title: Why does this executables icon look bad when the icon itself doesn't?
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3236115/which-icon-sizes-should-my-windows-applications-icon-include">Which icon sizes should my windows application’s icon include?</a>  </p>
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  <p>I'm working on a C# program. I set the applications icon via Project Properties -> Application -> Icon &amp; Manifest.</p>
  
  <p>The icon looks really bad when a shortcut to the executable is created on the desktop, but if I make a shortcut to the same exact .ico file that is in the project's directory it looks fine.</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/XTbN1.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>Any ideas why this is occurring and how I can fix it?</p>