/Remove programs

Question

I am using Wix to create my installer. According to the official documentation, if I want to change the icon in Add/Remove Programs, I need to add this:

<Icon Id="icon.ico" SourceFile="MySourceFiles\icon.ico"/>
<Property Id="ARPPRODUCTICON" Value="icon.ico" />

But it does not works, the icon is not changed and I also get the following warning:

C:\Users\rsheink\home\repos\tenlira\10Lira\TestWiXProject\Product.wxs(137,0): warning LGHT1076: ICE36: Icon Bloat. Icon icon.ico is not used in the Class, Shortcut, or ProgID table and also not used for ARPPRODUCTICON property.

What am I missing please?

Thanks. Refael.

Edit: Following the excelent advice from @harper, here is the MCVE:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"
     xmlns:difx="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/DifxAppExtension">

  <Product Id="*" Codepage="1252" Language="1033" Manufacturer="Intel Corporation"
           Name="TenLira" UpgradeCode="PUT-GUID-HERE" Version="31.00.0000">

    <Package Comments="Contact:  Your local administrator" Description="TenLira" InstallerVersion="500"
             Compressed="yes"
             InstallScope="perMachine"
             Keywords="Installer,MSI,Database" Languages="1033" Manufacturer="Intel Corporation" Platform="x64" />

    <Media Id="1" Cabinet="my_application.cab" EmbedCab="yes" />

    <MajorUpgrade AllowDowngrades="no"
                  AllowSameVersionUpgrades="no"
                  Disallow="no"
                  IgnoreRemoveFailure="no"
                  MigrateFeatures="yes"
                  Schedule="afterInstallInitialize"
                  DowngradeErrorMessage="A later version of [ProductName] is already installed" />

    <Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value="APPLICATIONROOTDIRECTORY" />
    <UIRef Id="WixUI_InstallDir" />

    <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
      <Directory Id="ProgramFiles64Folder">
        <Directory Id="PROGRAMFILESSUBDIR" Name="Intel Corporation">
          <Directory Id="APPLICATIONROOTDIRECTORY" Name="TenLira">
            <Directory Id="kmgl" Name="kmgl">
              <Directory Id="kmgl_win10" Name="kmgl_win10" />
            </Directory>
            <Directory Id="tools" Name="tools" />
          </Directory>
        </Directory>
      </Directory>
    </Directory>

    <DirectoryRef Id="tools">

      <Component Id="devcon.exe" Guid="*">
        <File Id="devcon.exe" Source="..\tools\devcon\amd64\devcon.exe" KeyPath="yes" />
      </Component>

    </DirectoryRef>

    <Feature Id="MainApplication" Title="TenLira" Level="1">
      <ComponentRef Id="devcon.exe" />
    </Feature>

    <!--It should set the icon in Add/Remove programs, but it does not works and I don't know why.-->
    <Icon Id="icon.ico" SourceFile="..\TenLira icons\coins\coins.ico" />
    <Property Id="ARPPRODUCTION" Value="icon.ico" />

  </Product>

</Wix>

Looks like you are missing any kind of reference. This calls for a MCVE (stackoverflow.com/help/mcve). Unfortunately the FireGiant help doesn't show more than you did. — harper
Just tried this in WiX 3 - I didn't see any problems, are you in WiX 4? — Stein Åsmul
Please see my updated answer, I think it is just a minor typo in the property name. Typos do sneak into WiX sources - it is fiddly, but once you get it set up you will be happy with it. Thanks for the excellent source sample, it was quick to tweak for building. — Stein Åsmul
@SteinÅsmul Thank you very much!!! That solved the problem. Yes!!! I love you!!! Unfortunately I don't have enough reputation to mark your answer as the right answer. — Refael Sheinker

Stein Åsmul Stein Åsmul · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-08T20:06:49

Request: Please comment if any of the below works for you - and also if you did something else (as well) to get things working.

Quick List First:

Is ARPPRODUCTICON spelled correctly?

Does the File.ico file have a hidden file extension? Example: icon.ico.bmp - 1.
Show file extensions in Windows Explorer

Open a cmd.exe in the folder and do a dir to check?

Icon file problems:
Is that a proper *.ico file? Try to save a normal *.bmp and rename the extension to *.ico. That should work for a rudimentary test icon.

Find a proper template *.ico file for testing (there should be plenty in your Visual Studio installation folder).

UPDATE:

Please try to change this:

<Property Id="ARPPRODUCTION" Value="icon.ico" />

into this:

<Property Id="ARPPRODUCTICON" Value="icon.ico" />

I will leave the original answer below since the setup.exe issue might be relevant for others.

And one more thing: I was told that the dialog set <UIRef Id="WixUI_Mondo" /> is the better one in the available WiX templates. I have no hard facts apart from that recommendation though. I haven't used <UIRef Id="WixUI_InstallDir" /> - just if it can save you some time.

Old Answer:

This might just be a uppercase / lowercase issue. As in icon.ico instead of Icon.ico.

Correct:

<Icon Id="Icon.ico" SourceFile="MySourceFiles\Icon.ico"/>
<Property Id="ARPPRODUCTICON" Value="Icon.ico" />

Wrong:

<Icon Id="icon.ico" SourceFile="MySourceFiles\icon.ico"/>
<Property Id="ARPPRODUCTICON" Value="Icon.ico" />

During my testing I get the warning though, but the icon does work in Add/Remove Programs either way. Are you making a setup.exe bundle?

When you make a setup.exe bootstrapper bundle, you have to set the IconSourceFile attribute of the Bundle Element.

A link for safekeeping: How to customize icon for Wix custom bootstrapper.

Wix icon in Add/Remove programs

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