Visual Studio images not displaying

Question

I am having a program written and I am developing on 2 different pcs.

First PC: Windows 7 Professional 64bit with VS 2015 Community.

Second PC: Windows 10 64bit with VS 2013.

Problem:

On the first PC, when I build and run the program or even just run the exe, the icons for the buttons are not displaying. It shows only square boxes in place of icons. I am getting no errors either. Everything works fine on the second PC.

Any idea why this may be? I have googled and cannot seem to find an answer.

Answer 1

If you just copy and paste the images into the folder of your project using windows, it is unlikely that the build is gonna predict that you need this image as a part of your process.

You need to add an image item to your project using Visual Studio and set its properties (Copy To Ouput Directory => Always).

Or the best approach is go to your Project Settings > Resources and add an image resource from existing file there. And then use it inside your code using Properties.Resources.YouImageName you through the designer.