The compiled example below does not use any external ico files.  They're all embedded in the the executable's resource data, like your original example.  You will notice that the example is almost exactly like the one I referred you to.  The only difference is that I refer to the embedded icons by their resource IDs in the exe's resource data. Note: You will most likely need to change the path of the AutoIt ico files and recompile the example.  You MUST compile the example to see the embedd