1.7: mintty 5.5.1 refuses to take hippos seriously ;-(

[Lee D. Rothstein]

Chris Sutcliffe wrote:
>>> What happens if you do:
>>>
>>> $ mintty --icon=/Cygwin.ico -
>>>       
>> works!
>>     
>
> I suspect this is related to an issue reported before with the hippo
> icon (I assume it's the one Chuck mentioned in a previous email?).  I
> don't remember the exact details, but I remember Vista not liking the
> icon unless it was embedded in a dll (which Chuck subsequently
> uploaded).
>
> To use it, try:
>
> mintty --icon=/cygicons-hippo-vista-0.dll,10
>
> which will get you the hippo icon.
>
>   
  $ find /[a-ce-quv]* -name cygicons-hippo-vista-0.dll
  Google: cygicons-hippo-vista-0.dll
  Google: cygwin hippo icon dll

all reveal NADA!

What am I missing?


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