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Re: [Question #77580]: No icons for exe files

 

Question #77580 on nautilus in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/77580

    Status: Answered => Open

QB89Dragon is still having a problem:
Come on! Can't you read the initial post!! Nautilus already does this 
without wine. It's done in a library that's available though synaptic 
and is no more resource intensive than any other thumbnailer.

http://www.objectnetworks.net/wiki/index.php?title=Exe_icon_for_Gnome


actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #77580 on nautilus in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/77580
>
>     Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Maybe but that would involve reading the exe in some way first. This
> would fall on the file manager to first realize it is an exe, then read
> the file and then display it if the exe indeed has an icon embedded in
> it.
>
> If you can work out how this is done you are free to contribute your
> findings and skill to getting this done. I think the guys in the
> nautilus team would rather expand on functionality and efficiency rather
> than some 3rd party app icons.
>
>

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