[RESOLVED] Removing resources, doesn't reduce the size of the .exe!

Hello VB Friends!,

I have a big windows forms project I'm working on. This project has 3 pictures included as resource.

I had 3 pictures of each 5mb, which resulted in a .exe file of 17mb.

This had to be adressed, because thats a bit to much, so I downsized the pictures to about 100kb each. I've removed the big pictures, and inserted the new ones.

But when I compile the project, the .exe file still is 17mb, and it won't get any smaller. I've tried to 'Clean Solution', this doesn't help.

Any idea's?

Thanks in advance! :wave:

Lectere

With VS closed, deleted the bin and obj folders from the project then re-open VS and run it.

Heya JuggaloBrotha,

I've just tried that, no luck :(

Thanks for thinking along!

I've just solved it, in the project resouces the files were gone, but there were still two large resx files in the source folder. When opening these files by dragging them into visio studio, I was able to remove the old links to the old versions of the pictures!

Thanks