title: Changing taskbar icon programmatically (Win32,C++)
body: <p>I have a C++ win32 program, and I'd like to edit the taskbar icon at runtime to display alerts, etc about the program, however I'm not too experienced with the win32 api, and I haven't been able to find anything online.  The closest I've found is <a href="http://www.windows-tech.info/17/52a5bfc45dac0ade.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.windows-tech.info/17/52a5bfc45dac0ade.php</a> which tells how to load the icon off the disc at runtime and change it.  </p>
  
  <p>I would like to do what they do in this question: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/211046/create-an-icon-in-memory-with-win32-in-python">Create an icon in memory with win32 in python</a> but in C++ and without an external library.</p>