Why not show 16-bit application icons upward from Windows Vista?

Here's something that was so irritating since Windows Vista. I never solved the problem, but had to use a workaround by extracting a program's icon while running the extraction Windows XP programs, then using that ico file in any shortcuts to different 16-bit programs. In other cases, I use the icon found within a 32-bit program.

Nothing seems to work when you create a link to the old DOS programs for DOS programs.

Many of these programs, I always use cannot be replaced and will be replaced for various reasons.

The problem is, whenever I try to create shortcuts to programs BACK, try to use icons in MORICONS. DLL does not work as it did in Windows XP. A similar problem occurs when you create shortcuts to 16-bit programs.

In other situations, create shortcuts to files allows to change icons, but the second that the shortcut is pointing to a program icon disappears and I get the default icon of the "white paper" on my desktop and it cannot be changed.

I thought what to do my usual solution, although it is an inconvenience, would suffice but also extract icons from 16-bit programs does not seem to work as expected in Windows 7 or in Windows Vista. The flavours of Windows and a number of programs that can be used to extract the icons give the error "the file contains no icons" when I know for a fact that the 16-bit Windows exe files contain actually icons! Windows Vista or Windows 7 can 'see' them.

Anyone experienced this and have a solution to this problem in the long term?

Hello d. Charles Pyle,.

supported and the 16-bit icons has been removed in Windows 7. I can't work around the problem, you need to create your own icon as suggested in this post on TechNet.
http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7itproappcompat/thread/11c876b0-733d-4b45-88A6-29f021aad556/

My suggestion would be to send your comments to do this on Windows 7.
http://mymfe.Microsoft.com/Windows%207/feedback.aspx?formid=195

Sincerely,

Marilyn

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